# News · Page 17 | QANATONE > What is happening in AI, search and digital marketing: new models, investment, chips and infrastructure, and regulation, with our own take. Page 17. Source: https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/sayfa/17/ --- [Home](https://www.qanatone.com/en/) News # What's happening in the industry? (242) We follow AI, search and digital marketing news and add our own reading. 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They are the same model with different safeguards and access. Read](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/claude-fable-5-1-mythos-5-1/)[**News · Ads** 31 August 2026 1 min read ## ChatGPT ads hit a $1 billion annual run rate in under 200 days On August 31 OpenAI said ChatGPT ads had reached a $1 billion annualised run rate. Ads Manager opened in Europe the same day. Read](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/chatgpt-reklamlari-1-milyar-dolar/)[**News · Funding** 28 August 2026 1 min read ## a16z raises a $1.1 billion fund for the physical side of AI Andreessen Horowitz's Machine Age Fund will back hardware, from chips, memory, networking and storage up to data centers, robotics and home AI devices. Read](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/a16z-machine-age-fonu/)[**News · Payments** 27 August 2026 1 min read ## Coinbase x402: AI agents made 14 million payments in 30 days Nearly all of them were in USDC. By late August the protocol had passed 205 million agent transactions and $53 million in volume. Read](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/coinbase-x402-ajan-odemeleri/)[**News · Models** 26 August 2026 1 min read ## Ask Gemini arrives in Google Chat as a single command line Rolling out from August 26, it is limited for now to accounts set to English. Usage limits are promotionally higher until October 1. Read](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/google-chat-ask-gemini/)[**News · Funding** 26 August 2026 1 min read ## AI agent Instinct, built by a 23-year-old, hits $2.5 billion Instinct, which works through a user's apps, texts and calls, raised $250 million. Its broad permissions drew criticism. Read](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/instinct-2-5-milyar-dolar/)[**News · Infrastructure** 26 August 2026 1 min read ## Nvidia reports $96.2 billion in quarterly revenue Nvidia's revenue more than doubled in a year. Jensen Huang's summary: "Now, compute is revenue." Read](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/nvidia-96-milyar-dolar-ceyrek/)[**News · Funding** 26 August 2026 1 min read ## Salesforce's Agentforce passes $1.5 billion in ARR Agentforce ARR grew more than 240% in a year, while Salesforce as a whole grew 11%. Read](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/salesforce-agentforce-1-5-milyar/)[**News · Infrastructure** 25 August 2026 1 min read ## Emerald AI raises $150 million for grid-flexible data centers Its software adjusts how much power an AI data center draws based on grid conditions. The Series A values Emerald AI at $1.05 billion. Read](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/emerald-ai-esnek-veri-merkezi/)[**News · Infrastructure** 25 August 2026 1 min read ## 3.2 GW power contract for an OpenAI data center nears decision The Effingham County contract terms are trade secrets, and one commissioner said its scale is far larger than usual. Read](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/georgia-power-openai-3-2-gigavat/)[**News · Payments** 25 August 2026 1 min read ## Revolut builds a research unit around its own model, PRAGMA Revolut announced Revolut Research on August 25. PRAGMA improved fraud recall by 64.7% over its own specialist models. Read](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/revolut-research-pragma/)[**News · Funding** 25 August 2026 1 min read ## Stability AI raises $76 million, backed by major music groups The $76 million Series B includes Universal, Sony and Warner's music groups, Electronic Arts and AMD Ventures. 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