# News · Page 18 | QANATONE > What is happening in AI, search and digital marketing: new models, investment, chips and infrastructure, and regulation, with our own take. Page 18. Source: https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/sayfa/18/ --- [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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Ant claims over 90% accuracy. Read](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/ant-falcon-kur-tahmini-bankalar/)[**News · Funding** 19 August 2026 1 min read ## Finance AI makers Moss and Rillet both become unicorns Berlin-based Moss raised €30 million for finance agents, and Rillet, which builds an AI-native ERP, closed a $100 million round. Read](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/moss-rillet-finans-ekipleri-yapay-zeka/)[**News · Funding** 19 August 2026 1 min read ## OpenAI's CFO says the company will go public in 2027 Sarah Friar told employees OpenAI will be a public company in 2027, or sooner if the business keeps accelerating. Earlier reports had pointed to September 2026. Read](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/openai-halka-arz-2027/)[**News · Funding** 19 August 2026 1 min read ## Stripe agrees to buy OpenRouter, the gateway to 400+ models Reports put the price above $7 billion. OpenRouter raised money at a reported $1.3 billion valuation only months earlier. Read](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/stripe-openrouter-satin-alma/)[**News · Payments** 18 August 2026 1 min read ## Visa, Mastercard join 26-member alliance on agent payments Rain's alliance, launched on August 18, will set shared standards for how an agent proves who it acts for and how much it may spend. Read](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/ajan-odemeleri-ittifaki/)[**News · Policy** 18 August 2026 1 min read ## FDA opens discussion on regulating generative AI devices The FDA published a discussion paper on August 18 and is taking comments until October 19. The paper sets no binding rules and sketches a two-axis risk framework. Read](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/fda-uretken-yapay-zeka-tibbi-cihaz/)[**News · Search** 18 August 2026 1 min read ## Gemini in Chrome on Android starts handling bookings for users Google opened Gemini in Chrome to all US Android users on August 18. Auto Browse, on paid plans, handles tasks for them. Read](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/gemini-chrome-android-auto-browse/)[**News · Policy** 18 August 2026 2 min read ## Türkiye's AI Action Plan enters the Official Gazette The 2026-2030 plan took effect on August 18. Targets include AI training for 5 million people, $10 billion in investment and 1 GW of data centers. Read](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/turkiye-yapay-zeka-eylem-plani/)[**News · Funding** 17 August 2026 1 min read ## Wispr raises $280 million at a $2 billion valuation The Menlo Ventures-led round values Wispr at $2 billion. The company also previewed Canto, its own speech recognition model. Read](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/wispr-280-milyon-dolar/)[**News · Models** 16 August 2026 1 min read ## DeepSeek V4-Pro goes live, then adds peak-hour pricing Previewed in late April, V4-Pro became generally available on August 13. Since August 16 its price doubles for seven hours a day. Read](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/deepseek-v4-pro-yogun-saat-fiyati/)[**News · Funding** 14 August 2026 1 min read ## SpaceX closes its $60 billion purchase of Cursor maker Anysphere The all-stock deal is the largest acquisition of a venture-backed startup on record. Cursor now sits in a new SpaceXAI division. Read](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/spacex-cursor-60-milyar-dolar/)[**News · Funding** 13 August 2026 1 min read ## Databricks raises $5 billion at a $190 billion valuation Databricks wanted $1 billion, investors offered $15 billion, and they settled on $5 billion for AI agent products. 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