CONFIRMED: OpenAI claims it has cancelled its latest chatbot — it wouldn't stop acting like a supervillain. Source: @OpenAI

DEVELOPING: Intuit agreed to acquire AI revenue-management startup Sequence. The Times estimates the transaction at about $200 million; Intuit did not disclose terms. Sequence’s team will join Intuit’s mid-market business. Sources: @Intuit

CONFIRMED: Tesla unveiled a “flying” sports car, Roadster, demonstrating brief airborne maneuvers powered by compressed-gas thrusters. @elonmusk targets production in 2028. Public-road approval remains unresolved. Source: @Tesla

CONFIRMED: AI drug-discovery startup Iambic raised $150 million in its Nasdaq IPO, selling 9.375 million shares at $16 each. Shares traded about 13% above the offering price Thursday afternoon. Source: @iambic_ai

Physical-AI startup Origin disclosed $20 million in funding to expand its construction-robot fleet. Its OG-1 robot applies drywall compound, sands and primes walls. Origin says robots are already operating on U.S. job sites. Source: Origin

DEVELOPING: Cohere signed a letter of intent to acquire San Francisco cybersecurity startup AISLE. Terms were not disclosed. AISLE says its AI identified more than 500 previously unknown software vulnerabilities during its first year. Source: @cohere

CONFIRMED: New York-based OrbiMed raised $3 billion across two healthcare investment funds. More than $1.9 billion will target U.S. and European life-sciences ventures. Over $1 billion will support healthcare investing across Asia. Source: @OrbiMed

CONFIRMED: Proofpoint agreed to acquire Varonis for approximately $6.3 billion in cash. Varonis shareholders would receive $49.75 per share. The cybersecurity transaction is expected to close during the first half of 2027. Source: @proofpoint

AS REPORTED: Sensing Company emerged from stealth with $15 million in total funding, including an $11 million seed round, Tectonic reports. It builds drone-detection systems. Source: Tectonic

CONFIRMED: North.cloud raised $60 million in Series B funding led by PeakSpan Capital to expand automation for managing cloud, AI and data spending. Source: North.cloud

CONFIRMED: AstraZeneca signed a drug-discovery deal with California startup Insitro: $40 million upfront, plus up to $1.46 billion in conditional milestones. Source: @AstraZeneca

DEVELOPING: @amazon is reportedly considering transferring about $8B of @nvidia Grace Blackwell chips into an investor-backed vehicle, then leasing them back. The proposal would extend structured AI financing directly into deployed accelerator fleets. Amazon has not confirmed the plan. Source: @FT

CONFIRMED: Ramp raised $1.85 billion at a $60 billion valuation. Dragoneer led the financing. Ramp says annualized revenue topped $2 billion. Source: @tryramp

CONFIRMED: Washington-based Sunbound acquired Ohio’s Richter Healthcare Consultants and disclosed a $24 million Series A. Acquisition terms were not disclosed. Source: @GoSunbound

CONFIRMED: San Francisco home-insurance startup Stand raised $70 million at a $1 billion valuation. Saga Ventures led the Series C round. Source: @standinsurance

DEVELOPING: CoreWeave fell about 16%, Nebius 11%, Oracle 9% and Dell 11% in Reuters’ afternoon snapshot. These are intraday—not closing—figures. Reuters⁠ Analysis: Costlier financing could widen the gap between cash-generating hyperscalers and debt-dependent infrastructure suppliers. Watch credit conditions alongside shares.

CONFIRMED: Berkshire Hathaway is investing another $330M in Bending Spoons. • 10M new shares at $33 • Berkshire stake rises to 4% • Total Berkshire investment reaches $930M • Proceeds support additional acquisitions Bending Spoons owns Airtable, Vimeo, Eventbrite, AOL and other major digital platforms. Source: @bendingspoons

CONFIRMED: Japan will invest up to $21B in two New York semiconductor factories operated by GlobalFoundries. @Apple and @RenesasGlobal are initial customers. A separate agreement raises the U.S. government’s GlobalFoundries stake to approximately 7%. Source: @Reuters

CONFIRMED: @Agilent will acquire digital-pathology startup Proscia for $240M in cash, plus up to $30M in performance payments. Proscia serves 4,000+ laboratories, hospitals and clinics and connects pathology workflows with AI-analysis tools. Source: @Reuters ⁠ Follow @thealgorithmichq #HealthcareAI #DigitalPathology #MergersAndAcquisitions