September 30, 2026

Artificial Intelligence

• ElevenLabs doubles its valuation to $22B as enterprise demand for voice agents grows — a $300M employee tender, backed by new and existing investors, reflects the company’s push from speech models into enterprise conversational agents.
• Meta classifies AI data centers as experimental to claim billions in tax benefits — the Times reports research credits cut Meta’s federal tax bill by $3.9B in 2025, raising questions about how AI infrastructure qualifies for tax incentives.
• Google unveils Gemini 4 Argon for complex, long-horizon work — the frontier model targets software engineering, legal and financial work, and cyber defense; it is initially rolling out to trusted cyber defenders under a phased safety review.