AI Pulse 🚨
A bite-sized curation of this week's most important AI news.
🚀 Google released early access to Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview with improved coding capabilities now ranking first on the WebDev Arena Leaderboard outperforming competitors like OpenAI and Anthropic.
📈 Anysphere, the company behind Cursor AI, has reportedly secured a massive $900M funding round led by Thrive Capital at a $9B valuation 🤯. Andreessen Horowitz and Accel participated in this round, marking a significant jump from their $2.6B valuation just months ago.
🚨 OpenAI is reportedly acquiring Windsurf for $3 billion. The acquisition will mark OpenAI’s largest to date and signals a strategic move to strengthen its position in AI-assisted “vibe coding” tools. Windsurf also released Wave 8 this week with many new features.
🔄 Mistral has launched its new Mistral Medium 3 model, claiming 90% of Claude Sonnet 3.7’s performance at significantly lower costs. The company also released Le Chat Enterprise, their corporate chatbot service with third-party integrations.
🎨 Figma launched Figma Make, a new “vibe-coding” tool that turns static designs into interactive prototypes. The tool integrates Claude 3.7 Sonnet and enables designers to add animations, real-time feedback, and dynamic data without coding.
🔍 Anthropic launched web search capabilities for its API, allowing developers to build AI solutions without needing to manage their own web search infrastructure.
🤝 Apple and Anthropic are reportedly partnering to develop a “vibe-coding” software platform based on a new version of Xcode. The platform will utilize Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet model and is currently planned for internal use at Apple.
🤖 Vercel now supports the Model Context Protocol (MCP), making it easier to deploy AI-connected tools with integration into AI apps.
