AI News from May 29, 2026

Corgi raised a $106M Series B1 at a $2.6B valuation for its AI-enabled insurance platform serving startups.

Geordie AI raised a $30M Series A for its security and governance platform designed for enterprise AI agents.

YouTube is adding Premium podcast features, including an AI-powered recommendation tool, Auto speed, and mobile listening upgrades.

TechCrunch highlights Paris and VivaTech as increasingly central to AI startups, policy, infrastructure, and enterprise deployment.

Asana acquired no-code agent builder StackAI for $75 million to strengthen its human-agent workplace platform strategy.

Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.8 with benchmark gains, dynamic workflows, effort controls, and lower fast-mode pricing.

Anthropic raised $65 billion in Series H funding, lifting its valuation to $965 billion and surpassing OpenAI.