Company Watch

Announcements from major AI companies

Tracking announcements from the major AI companies, by company.

OpenAI / GPT-5.6

OpenAI Releases GPT-5.6 and Integrates Codex Into ChatGPT

OpenAI launched GPT-5.6 and brought Codex directly into ChatGPT, with a desktop app that switches between Quick Chat, Codex and ChatGPT Work modes.

xAI / Grok

xAI Releases Grok 4.5 and Free Grok Build for Agentic Coding

xAI's Grok 4.5 and the freely available Grok Build harness topped several coding benchmarks, including SWE-Atlas-QnA and Perplexity's WANDR evaluation.

Meta / Enterprise AI

Meta Launches Enterprise Solutions Unit and Muse Spark for Business AI

Meta created a dedicated Enterprise Solutions unit and rolled out the agent-focused closed model Muse Spark, entering the enterprise AI market in 2026.

Anthropic / Billing

Anthropic Free-Plan User in Korea Billed About $16.6 Million Amid Billing Anomaly

A South Korean developer on Claude Free received invoices reaching roughly $16.6 million despite zero API usage, in what appears to be a billing pipeline error.

HeyGen, Perplexity Computer and Video Tools Add Features

HeyGen announced a Figma-to-video integration and is supplying avatar technology to Telemundo. Perplexity Computer added the Grok 4.5 orchestrator and credit analysis features. On video, Vidu S1 offers real-time interactive generation, Pika added VFX skills, and Google Flow's Omni Flash added multi-shot support.