Tech Pulse Daily - December 13, 2025

OpenAI, Anthropic, Block Launch Agentic AI Foundation

In a landmark collaboration, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Block have cofounded the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) under the Linux Foundation to steward open standards for AI agents, with major tech companies joining as founding members.

• Donated Technologies: Anthropic's MCP protocol, OpenAI's Agents.md specification, Block's Goose agent framework
• Founding Members: Google, Microsoft, AWS, Bloomberg, Cloudflare, and more
• Mission: Establishing open standards for AI agent interoperability and safety
• Developer Impact: Unified standards for building AI agents across platforms

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Amazon and Microsoft Invest $50B+ in India AI

Multinational technology giants are pouring unprecedented investment into India's AI ecosystem, with Amazon and Microsoft committing over $50 billion combined in just 24 hours for data centers and AI development.

• Investment Scale: Over $50 billion combined from Amazon and Microsoft in 24 hours
• Focus Areas: Data center construction, AI talent development, cloud infrastructure
• Intel Announcement: Plans to manufacture chips in India announced alongside
• Global Standing: Stanford ranks India alongside US, China, UK in "global AI vibrancy"

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Oracle Shares Plunge 14% on AI Expense Concerns

Oracle shares experienced their steepest single-day drop in years after the company revealed AI-related expenses will exceed expectations by $15 billion, raising concerns about profitability in the AI infrastructure race.

• Stock Movement: 14% decline, dragging broader market and AI stocks lower
• Expense Revelation: AI spending will require $15 billion more than previously expected
• Outlook Impact: Worse-than-expected guidance for coming quarters
• Market Effect: Ripple effect on other cloud and AI infrastructure stocks

Anthropic Prepares 2026 IPO, Eyes $300B+ Valuation

Anthropic has retained Wilson Sonsini as it advances preparations for an IPO that could arrive as soon as 2026, with the company considering a funding round that could value it above $300 billion.

• Legal Advisors: Wilson Sonsini retained for IPO preparation
• Timeline: IPO could arrive as early as 2026
• Current Valuation: $183 billion following $13 billion raise
• Target Valuation: Considering new round above $300 billion

Microsoft-Providence Release GigaTIME Healthcare AI Model

Microsoft and Providence have released GigaTIME, an AI model that creates "virtual patients" from standard pathology slides, discovering over 1,000 new associations between immune activity and survival rates.

• Technology: Uses AI to predict expensive protein markers from standard pathology slides
• Analysis Scale: Analyzed tumor microenvironment of 14,000 patients
• Discoveries: Found over 1,000 new associations between immune activity and survival
• Impact: Could dramatically reduce costs of cancer diagnosis and treatment planning