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AI Daily Podcast — 11/07/2025
Today’s podcast episode was created from the following stories:
Google is in talks to pour more money into Anthropic, which could push the AI startup’s value to $350 billion
By Ben Bergman — November 6, 2025
Google is reportedly negotiating a deeper investment in Anthropic that could value the AI company at more than $350 billion, potentially via cloud credits, a convertible note, or a priced round. The talks underscore intensifying alliances in the AI arms race, with Google and Amazon backing Anthropic as Microsoft and Nvidia support OpenAI. A massive TPU cloud deal and Amazon’s Trainium2 cluster highlight the compute commitments behind Anthropic’s Claude models.
What the $400 million Snap–Perplexity deal means for users
By Aditi Bharade — November 6, 2025
Snap is integrating Perplexity’s AI answer engine into Snapchat in a $400 million cash-and-equity deal, with rollout planned for early 2026. Users will be able to ask questions and get sourced answers inside the app, and Perplexity says Snapchat data won’t be used to train its AI. The move follows broader social platform experiments with AI chatbots and comes as Snap pivots engagement toward Spotlight content.
Samsung to get ‘aggressive’ with the Galaxy S26 with hopes to sell 36 million units
By Nickolas Diaz — November 6, 2025
Samsung reportedly aims to sell about 35–36 million Galaxy S26 units in 2026 and target roughly $90.7 billion in revenue, alongside ~5 million foldable sales. Rumors point to a February 25, 2026 Unpacked event in San Francisco and potential S Pen design changes—or even its removal—in the S26 Ultra. The push signals a high-stakes year as smartphone makers lean on AI features and premium hardware to drive growth.
Real estate tech startup Digs raised $19 million to build AI that makes home construction easier. Read its pitch deck.
By Geoff Weiss — November 6, 2025
Digs raised $19.1 million in seed funding to expand its AI tools that organize construction documents and create digital twins for homeowners. Its DigsCanvas and DigsCare products streamline preconstruction collaboration and post-build warranty management, with nearly 10,000 homes already using the platform. The company expects to be cash-flow positive next year, reflecting growing adoption of AI in construction workflows.
Everyone’s asking if AI will pay off. This company has proof it does.
By Alistair Barr — November 6, 2025
TS Imagine’s AI agent, TAIA, delivers measurable ROI by automating ticket triage, classifying ~100,000 vendor emails yearly at 3% of prior cost, and converting corporate-action PDFs into structured data. The company says these deployments saved the equivalent of 8.5 full-time roles, with staff moved to higher-value work and fewer manual errors. It’s a concrete enterprise case that AI can boost efficiency and accuracy—not just hype.
Apple will reportedly rent Siri a new brain from Google for $1 billion per year
By Mike Pearl — November 6, 2025
Apple is reportedly planning to power Siri with a Google Gemini-based 1.2T-parameter model under a deal worth about $1 billion annually, with a spring iOS 26.4 rollout focused on personalization. Apple aims to keep on-device tasks on its own models and route complex queries to Gemini via Apple-run servers to preserve privacy. The move is framed as a stopgap while Apple continues building its in-house AI stack.
