Tuesday, January 13, 2026
TL;DR
Today’s briefing covers 610 items from 13 sources. Top stories include: Mark Zuckerberg says Meta is launching its own AI infrastructure initiative; Anthropic announces Claude for Healthcare following OpenAI’s ChatGPT Health reveal; Anthropic wants you to use Claude to ‘Cowork’ in latest AI agent push.
Top Stories
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta is launching its own AI infrastructure initiative
TechCrunch AI
Meta is ramping up its efforts to build out its AI capacity — Zuckerberg said the company intended to drastically expand its energy footprint in the coming years.
Anthropic announces Claude for Healthcare following OpenAI’s ChatGPT Health reveal
TechCrunch AI
Anthropic’s Claude for Healthcare is unveiled about a week after OpenAI announced its ChatGPT Health product.
Anthropic wants you to use Claude to ‘Cowork’ in latest AI agent push
The Verge AI
Anthropic wants to expand Claude’s AI agent capabilities and take advantage of the growing hype around Claude Code - and it’s doing it with a brand-new feature released Monday, dubbed “Claude Cowork.” “Cowork can take on many of the same tasks that Claude Code can handle, but in a more approachable
Google’s Gemini to power Apple’s AI features like Siri
TechCrunch AI
Apple and Google have embarked on a non-exclusive, multi-year partnership that will involve Apple using Gemini models and Google cloud technology for future foundational models.
Harmattan AI raises $200M Series B led by Dassault Aviation, becomes defense unicorn
TechCrunch AI
French defense tech company Harmattan AI is now valued at $1.4 billion after raising a $200 million Series B round led by Dassault Aviation, which is best known for making the Rafale fighter jet.
Research Corner
News & Analysis
- Meta-backed Hupo finds growth after pivot to AI sales coaching from mental wellness (TechCrunch AI)
- Hands-on with Bee, Amazon’s latest AI wearable (TechCrunch AI)
- Why Amazon bought Bee, an AI wearable (TechCrunch AI)
- Google removes some AI health summaries after investigation finds “dangerous” flaws (Ars Technica AI)
- UK pushes up a law criminalizing deepfake nudes in response to Grok (The Verge AI)
- Amazon says 97% of its devices can support Alexa+ (TechCrunch AI)
- A New Jersey lawsuit shows how hard it is to fight deepfake porn (TechCrunch AI)
- Google pulls AI overviews for some medical searches (The Verge AI)
Deep Dive: Today’s AI Landscape
Synthesized from multiple research sources
Major AI funding deals announced the week ending January 10, 2026, totaled over $20.9B across 15+ startups, led by xAI’s record $20B Series E round.[1][5] This reflects strong investor conviction in frontier AI models, infrastructure, and applications, with xAI (Burlingame, founded 2023) raising funds from backers like NVIDIA and Qatar Investment Authority to advance reasoning and search tools—bringing its total to $37.7B.[1][5]
Top AI-Focused Funding Rounds (Week of Jan 6-10, 2026)
| Company | Amount | Round | Focus | Key Investors | Total Raised |
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