# AI news for Saturday, June 27, 2026

> Wortins' curated AI briefing for Saturday, June 27, 2026.

_Wortins AI briefing · Saturday, June 27, 2026 · Updated 2026-06-27_

## Daily AI Updates

### [Google DeepMind bets $75M on AI's future in Hollywood with A24 deal](https://www.wortins.com/story/google-deepmind-bets-75m-on-ai-s-future-in-hollywood-with-a2-617b24f2)

_Source: TechCrunch · Saturday, June 27, 2026_

Google takes its first stake in a film studio, embedding DeepMind researchers inside indie darling A24's production workflow.

[Read the full story at TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/22/google-deepmind-bets-75m-on-ais-future-in-hollywood-with-a24-deal/)

### [SAP to Acquire Prior Labs to Establish a Globally Leading Frontier AI Lab in Europe](https://www.wortins.com/story/sap-to-acquire-prior-labs-to-establish-a-globally-leading-fr-af83af92)

_Source: SAP News · Saturday, June 27, 2026_

SAP buys the pioneer of tabular foundation models, pledging over 1 billion euros to build a European frontier lab for business data.

[Read the full story at SAP News](https://news.sap.com/2026/05/sap-to-acquire-prior-labs-establish-frontier-ai-lab-europe/)

### [Shield AI raises $2B at $12.7B for autonomous combat pilot Hivemind](https://www.wortins.com/story/shield-ai-raises-2b-at-12-7b-for-autonomous-combat-pilot-hiv-c54eac82)

_Source: The Next Web · Saturday, June 27, 2026_

The defense startup raised $2B led by Advent and snapped up simulation firm Aechelon to scale its combat-proven AI pilot.

[Read the full story at The Next Web](https://thenextweb.com/news/shield-ai-2-billion-hivemind-autonomous-defence)

### [Sarvam becomes India's newest AI unicorn with $234 million funding round led by HCLTech](https://www.wortins.com/story/sarvam-becomes-india-s-newest-ai-unicorn-with-234-million-fu-7b625dbb)

_Source: TechCrunch · Saturday, June 27, 2026_

HCLTech sinks $150M into the Bengaluru lab building sovereign Indian-language models for banks, insurers and government.

[Read the full story at TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/15/sarvam-becomes-indias-newest-ai-unicorn-with-234-million-funding-round-led-by-hcltech/)

### [Boston Dynamics and Google DeepMind Unveil a Smarter Spot](https://www.wortins.com/story/boston-dynamics-and-google-deepmind-unveil-a-smarter-spot-cfcb5d38)

_Source: IEEE Spectrum · Saturday, June 27, 2026_

Gemini Robotics lands on Spot, letting the robot dog read gauges, spot spills and reason its way through messy real facilities.

[Read the full story at IEEE Spectrum](https://spectrum.ieee.org/boston-dynamics-spot-google-deepmind)

## Interesting AI Articles

### [Top OpenAI, Google Brain researchers set off a $300M VC frenzy for their startup Periodic Labs](https://www.wortins.com/story/top-openai-google-brain-researchers-set-off-a-300m-vc-frenzy-f694a8d1)

_Source: TechCrunch · Saturday, June 27, 2026_

When Liam Fedus quit OpenAI to build AI scientists, VCs swarmed, one even wrote a love letter, in a wild bidding war.

[Read the full story at TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/20/top-openai-google-brain-researchers-set-off-a-300m-vc-frenzy-for-their-startup-periodic-labs/)

### [Anthropic now has more business customers than OpenAI, according to Ramp data](https://www.wortins.com/story/anthropic-now-has-more-business-customers-than-openai-accord-6281920e)

_Source: TechCrunch · Saturday, June 27, 2026_

Expense data flips the rivalry: 34.4% of businesses now pay Anthropic versus 32.3% for OpenAI, a quiet enterprise coup.

[Read the full story at TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/13/anthropic-now-has-more-business-customers-than-openai-according-to-ramp-data/)

### [Nvidia chases $200B CPU market with AI agent PCs from Microsoft, Dell, and HP](https://www.wortins.com/story/nvidia-chases-200b-cpu-market-with-ai-agent-pcs-from-microso-c3943918)

_Source: TechCrunch · Saturday, June 27, 2026_

Jensen Huang wants agents on every desk, pushing Nvidia silicon into a CPU market it has never seriously contested.

[Read the full story at TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/01/nvidia-chases-200b-cpu-market-with-ai-agent-pcs-from-microsoft-dell-and-hp/)

### [Microsoft, Meta, and Google just announced billions more in AI spending. Only Google convinced investors it's paying off](https://www.wortins.com/story/microsoft-meta-and-google-just-announced-billions-more-in-ai-51eb3476)

_Source: Fortune · Saturday, June 27, 2026_

Three giants poured fresh billions into AI, but only Sundar Pichai's Google walked away with Wall Street's blessing.

[Read the full story at Fortune](https://fortune.com/2026/04/29/microsoft-meta-google-ai-capex-spending-billions/)

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