tech
May 8, 2026
The “people’s airline” and the enterprise AI gold rush
Anthropic, OpenAI, and SAP are racing to lock up enterprise AI. Equity unpacks the latest deals, plus crypto fundraising, driverless trucks, and Pentagon AI contracts.
TL;DR
- Companies are heavily investing in enterprise AI, leading to acquisitions of AI startups.
- Anthropic and OpenAI are pursuing joint ventures for enterprise AI deployment.
- SAP acquired German AI startup Prior Labs for $1 billion.
- A TikToker is attempting to crowdfund the purchase of Spirit Airlines.
- Katie Haun's venture fund and Andreessen Horowitz are raising billions for crypto.
- Aurora Innovation secured a commercial trucking contract with a Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary.
- The Pentagon is increasing AI spending with deals involving Nvidia, Microsoft, and AWS.