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Anthropic is in early talks with Microsoft to rent servers powered by Microsoft's custom Maia 200 AI chips, which would be the first major external customer for Microsoft's in-house silicon program.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/21/anthropic-microsoft-maia-200-ai-chip.html

Waymo paused service in Atlanta after a robotaxi got stuck in floodwaters, the second city affected, with Waymo telling NHTSA it has yet to develop a permanent fix for the underlying flooding problem.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/21/waymo-pauses-atlanta-service-as-its-robotaxis-keep-driving-into-floods/

The co-founders of Chinese AI startup Manus are looking to raise about $1 billion from outside investors to buy Manus back from Meta, after Beijing ordered the $2 billion acquisition unwound.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-21/manus-weighs-raising-1-billion-to-unwind-meta-takeover

The new Anthropic-, Blackstone-, and Goldman-backed AI services venture made its first acquisition, buying San Francisco's Fractional AI, with Fractional reportedly ending its existing OpenAI relationship as part of the deal.

https://www.blackstone.com/news/press/the-ai-native-enterprise-services-firm-backed-by-anthropic-blackstone-and-hellman-friedman-announces-acquisition-of-fractional-ai/