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Chris McKay

Chris McKay is the founder and chief editor of Maginative. His thought leadership in AI literacy and strategic AI adoption has been recognized by top academic institutions, media, and global brands.

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Anthropic Launches Claude for Education with Learning Mode to Foster Critical Thinking in Universities

Anthropic Education

Anthropic Launches Claude for Education with Learning Mode to Foster Critical Thinking in Universities

By Chris McKay • Apr 2, 2025

Actively AI Lands $22.5M to Build 'GTM Superintelligence' for Sales Teams

Venture Capital Startups

Actively AI Lands $22.5M to Build 'GTM Superintelligence' for Sales Teams

By Chris McKay • Apr 2, 2025

Joelle Pineau, Head of Meta's AI Research, Announces Departure

Meta

Joelle Pineau, Head of Meta's AI Research, Announces Departure

By Chris McKay • Apr 1, 2025

Qualcomm Acquires VinAI's Generative AI Division

Startups

Qualcomm Acquires VinAI's Generative AI Division

By Chris McKay • Apr 1, 2025

OpenAI Secures Record $40 Billion in Funding, Reaching $300 Billion Valuation

OpenAI SoftBank Venture Capital

OpenAI Secures Record $40 Billion in Funding, Reaching $300 Billion Valuation

By Chris McKay • Mar 31, 2025

Trump Administration Launches Accelerator for $1 Billion+ Deals

AI Policy

Trump Administration Launches Accelerator for $1 Billion+ Deals

By Chris McKay • Mar 31, 2025

Isomorphic Labs Secures $600M to Accelerate AI-Powered Drug Discovery

Biotech & Health Google Venture Capital

Isomorphic Labs Secures $600M to Accelerate AI-Powered Drug Discovery

By Chris McKay • Mar 31, 2025

Musk Combines xAI and X in Mega Merger Valued Over $110 Billion

xAI

Musk Combines xAI and X in Mega Merger Valued Over $110 Billion

By Chris McKay • Mar 28, 2025

NVIDIA's Bold Bet on Physical AI Takes Shape

NVIDIA Robotics Omniverse Physical AI

NVIDIA's Bold Bet on Physical AI Takes Shape

By Chris McKay • Mar 27, 2025

Google's Gemini 2.5 Pro Claims AI Benchmark Crown

Google Gemini

Google's Gemini 2.5 Pro Claims AI Benchmark Crown

By Chris McKay • Mar 25, 2025

OpenAI’s GPT-4o Can Now Generate Images—and It’s Really Good at It

OpenAI

OpenAI’s GPT-4o Can Now Generate Images—and It’s Really Good at It

By Chris McKay • Mar 25, 2025

Netflix's Reed Hastings Commits $50M to Bowdoin College for AI Ethics Initiative

AI Ethics

Netflix's Reed Hastings Commits $50M to Bowdoin College for AI Ethics Initiative

By Chris McKay • Mar 24, 2025

1X Announces Home Trials for NEO Gamma Humanoid Robots

1X Robotics

1X Announces Home Trials for NEO Gamma Humanoid Robots

By Chris McKay • Mar 21, 2025

Meta's AI Assistant Expands to 41 European Countries with Limited Capabilities

Meta EU

Meta's AI Assistant Expands to 41 European Countries with Limited Capabilities

By Chris McKay • Mar 20, 2025

Apple Faces Class Action Over Misleading ‘Apple Intelligence’ Promises

Apple

Apple Faces Class Action Over Misleading ‘Apple Intelligence’ Promises

By Chris McKay • Mar 20, 2025

Anthropic Finally Adds Search Capabilities to Its AI Assistant

Anthropic Claude

Anthropic Finally Adds Search Capabilities to Its AI Assistant

By Chris McKay • Mar 20, 2025

ClearGrid Raises $10M to Modernize MENA's Debt Collection with AI

Venture Capital Startups

ClearGrid Raises $10M to Modernize MENA's Debt Collection with AI

By Chris McKay • Mar 20, 2025

OpenAI Unveils New Audio Models to Make AI Agents Sound More Human Than Ever

OpenAI

OpenAI Unveils New Audio Models to Make AI Agents Sound More Human Than Ever

By Chris McKay • Mar 20, 2025

SoftBank will Aquire Ampere for $6.5 Billion

SoftBank AI Infrastructure Chips

SoftBank will Aquire Ampere for $6.5 Billion

By Chris McKay • Mar 20, 2025

Prezent Secures $20M to Enhance AI-Powered Slide Decks for Enterprise

Venture Capital Startups

Prezent Secures $20M to Enhance AI-Powered Slide Decks for Enterprise

By Chris McKay • Mar 19, 2025

Industrial Giants Back Apptronik's Humanoid Robot Vision with Expanded $403M Series A

Apptronik Robotics Venture Capital Startups

Industrial Giants Back Apptronik's Humanoid Robot Vision with Expanded $403M Series A

By Chris McKay • Mar 19, 2025

How NVIDIA Is Building the Operating System for Physical AI

NVIDIA Robotics Manufacturing

How NVIDIA Is Building the Operating System for Physical AI

By Chris McKay • Mar 19, 2025

Google Acquires Wiz for $32B in Record-Breaking Cloud Security Deal

Google Startups

Google Acquires Wiz for $32B in Record-Breaking Cloud Security Deal

By Chris McKay • Mar 19, 2025

Abu Dhabi's $25 Billion Bet on Powering America's AI Boom

Abu Dhabi AI Infrastructure

Abu Dhabi's $25 Billion Bet on Powering America's AI Boom

By Chris McKay • Mar 19, 2025

NVIDIA Unveils DGX Spark and DGX Station: Desktop AI Supercomputers for the Developer Masses

NVIDIA

NVIDIA Unveils DGX Spark and DGX Station: Desktop AI Supercomputers for the Developer Masses

By Chris McKay • Mar 18, 2025