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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OpenAI

OpenAI Reshuffles Roadmap: Two New Models to Precede "Much Better" GPT-5

By Chris McKay • Apr 4, 2025

Amazon Ecommerce

Amazon Tests AI Shopping Agent That Can Make Purchases from Other Retailers for You

By Chris McKay • Apr 3, 2025

Venture Capital Startups

Adaptive Security Raises $43M to Combat AI Cyber Threats

By Chris McKay • Apr 3, 2025

Runway Media & Entertainment

AI Media Startup Runway Secures $308M in Series D Funding

By Chris McKay • Apr 3, 2025

OpenAI

OpenAI Forms Expert Commission to Shape Its Nonprofit Future Amid For-Profit Transition

By Chris McKay • Apr 2, 2025

Google Gemini

Josh Woodward, Head of Google Labs, Takes Charge of Gemini App

By Chris McKay • Apr 2, 2025

Anthropic Education

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

By Chris McKay • Apr 2, 2025

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

By Chris McKay • Apr 1, 2025

Startups

Qualcomm Acquires VinAI's Generative AI Division

By Chris McKay • Apr 1, 2025

OpenAI SoftBank Venture Capital

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

By Chris McKay • Mar 31, 2025

AI Policy

Trump Administration Launches Accelerator for $1 Billion+ Deals

By Chris McKay • Mar 31, 2025

Biotech & Health Google Venture Capital

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

By Chris McKay • Mar 31, 2025

xAI

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

By Chris McKay • Mar 28, 2025

NVIDIA Robotics Omniverse Physical AI

NVIDIA's Bold Bet on Physical AI Takes Shape

By Chris McKay • Mar 27, 2025

Google Gemini

Google's Gemini 2.5 Pro Claims AI Benchmark Crown

By Chris McKay • Mar 25, 2025

OpenAI

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

By Chris McKay • Mar 25, 2025

AI Ethics

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

By Chris McKay • Mar 24, 2025

1X Robotics

1X Announces Home Trials for NEO Gamma Humanoid Robots

By Chris McKay • Mar 21, 2025

Meta EU

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

By Chris McKay • Mar 20, 2025

Apple

Apple Faces Class Action Over Misleading ‘Apple Intelligence’ Promises

By Chris McKay • Mar 20, 2025

Anthropic Claude

Anthropic Finally Adds Search Capabilities to Its AI Assistant

By Chris McKay • Mar 20, 2025

Venture Capital Startups

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

By Chris McKay • Mar 20, 2025

OpenAI

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

By Chris McKay • Mar 20, 2025

SoftBank AI Infrastructure Chips

SoftBank will Aquire Ampere for $6.5 Billion

By Chris McKay • Mar 20, 2025

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OpenAI Reshuffles Roadmap: Two New Models to Precede "Much Better" GPT-5

Amazon Tests AI Shopping Agent That Can Make Purchases from Other Retailers for You

Adaptive Security Raises $43M to Combat AI Cyber Threats

AI Media Startup Runway Secures $308M in Series D Funding

OpenAI Forms Expert Commission to Shape Its Nonprofit Future Amid For-Profit Transition

Josh Woodward, Head of Google Labs, Takes Charge of Gemini App

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

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

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

Qualcomm Acquires VinAI's Generative AI Division

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

Trump Administration Launches Accelerator for $1 Billion+ Deals

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

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

NVIDIA's Bold Bet on Physical AI Takes Shape

Google's Gemini 2.5 Pro Claims AI Benchmark Crown

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

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

1X Announces Home Trials for NEO Gamma Humanoid Robots

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

Apple Faces Class Action Over Misleading ‘Apple Intelligence’ Promises

Anthropic Finally Adds Search Capabilities to Its AI Assistant

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

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

SoftBank will Aquire Ampere for $6.5 Billion