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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Venture Capital Startups

Tana Raises $14M to Transform Knowledge Work with AI-Native Workspace

By Chris McKay • Feb 3, 2025

OpenAI

OpenAI Unveils Deep Research, an AI Agent That Conducts Multi-Step Research Tasks

By Chris McKay • Feb 2, 2025

EU AI Policy

EU’s AI Act's Ban on High-Risk AI Systems Now in Effect

By Chris McKay • Feb 2, 2025

OpenAI

Key Takeaways from OpenAI’s Reddit AMA: Open Source Plans, DeepSeek Competition, and Future AI Models

By Chris McKay • Jan 31, 2025

OpenAI

OpenAI Releases o3-Mini, Bringing Smarter, Faster, and Cheaper Reasoning AI to Free Users

By Chris McKay • Jan 31, 2025

AI Policy

U.S. Copyright Office Sets Clear Boundaries on AI Copyrightability

By Chris McKay • Jan 30, 2025

ElevenLabs Venture Capital Startups

ElevenLabs Raises $180M Series C, Triples Valuation to $3.3B

By Chris McKay • Jan 30, 2025

OpenAI SoftBank Venture Capital Startups

OpenAI in Talks to Raise $40 Billion at $300B Valuation

By Chris McKay • Jan 29, 2025

AI Policy Anthropic

Anthropic’s CEO Defends U.S. Export Controls, Calls DeepSeek’s Advances “Expected”

By Chris McKay • Jan 29, 2025

Venture Capital Startups Cybersecurity

AI Security Startup Conifers.ai Secures $25M to Enhance SOC Operations with AI

By Chris McKay • Jan 29, 2025

Venture Capital Startups

Clutch Security Raises $20M Series A to Tackle Machine Identity Protection

By Chris McKay • Jan 29, 2025

OpenAI Microsoft

OpenAI and Microsoft Signal Ambitious Next Phase in AI Partnership

By Chris McKay • Jan 29, 2025

Alibaba

Alibaba Announces Qwen2.5-Max, Claims it's Better than DeepSeek

By Chris McKay • Jan 28, 2025

1X Robotics

1X Acquires Kind Humanoid, Strengthening its Position in Home Robotics

By Chris McKay • Jan 28, 2025

Venture Capital Startups Enterprise AI

Atomicwork Raises $25M to Bring AI-Native Service Management to Enterprises

By Chris McKay • Jan 28, 2025

Robotics Venture Capital Startups

Skild AI Eyes Major Funding from SoftBank

By Chris McKay • Jan 28, 2025

OpenAI

OpenAI Announces ChatGPT Gov: A Secure AI Platform for U.S. Government Agencies

By Chris McKay • Jan 28, 2025

Venture Capital Startups

Spanish AI Medical Imaging Startup Quibim Secures $50M to Expand in U.S

By Chris McKay • Jan 28, 2025

Venture Capital Startups

Manas AI Launches With $24.6M to Tackle Cancer Through AI-Driven Drug Discovery

By Chris McKay • Jan 28, 2025

DeepSeek NVIDIA

Chinese AI Upstart DeepSeek Triggers Historic Tech Selloff

By Chris McKay • Jan 27, 2025

Venture Capital Startups

Token Security Raises $20M to Address Growing Machine Identity Security Challenges

By Chris McKay • Jan 27, 2025

Amazon Quantum Computing

Amazon Unviels Ocelot, it's first Quantum Chip

By Chris McKay • Jan 27, 2025

Meta AI Rolls Out New Memory and Personalization Features

By Chris McKay • Jan 27, 2025

Op-ed

6 Key AI Conversations from Davos 2025

By Chris McKay • Jan 26, 2025

Media & Entertainment

Paul McCartney Warns UK's AI Copyright Plans Could 'Rip Off' Young Musicians

By Chris McKay • Jan 25, 2025

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Chris McKay

Tana Raises $14M to Transform Knowledge Work with AI-Native Workspace

OpenAI Unveils Deep Research, an AI Agent That Conducts Multi-Step Research Tasks

EU’s AI Act's Ban on High-Risk AI Systems Now in Effect

Key Takeaways from OpenAI’s Reddit AMA: Open Source Plans, DeepSeek Competition, and Future AI Models

OpenAI Releases o3-Mini, Bringing Smarter, Faster, and Cheaper Reasoning AI to Free Users

U.S. Copyright Office Sets Clear Boundaries on AI Copyrightability

ElevenLabs Raises $180M Series C, Triples Valuation to $3.3B

OpenAI in Talks to Raise $40 Billion at $300B Valuation

Anthropic’s CEO Defends U.S. Export Controls, Calls DeepSeek’s Advances “Expected”

AI Security Startup Conifers.ai Secures $25M to Enhance SOC Operations with AI

Clutch Security Raises $20M Series A to Tackle Machine Identity Protection

OpenAI and Microsoft Signal Ambitious Next Phase in AI Partnership

Alibaba Announces Qwen2.5-Max, Claims it's Better than DeepSeek

1X Acquires Kind Humanoid, Strengthening its Position in Home Robotics

Atomicwork Raises $25M to Bring AI-Native Service Management to Enterprises

Skild AI Eyes Major Funding from SoftBank

OpenAI Announces ChatGPT Gov: A Secure AI Platform for U.S. Government Agencies

Spanish AI Medical Imaging Startup Quibim Secures $50M to Expand in U.S

Manas AI Launches With $24.6M to Tackle Cancer Through AI-Driven Drug Discovery

Chinese AI Upstart DeepSeek Triggers Historic Tech Selloff

Token Security Raises $20M to Address Growing Machine Identity Security Challenges

Amazon Unviels Ocelot, it's first Quantum Chip

Meta AI Rolls Out New Memory and Personalization Features

6 Key AI Conversations from Davos 2025

Paul McCartney Warns UK's AI Copyright Plans Could 'Rip Off' Young Musicians