Top 20 Significant Business and AI News This Week In June

Here are the 20 most significant business updates, tech developments, and AI news that happened this week in June:

This Week’s Biggest AI and Tech News

OpenAI reported that it has 3 million paying business users.
Perplexity received over 780 million queries last month, says CEO Aravind Srinivas at Bloomberg’s Tech Summit.
Anthropic has appointed a national security expert to its governing trust.
ElevenLabs v3 has dropped, claiming to be the most expressive text-to-speech model.
Paypal is partnering with Selfbook to add a new hotel booking feature in their app.
xRobotics is taking the pizza industry by storm. This technology has completely revolutionized the way pizzas are made and restaurants are run.
Snapchat is set to launch lightweight, consumer AR glasses in 2026.
OpenAI claims to have hit $10B in annual recurring revenue.
Glean raised $150 million and is valued at $7.2B. This company is set to transform how brands use AI to accelerate innovations.
YouTube released its report showcasing how much the creator economy has changed and impacted the world.
Meta AI launched a new video editing feature in its app, using AI to help creators transform outfits, locations, and much more.
Snapchat launched Lens+ for a $8.99 subscription, giving users more exclusive experiences and AR lenses.
Meta is suing Crush AI, a “nudify” app that streamed thousands of ads throughout Meta’s platforms.
Mattel and OpenAI announced a strategic collaboration to bring generative AI into toy making and other products.
Automattic has acquired Clay, a relationship management app, to further its communication-focused product ecosystem.
Meta is in talks for a $10B investment with Scale AI, according to Bloomberg.
ElutherAI, an AI research organization, released a massive AI training dataset for open-source language modeling and domain texts.
OpenAI has updated ChatGPT’s voice mode to sound more natural.
Uber announced that it will have helicopter and boat services in Italy.
Threads is going to have a DM inbox, according to FinanceYahoo.

Replit – Browser-based coding platform with AI tools to write, run code, and automate app creation.
Veo 3 – Google’s AI tool that creates 8-second videos from text or image prompts.
Krisp – an AI note taker with noise cancellation, making smarter meetings with transcripts, summaries, and action items.
Scale – Provides data labeling and annotations services to train AI models.
Daybreak – Optimizes supply chain planning with AI-driven predictions.
Otter – An AI meeting agent that can transcribe and summarize lectures and interviews in real-time.
Vidnoz – AI-powered video generator that creates high-quality videos using customizable templates, voices, and avatars.
Mechanize – Develops virtual environments and training data to automate white collar jobs.
Goblin – An AI-powered app that helps neurodivergent people with tasks.
Blotato – An AI content engine that helps you create viral posts and faceless videos.
Claude – A conversational AI chatbot that analyzes images and documents.