Revenue in the AI startup ecosystem is increasingly concentrating in Anthropic and OpenAI, dubbed the “big two,” with their combined share rising to 89 percent, The Information reported. The outlet said the estimate is based on annualised revenue data for 34 leading AI startups, excluding AI cloud firms renting Nvidia chips and listed companies such as Google and Microsoft. It also noted revenue figures may be inflated due to revenue-sharing deals with cloud partners.

Google is introducing a new evaluation method that allows the use of AI assistant tools in software engineer hiring interviews. It is preparing a pilot for some U.S. teams to let junior to mid-level developer candidates use approved tools, starting with its Gemini model. Interviewers will assess not only coding outcomes but also candidates’ ability to write prompts, validate outputs and debug. The company may expand the approach across departments and regions.