Monday, August 17, 2026

The day in AI

The KeyNews.AI edition for Monday, August 17, 2026 leads with “OpenAI signs record Ohio data center lease with Nvidia backing up to $105 billion”, reported by The Decoder and ranked 92 out of 100 by KeyRank. Also in the top 10: “Nvidia pledges $100bn backing for OpenAI data centre in Ohio”, “Anthropic’s annualized revenue surges to $65B”, “Anthropic tells investors annualized revenue run rate climbed to $65 billion in July” and “Nvidia investing $1.5B in SoftBank data center developer behind OpenAI project”. Across the 6 desks, 65 stories cleared the KeyRank bar, with Money the busiest at 21 and Tools next at 12. Further down the list: “Stripe is reportedly acquiring AI startup OpenRouter for more than $7 billion”, “Nvidia discloses $21B stake in SpaceX” and “OpenAI leases 10-gigawatt AI data center campus from SoftBank’s SB Energy”. Every story links to the original report and to its KeyNews brief.