Vol. I · No. 189SUN, OCT 25, 2026
Section · Labs

Frontier Laboratories

Dispatches from Anthropic, OpenAI, DeepMind, Mistral, Meta, xAI, and Cohere.

What FDE means at OpenAI

OpenAI explains forward deployed engineering (FDE) role: embedding engineers with customers to drive AI product adoption and integration.

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Southeast Asia’s digital economy to hit $368 billion

Southeast Asia's digital economy projected to reach $368B by 2026, driven by AI adoption.

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OpenAI acquires Orchestra Bio

OpenAI acquires Orchestra Bio to apply AI to life sciences R&D, targeting drug discovery and development acceleration.

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An update on independent evaluators

Anthropic grants METR independent evaluator access to Claude systems; exploring partnerships with Hugging Face and others for safety assessment.

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How to Measure AI ROI

Framework for enterprises to measure AI ROI by quantifying costs, financial value, and building credible estimates.

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