The UK neocloud's Sept. 18 S-1 details a $44.6B Anthropic contract and $1B Nvidia convertible note, giving small-business AI buyers the clearest read yet on where infrastructure pricing settles.
Anthropic and Microsoft take-or-pay contracts totaling $88.4B anchor the input costs behind every AI customer-acquisition tool small-business owners are evaluating.
September 16 rollout adds Sponsored Agents, natural-language campaign creation, and the platform's first CRM and e-commerce integrations — 200 days after ad revenue hit a $1B run rate.
New CSP purchases of Microsoft 365 Copilot Business will auto-enroll in pay-as-you-go Copilot Credits, turning a fixed per-seat cost into a variable one for small-team buyers.
A US pilot lets shoppers open a labeled conversation with an advertiser's AI after clicking; small businesses can now build and track ChatGPT campaigns without leaving HubSpot or the Shopify App Store.