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Envoy Air hit by Oracle-linked cyberattack, confirms limited data exposure

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Envoy Air, the largest regional carrier for American Airlines (AAL.O), confirmed on Friday that it was the victim of a cyberattack linked to Oracle (ORCL.N) E-Business Suite vulnerabilities, part of a broader hacking campaign carried out by the CL0P extortion group.

The Texas-based airline said it had launched an internal investigation and contacted law enforcement after discovering the breach, which affected systems connected to Oracle software.

“We have conducted a thorough review of the data at issue and have confirmed no sensitive or customer data was affected,” a company spokesperson said. “A limited amount of business information and commercial contact details may have been compromised.”

Envoy Air operates over 160 aircraft and 875 daily flights for American Airlines. The company is the second confirmed victim of the campaign, which cybersecurity experts say has exploited weaknesses in Oracle’s enterprise systems to infiltrate corporate networks.

The CL0P ransomware group, known for previous high-profile attacks on software providers, claimed responsibility and listed American Airlines on its website as one of the victims, though the airline said questions should be directed to Envoy.

Google’s cybersecurity team said earlier this month that the ongoing campaign may have been active for over three months, resulting in the theft of “mass amounts of customer data” from various organizations. Harvard University also confirmed it was targeted in a similar attack earlier this week.

The breach underscores the growing risks associated with third-party enterprise software, particularly as hackers increasingly exploit widely used business platforms for extortion.

Anthropic aims to nearly triple annualized revenue in 2026 amid surging enterprise AI demand

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Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic is targeting an ambitious leap in revenue, projecting to more than double—and potentially nearly triple—its annualized revenue run rate in 2026, according to sources familiar with the company’s internal forecasts.

The San Francisco-based firm expects to hit an annualized revenue run rate of $9 billion by the end of 2025, and has set 2026 goals ranging from $20 billion to $26 billion, driven by rapid adoption of its enterprise-focused AI products. Anthropic confirmed to Reuters that its current revenue run rate is approaching $7 billion, up from $5 billion in August, though it declined to comment on future projections.

The growth underscores the accelerating demand for generative AI tools across industries, even as questions arise over the sustainability of massive AI infrastructure investments. About 80% of Anthropic’s revenue now comes from its 300,000 enterprise customers, who use its Claude models for software integration, data analysis, and automation.

One major contributor has been Claude Code, Anthropic’s AI-powered programming assistant, which has already reached a $1 billion annualized run rate since launching earlier this year. The company also recently introduced its Haiku 4.5 model — a low-cost AI system aimed at making enterprise AI more accessible.

Anthropic’s growth trajectory puts it in direct competition with OpenAI, whose revenue surpassed $13 billion in August and is expected to exceed $20 billion by year’s end. Founded in 2021 by former OpenAI employees, Anthropic has been valued at $183 billion following a $13 billion funding round led by ICONIQ.

Backed by Amazon and Google, the company plans to open its first India office in Bengaluru in 2026 and significantly expand its workforce to meet surging global demand for enterprise AI solutions.

Apple AI executive Ke Yang departs for Meta amid intensifying talent war

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Apple has lost another key artificial intelligence executive to Meta, as competition for top AI talent across Silicon Valley continues to escalate. Ke Yang, who was recently appointed to lead Apple’s new Answers, Knowledge and Information (AKI) division — a team central to the overhaul of Siri and Apple’s web-based AI search project — is reportedly leaving to join Meta Platforms, according to Bloomberg News.

Yang’s departure comes just weeks after her promotion, which positioned her at the forefront of Apple’s push to develop a ChatGPT-like AI-driven search tool. The project was expected to debut in March as part of Apple’s broader effort to integrate generative AI into its ecosystem.

Neither Apple, Meta, nor Yang have commented publicly on the move. Yang joined Apple in 2019, according to her LinkedIn profile.

Meta, led by Mark Zuckerberg, has been aggressively recruiting AI experts from competitors including Apple, Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic, as major tech firms pour billions into advancing generative AI and large language models. Bloomberg previously reported that other Apple executives, including Ruoming Pang and Robby Walker, have also recently left the company amid the growing AI talent war.

The move underscores the fierce competition among tech giants seeking to gain an edge in the race toward AI-powered search and digital assistants — a space increasingly defined by breakthroughs in conversational models and multimodal intelligence.