Databricks' $100B Series K

**Databricks** reached a **$100 billion valuation**, becoming a centicorn with new Data ([Lakebase](https://www.databricks.com/product/lakebase)) and AI ([Agent Bricks](https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/generative-ai/agent-bricks/)) products. **OpenAI** launched **ChatGPT Go** in India at ₹399/month (~$4.55), offering significantly increased usage limits and UPI payment support, with plans for global expansion. The **DeepSeek V3.1 Base/Instruct** models were quietly released on Hugging Face, showing strong coding benchmark performance and adopting an Anthropic-style hybrid system. The **Qwen-Image-Edit** model from **Alibaba** is gaining traction with integrations and community pruning experiments. *"DeepSeek V3.1 Base outperforms Claude 4 Opus on coding benchmarks"* and *"ChatGPT Go offers 10x higher message limits and 2x longer memory"* highlight key advancements.