AI Leaders Weekly Briefing

December 12, 2025

OpenAI signed major deals with Disney and BBVA; Anthropic received a $21B chip order; Meta shifted to AI wearables; and xAI partnered with El Salvador, and more.

• OpenAI launched its GPT-5.2 model and secured a landmark commercial deal with Disney, licensing over 200 characters for Sora videos and receiving a reported $1 billion equity investment. ¹²³⁴⁵
• Anthropic expanded its infrastructure and enterprise reach, finalizing a $21 billion custom chip order from Broadcom for Google TPUs and announcing a $200 million, multi-year partnership with Snowflake. ⁶⁷
• Meta signaled a major shift toward AI monetization and wearables, acquiring startup Limitless while reports indicated the company is moving away from purely open-source models. ^{89101112131415}
• OpenAI, Anthropic, and Block co-founded the Agentic AI Foundation under the Linux Foundation to advance open standards for autonomous agent development. ^16171819
• xAI entered into a partnership with El Salvador’s government to deploy a nationwide AI education program using the Grok model in more than 5,000 schools. ²⁰²¹²²
• DeepMind announced it would open a new robotic AI lab in the UK and expanded its research collaboration with the UK AI Security Institute. ²³²⁴²⁵
• Other notable developments included OpenAI facing lawsuits related to copyright infringement and a murder-suicide incident, as well as a major $4.6 billion AI data center deal in Australia. ^2627282930

Sources

1. OpenAI launches GPT-5.2 AI model with improved capabilities Reuters
2. OpenAI releases GPT-5.2-Codex system card OpenAI
3. OpenAI reaches landmark agreement with Disney for Sora OpenAI
4. OpenAI to Reportedly Release GPT-5.2 AI Model This Week, But ‘Code Red’ Will Continue Gadgets 360
5. OpenAI is reportedly fast-tracking the GPT-5.2 launch; could land on December 9 WindowsReport
6. Broadcom Reveals $21 Billion Google TPUs Order from Anthropic Analytics India Magazine
7. Anthropic expands Snowflake partnership in $200M deal focused on enterprise AI deployment EdTech Innovation Hub
8. AI race: Meta reportedly uses Alibaba’s Qwen for its ‘Avocado’ model South China Morning Post
9. Meta is reportedly working on a new AI model called 'Avocado' and it might not be open source Engadget
10. Inside Meta’s pivot from open source to money-making AI model Moneycontrol
11. Meta might charge for a future AI model The Verge
12. Meta Turns From Metaverse and Places Big Bet on AI Glasses eWeek
13. Eavesdropping as a Feature: Meta Buys AI Wearables Company heise online
14. Meta’s Zuckerberg Pushes Highly Paid AI Lab to Build Moneymakers Bloomberg
15. Meta acquires AI-wearables startup Limitless Reuters
16. Anthropic spins off MCP and gifts it to the Linux Foundation heise online
17. OpenAI, Anthropic, and Block Are Teaming Up to Make AI Agents Play Nice Wired
18. OpenAI co-founds Agentic AI Foundation OpenAI
19. Anthropic donates MCP to Agentic AI Foundation Anthropic
20. El Salvador teams up with Elon Musk's xAI to bring AI to 5,000 public schools abcnews.go.com
21. El Salvador embraces Elon Musk s xAI after failed Bitcoin experiment Yahoo Finance
22. xAI partners with El Salvador government xAI
23. Google DeepMind Will Open a Robotic AI Lab in the UK to Discover New Materials Bloomberg
24. DeepMind announces expanded partnership with UK AI Security Institute DeepMind
25. DeepMind strengthens partnership with UK government DeepMind
26. NYT Lawsuit Forces OpenAI to Hand Over 20M User ChatGPT Chat History Geeky Gadgets
27. OpenAI and Microsoft Sued Over Murder-Suicide Blamed on ChatGPT Bloomberg
28. OpenAI, Anthropic, Others Receive Warning Letter from Dozens of State Attorneys General Gizmodo
29. OpenAI, Anthropic, Others Receive Warning Letter from Dozens of State Attorneys General Gizmodo
30. OpenAI strikes deal on $4.6 bil AI center in Australia Japan Today