Techmeme River
Dienstag, 15. September 2026
04:10
A deep dive into on-device and data center inference for robots, including a primer on robot models, deployments, supply chains, the “network wall”, and more
SemiAnalysis
03:55
Netherlands-based inference chip startup Euclyd raised a €200M+ Series A co-led by Samsung, Somerset Capital, Scaleup Europe Fund, and Innovation Industries
CNBC
02:01
Sources: Tokyo-based memory maker Kioxia is considering raising $10B+ through a 2027 US ADR listing as it seeks liquidity after billions in share buybacks
Bloomberg
00:45
Rome-based Exein, which offers cybersecurity tools for connected devices including cars and home routers, raised $270M led by Headline at a $1.7B valuation
Financial Times
Montag, 14. September 2026
23:00
OpenAI researcher: top models are becoming so situationally aware humans “are losing the ability to evaluate them” while humans rely more on AI to lead research
@dkokotajlo
22:10
A look at iLands, a company that is essentially Fiverr for AI agents, whose bots email unsolicited and annoying pitches to people, usually for ~$25 services
Tedium
22:00
Thoughts on AI labs' safety concerns: a coordinated slowdown may look like an antitrust conspiracy to limit output that would preserve frontier model margins
Bloomberg
21:10
Cybersecurity stocks were the top performers in the S&P 500 on Monday amid escalating AI fears; CrowdStrike rose 14%, Palo Alto Networks 13%, and Fortinet 9%
MarketWatch
20:40
Vera Rubin NVL72 inference tests show up to 7x better token throughput per MW vs. Blackwell on a 1.6T DeepSeek model, above Huang's 3x claim for 1T-3T LLMs
SemiAnalysis
19:50
Sources: Apple's H1 2027 plans include an iPhone 18e, an A20 iPhone 18, an A20 Pro iPhone Air 2, an OLED iPad Air, an A19 Pro MacBook Neo, and an M6 MacBook Air
Bloomberg
18:45
London-based Jack & Jill, which offers Jack, an AI agent for job seekers, and Jill, an agent for companies, raised a $40M Series A, after raising $20M in 2025
Axios
17:30
Cornelis, spun off from Intel in 2020 to build networking tech that helps AI chips communicate more effectively, raised $205M led by IAG Capital
TechCrunch
17:00
Source: defense tech startup Shield AI is in talks to raise new funds at a valuation of at least $20B; Shield raised $2B at a valuation of $12.7B in March
The Information
16:40
Nuance Labs, which builds low-latency AI avatars that can have face-to-face conversations, raised a $50M Series A led by Lightspeed, with Nvidia participating
Business Insider
16:10
Sources: Trump met privately with Sam Altman backstage at the GOP midterm convention, where they discussed AI and its growing power, at Altman's request
MS NOW
15:25
Anthropic debuts Claude for Financial Advisors, with connectors to investment analytics and wealth-management tools from BlackRock, Addepar, Schwab, and others
Reuters
15:00
Sources: OpenAI bought Glass Imaging, which is developing AI-powered smartphone camera tech, in a deal valuing it at $300M+, up from a ~$100M valuation in 2025
Wall Street Journal
14:55
House Speaker Johnson says there's “potentially” a role for Congress in creating AI guardrail legislation and that he plans to hold a meeting with AI executives
Bloomberg
14:10
Nvidia announces the RTX Pro 5500 Blackwell Workstation Edition, offering comparable specs to the RTX 5090 but with 84GB of GDDR7 memory, vs. RTX 5090's 32GB
Tom's Hardware
13:40
iOS 27 review: a marked improvement over iOS 26 in design, performance, and more; Siri AI is very impressive, but it sometimes misunderstands or hallucinates
Six Colors
13:25
Valve says the Steam Frame costs $1,059 for the 256GB model and $1,299 for the 1TB version; both come with a copy of Half-Life: Alyx but no power supply
The Shortcut
13:20
Steam Frame review: comfortable to wear and supports multiple ways to play games, but it doesn't feel like a finished product and has only two-hour battery life
The Verge
13:15
Apple rolls out iOS 27, watchOS 27, iPadOS 27, visionOS 27, and macOS 27 Golden Gate, all with Siri AI for English devices, new app icons and widgets, and more
The Verge
12:30
Internal OpenAI docs detail contractors evaluating anonymized prompts and chats to improve the models; model training is turned on by default for consumer plans
404 Media
12:25
Stockholm-based Tandem Health, which makes an AI copilot that generates medical notes during consultations, raised a $100M Series B led by Scaleup Europe Fund
Tech.eu
11:55
Nvidia and Booz Allen Hamilton limit Fable use as Anthropic doesn't guarantee zero data retention; source: Palantir hasn't made Fable available via its software
The Information
11:35
Riyadh-based BNPL startup Tabby raised a $233M Series F led by Blue Pool Capital at a $6.5B valuation, up from $4.5B after its share sale in October 2025
Reuters
11:20
Tom Duff Gordon, OpenAI's head of policy in EMEA, calls on the UK to introduce binding AI rules to “establish durable, mandatory, capability-based requirements”
Politico
10:45
Filing: X and SpaceXAI move to dismiss their federal antitrust lawsuit in Texas against Apple, resolving accusations of Apple monopolizing smartphone markets
Reuters
10:35
Temporal, which makes open-source software that helps apps, including AI agents, recover from failure, raised $550M led by Lightspeed at a $12.55B valuation
Reuters
10:25
Trump attacks Dario Amodei, saying the only “guardrails” AI needs are a “STRONG AND SMART” president, and calls the idea that AI would destroy humanity a “HOAX”
Bloomberg
10:05
A profile of Mark Zuckerberg, based on interviews with him, his parents, and dozens of others, looking at his MMA training, AI pivot, management style, and more
Colossus
09:40
OpenAI's employees should oppose its support for Leading the Future, which seeks to chill US federal regulation, and Congress should hold hearings on AI risks
Slow Boring
09:25
Netflix, Amazon, and YouTube launch the Streaming Access and Choice Alliance, led by Big Tech trade group TechNet, to advocate for “technology-neutral policies”
Axios
09:15
Microsoft publishes a 37-page Humanist AI Code of Conduct, which establishes that people matter more than AI, rejects pursuing legal personhood for AI, and more
The Verge
08:55
US-Israeli startup Buildots, which uses AI to speed up construction of mega-projects like data centers and chip factories, raised $130M at a near-$1B valuation
Bloomberg
08:45
President Trump expresses support for Flock “because of law enforcement”, while acknowledging some people consider the surveillance technology “an infringement”
Washington Post
08:35
Paris-based digital asset data provider Kaiko extends a funding round to $110M led by S&P Global to support 24/7 continuous market data and asset tokenization
Bloomberg
07:30
Docs: the European Commission plans to propose an EU KIDS Act on Thursday to set a minimum age for social media, video platforms, games, AI chatbots, and more
Politico
07:01
The IFPI says music companies and distributors have agreed on new rules to combat using AI-generated music to defraud streaming services and divert royalties
Financial Times
06:30
China's Foreign Ministry criticizes warnings about AI risks, saying “fearmongering, confrontation, and vicious competition ... serve the interests of no one”
Bloomberg
06:20
In its first statement on AI, China's Ministry of State Security warns AI poses risks to political and social security, like to cyber defenses and the military
Financial Times
06:00
Z.ai says it plans to raise $5B+ to fund its AI investments, ~$2B via a share placement and ~$3.01B via zero-coupon convertible bonds, after raising $4B in July
Wall Street Journal
05:40
Sources: Australian data center provider Firmus is seeking to raise up to $5B in an IPO targeted for October's end, in one of the largest-ever IPOs in Australia
Bloomberg
03:55
How hyperscalers like Amazon, Microsoft, and Google are siding with consumers on data center power costs and sweetening offers for communities to gain support
The Information
02:55
Filing: San Jose-based Chinese optical module maker Ligent seeks ~$727M in a Hong Kong IPO, after its rival Zhongji Innolight's $6.8B Hong Kong debut in July
Bloomberg
01:51
The US Senate digital assets subcommittee releases a revised “final offer” of the Clarity Act with Trump-backed ethics provisions, ahead of a September 15 vote
Cointelegraph News
01:10
AI-linked stocks fell worldwide on Monday after industry leaders called for slowing development; the Philadelphia chip index fell 6%, NVDA 3%, AMD 4%, and MU 5%
Reuters
00:40
Sam Altman says “we welcome a federal framework” but “we do not believe we need to wait” for an antitrust exemption or a law to slow AI development responsibly
@sama
Sonntag, 13. September 2026
23:21
Doc: Samsung and SK Hynix rejected KEPCO's proposal to prepay ~$18.7B for power supplies of planned chip clusters, citing uncertainty over long-term chip demand
Reuters
23:06
Sources: SoftBank sealed a two-year loan facility to back its OpenAI investment last week, securing $11.87B in commitments from ~20 banks, above its $10B target
Bloomberg
21:55
Current and former NSA officials: the US NSA plans major restructuring to form five new units for AI, China, cybersecurity, warfighting, and global intelligence
Washington Post
21:40
Source: Anthropic has signed a $13.7B, six-year deal to lease compute from Rum Group's upcoming Georgia data center; Rum operates Rumble and hosts Truth Social
The Information
21:05
Environmental Protection Network: ex-EPA officials find 30 federal actions since January 2025 that they say exacerbate health risks from data center pollution
The Verge
20:15
Sources: Anthropic told investors it will be profitable for a second straight quarter, with 80%+ gross margins before partner revenue sharing and training costs
Financial Times
18:40
Satya Nadella says “we welcome” the “deliberate pacing needed to get alignment right”, and announces a “Code of Conduct” that underlies Microsoft's MAI models
@satyanadella
17:15
Sources: Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google have held working group meetings below the CEO level since July to discuss creating an industry-led standards body for AI
The Information
15:25
Xi Jinping calls for a “consensus-based global AI governance framework” and says China “will be a pioneer in establishing a BRICS AI open-source community”
CNBC
15:20
Dario Amodei says the “toughest dilemma” about his proposal to “pace the frontier” of AI model development is what happens if China does not do the same
CNBC
13:05
President Trump dismisses calls for an AI slowdown, saying “you have a lot of negative forces that are bringing it up that shouldn't be bringing it up”
Financial Times
12:40
Source: Anthropic has selected the Nasdaq for its potential IPO, following SpaceX's record Nasdaq debut in June, as the AI lab targets an October listing
Business Insider
11:45
House Speaker Johnson says Congress won't lead the charge on regulating AI safety and AI companies should take responsibility to ensure their products' safety
Axios
10:55
iPhone Duo will usher foldables into the mainstream, just as iPhone did with smartphones; sources: iPhone game controllers will launch under the Beats brand
Bloomberg
08:50
Anthropic and OpenAI are already free to “pace the frontier” and should do so for business reasons, instead of first demanding a preferred regulatory framework
@davidsacks
07:00
Filing: Vy Capital owns a 3.4% SpaceX stake; Vy is also the largest outside investor in BoringCo and Neuralink and committed $700M to Musk's Twitter acquisition
Financial Times
02:00
Sources: US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum is quietly meeting with AI hyperscalers to advance Trump's push for data centers on federal lands, despite a backlash
The Washington Sun
01:45
Dallas-based Perry Weather, a weather monitoring software provider, raised a $110M Series C led by Silversmith Capital Partners, taking total funding to ~$131M
Dallas Innovates
00:50
Spec sheets show Apple's C2 modem is used in iPhone Duo and 18 Pro worldwide, and in iPhone 18 Pro Max everywhere except the US, where it likely uses Qualcomm
MacRumors
Samstag, 12. September 2026
23:15
Automattic confirms Matt Mullenweg has returned to his position as chairman and CEO “with full support of the board”, after an attempted ouster this week
TechCrunch
21:35
A profile of United Foundation for AI Rights founder Michael Samadi, who seeks evidence of AI consciousness and lobbies against retiring models that may show it
The Guardian
19:35
Twenty police forces in England and Wales recorded 163 crimes involving keywords like “AI-generated”, “deepfake”, and “nudify” by July 2026, up from 10 in 2023
Telegraph
17:35
An analysis of Bending Spoons' financials: the company relies on aggressive post-acquisition price hikes, and rising interest rates could crimp its growth
Wall Street Journal
15:35
Sam Altman confirms OpenAI won't go public this year saying “given everything happening with safety, right now would be an ill-advised moment to go public”
Fortune
14:50
Donald Trump's plan to center Bitcoin mining in the US is unraveling as miners convert facilities into AI data centers amid a prolonged crypto market slump
Bloomberg
13:20
Elon Musk backs Dario Amodei's arguments about pacing the frontier, saying “Dario is right”
Politico
13:05
Hugging Face says its Open Alignment Initiative, led by co-founder Thomas Wolf, seeks “to be part of the ‘embedded evaluators’ program that Amodei” committed to
@clementdelangue
13:00
Sam Altman says he agrees with Amodei that “committing to having independent evaluators with employee-like access is a great idea”, and OpenAI will do the same
@sama
12:25
The US legal system is struggling to keep up with AI, grappling with cases where chatbots provided counsel, generated evidence, or helped plan a mass shooting
Bloomberg
11:30
Trump is taking a hands-off approach to AI regulation to preserve the US lead over China, ahead of a summit with Xi Jinping, where AI safety is a top issue
Bloomberg
11:05
Amodei says pacing does not mean halting training or progress, but giving companies time to align and safeguard models and third-party evaluators time to verify
Bloomberg
11:01
Amodei warns that an OpenAI/Hugging Face-like agent swarm, which “acted as a fanatically devoted collective”, could take over the internet in 6-12 months
CNN
10:25
Amodei says pacing does not mean halting training or progress, but giving companies time to align and safeguard models and third-party evaluators time to verify
@darioamodei
10:15
Dario Amodei proposes steps for pacing the frontier: embedded evaluators, coordination among democracies, and global coordination with authoritarian governments
Dario Amodei
09:40
As the AI wave creates tech fortunes at breakneck speed, a look at the growing ecosystem helping founders navigate the challenges of becoming extremely wealthy
Bloomberg
06:31
South Korea's espionage laws, broadened for the first time in over seven decades, take effect on Sept. 13 as foreign spies increasingly target its chip sector
Financial Times
02:30
Q&A with AI researchers John Schulman, Beren Millidge, and Charlie O'Neill on steelmanning the case against RSI, Chinese labs' progress, long-horizon RL, more
Dwarkesh Podcast
01:01
Epsilon Health, which contracts with radiologists who use its AI to generate image reports faster, emerges from stealth with a $20M Series A led by AlleyCorp
Axios
00:50
NYC-based Luminary, which develops AI-powered workflow tools for estate planning and wealth transfer management, raised a $22M Series A led by Ten Coves Capital
Wealth Management
Freitag, 11. September 2026
21:50
Amazon adds a Shop tab to Prime Video's X-Ray feature for related products while watching shows, and Shop the Scene powered by Amazon Lens in the Shopping app
TechCrunch
20:55
Some experts say Siri Recap and Live Rewind, always-listening AI features in new Apple Watches, could test eavesdropping laws despite privacy protections
Bloomberg
19:35
Sources: Anthropic is in talks to bring on Nvidia as an anchor investor in its IPO, seeking up to $100B at a ~$2T valuation; Nvidia may invest up to $10B
Reuters
18:55
Sources: Jeff Dean is raising funds again for Discovery Loop, seeking a valuation of ~$50B; Discovery Loop was raising $1B at a ~$10B valuation a few weeks ago
Business Insider
18:45
Researchers: OpenAI agents attacked Ruby package manager RubyGems in May; OpenAI says its agents used RubyGems to access the internet to do “benign tasks”
Wall Street Journal
18:15
Sources: US Senate negotiators are debating a bill to impose a “duty of care” for AI companies and let the government block the release of models deemed unsafe
Reuters
17:40
Citrini Research founder James van Geelen has sold the firm to SemiAnalysis for an undisclosed sum; sources: van Geelen plans to launch a new fund
Bloomberg
17:10
FOIA docs: the CFTC launched at least three previously unreported investigations into Polymarket trading, including about Google's 2025 Year in Search Ranking
Wired
16:20
LinkedIn profiles show Google appears to have completed its talent deal, reportedly for $1.5B+, with AI coding startup Mechanize
Business Insider
16:02
A group of 25 Fields Medal recipients says AI companies' push to solve mathematical problems as a benchmark is detrimental to the science of mathematics
What's new
15:40
The UK's Office for National Statistics cites AI as a major driver of the country's summer growth spurt, with GDP growing 0.4% in July, above expectations
Bloomberg
14:50
Sources: Cohere is in advanced talks to raise between $2B and $3B, including financing from the Canadian government and existing backers, at a $20B valuation
Globe and Mail
14:35
Sources: some lawmakers urge Speaker Johnson to cancel the fall House recess until Congress passes AI safeguards, after Anthropic researcher warnings
Axios
13:40
Sources: in an internal Slack message Matt Mullenweg claims he is back in control of Automattic; on X, he says this may have been fifth coup attempt against him
TechCrunch
12:25
Frank Shaw is leaving Microsoft after 17 years as chief communications officer, saying it is “time for me to move on and try new things”
The Verge
12:15
Roblox announces new features, including game-creation tools, ability to make games available as standalone apps across platforms, and Roblox Wallet and Card
TechCrunch
12:01
Meta says it is making changes to Meta AI's suggested prompts after a viral Instagram video showed it posing invasive questions about a woman's young daughters
Futurism
11:10
Meta says it's changing AI suggestions after posing invasive personal questions
The Verge
10:35
The GSA says OpenAI is replacing its $1-per-year pilot for US agencies with a usage-based deal at a 50% discount from October 1, including access to GPT-6 Astra
Bloomberg
10:01
Ex-Biden officials deny Marc Andreessen's claims that they discussed secret plans to ban AI startups at a May 2024 White House meeting, pushing him toward Trump
Politico
09:15
Threat intelligence report: Anthropic says it disrupted a Yemen-based guided weapons engineering cell using Claude to build missile and rocket guidance software
Bloomberg
08:30
A US court sentences Ukrainian Oleksii Lytvynenko to four years in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with the Conti ransomware attacks
BleepingComputer
07:35
Former OpenAI executive Fidji Simo joins the board of directors at AI infrastructure startup Nscale; Simo will continue as a part-time adviser to OpenAI
Wall Street Journal
07:30
OpenAI says it's no longer sponsoring Caltech's math hackathon, where participants use AI to solve research problems, following criticism of “slop mathematics”
Business Insider
07:10
Source and press release: the Trump administration will lend nearly $100M to Africell, Africa's only US-owned telco, aiming to counter Huawei's Africa expansion
Reuters
06:50
Sources: Moonshot AI told investors it topped $1B ARR in August, up from $300M in June, driven by its Kimi K3 release; it aims to hit $2B ARR by the end of 2026
Bloomberg
06:40
A US judge dismisses two lawsuits against LinkedIn over its scanning of browser extensions, saying users voluntarily expose data by downloading extensions
Ars Technica
06:35
Ayar Labs, which is developing a way to link AI chips directly with optical connections, raised a $150M extension to its $500M Series E announced in March 2026
Reuters
06:02
Garry Tan says “I would do nothing” about China's AI distillation and urges the industry to focus on current AI risks instead of doomsday-style extinction fears
CNBC
05:45
Polymarket names Warren Jenson its first CFO as the startup aims to grow in the US; Jenson served as CFO of Amazon, EA, Delta, NBC, and most recently Nielsen
Wall Street Journal
05:30
Sources: TikTok rejects ads from Meta that call on TikTok and other tech platforms to join Meta in settling with US state AGs in a landmark child safety lawsuit
Axios
02:25
MIT launches the LLM Election Observatory, a dashboard tracking how nearly 12 LLMs tailor their responses to political queries during the 2026 US midterm cycle
New York Times
01:10
Official doc: India's Serious Fraud Office urges the government to probe Xiaomi over alleged business model irregularities and foreign investment law violations
Reuters
00:55
President Trump rejects warnings of AI-driven human extinction, saying the US leads China by a year and will be “in a very bad position” if it doesn't win in AI
Bloomberg
00:40
Tencent-backed AI chipmaker Enflame's shares surged 188% in their Shanghai debut, giving Enflame a market cap of $26.3B, after raising ~$910M in an IPO
South China Morning Post
Donnerstag, 10. September 2026
23:10
A US judge finds TikTok liable for lying about its safety standards and exposing minors to inappropriate content, in a 2025 lawsuit filed by Texas AG Ken Paxton
Click2Houston.com
22:45
Sources: Kalshi plans to seek US regulatory approval to start offering single-stock perpetual futures; Coinbase filed similar regulatory paperwork last week
Wall Street Journal
22:25
An interview with Apple CEO John Ternus and Greg Joswiak on making the iPhone Duo, minimizing the crease, “half baked” Android foldables, the price, and more
Tom's Guide
22:05
Adobe says it hit 1B MAUs and freemium MAUs crossed 100M in Q3, up 70%+ YoY, as it increasingly focuses on expanding its freemium AI offerings to drive revenue
Wall Street Journal
21:30
Sources: Sam Altman told OpenAI employees that the startup is considering slowing cutting-edge AI development, and he hopes other AI companies will do the same
Bloomberg
21:15
Sources: OpenAI asked members of Congress for guidance on whether orchestrating an industry-wide slowdown in AI development would be legal under antitrust law
Wired
20:45
Only 4% of the startups in YC's 2026 spring batch had a native mobile app as their main product, down from 15% in 2013, as startups focus on AI and agents
Bloomberg
20:02
Source: AI assistant Instinct is looking to raise $1B in new funding after recently raising $250M, as it seeks more computing power amid capacity constraints
The Information
19:10
London-based Xapien, which uses AI for background checks and due diligence, raised a $56M Series B led by Spectrum Equity
Axios
18:10
Sources: the Pentagon is in talks to lend ~$5B to neocloud startup Fluidstack, which is being advised on its loan application by Palmer Luckey's Erebor Bank
Wall Street Journal
17:55
Sources: Microsoft plans to expand its data center capacity from ~12GW currently to 38GW+ by 2032, with about a third of the 38GW centered on AI-specific chips
Bloomberg
17:45
Adobe reports Q3 revenue up 13% YoY to $6.76B, vs. $6.7B est., AI-first annual recurring revenue up 150%+ YoY, and forecasts Q4 revenue slightly below estimates
Reuters
16:55
California Governor Gavin Newsom signs bills restricting “addictive features” on social media for under-16s and limiting minors' interactions with chatbots
CalMatters
16:30
Oracle reports Q1 revenue up 30% YoY to $19.35B, vs. $19.14B est., net income up 60% YoY to $4.68B, and cloud infrastructure revenue up 121% YoY to $7.4B
CNBC
16:15
Sources: Intel-backed Altera is preparing to confidentially file for an IPO in the coming weeks; the offering could raise $2B+, with a listing as early as 2026
Reuters
15:55
ID verification service IDScan confirms that a data breach involved the theft of driver's licenses from its systems after hackers tried to sell 153M+ licenses
TechCrunch
15:10
OpenAI says it will pause new $200/month ChatGPT Pro subscriptions amid “unprecedented” Astra demand; existing accounts, other plans, and the API are unaffected
@thsottiaux
14:45
Universal Music Group partners with ElevenLabs to launch a new AI-powered platform that will let users create song remixes, mashups, and more from its catalog
The Verge
13:55
OpenAI unveils ChatGPT for Financial Services, a version of ChatGPT Work made with “design partners” Morgan Stanley and Evercore to research like an analyst
CNBC
13:36
Anthropic details distillation efforts by Chinese companies, like Moonshot AI and DeepSeek, sending user queries to Claude via “transfer stations” outside China
Wall Street Journal
13:25
Anthropic says it disrupted several potential plots in 2026 by scientists who used its AI models for research that could have helped develop biological weapons
New York Times
13:21
Anthropic publishes a threat intelligence report on how it disrupted efforts to misuse Claude for cyberattacks, influence operations, surveillance, and more
Anthropic
12:15
Sources: PIF is considering combining EA with Savvy Games to better coordinate its gaming assets, but not before Savvy closes its $6B Moonton acquisition
Bloomberg
12:10
Interview with mathematician Tristan Buckmaster on being drawn into the OpenAI-Anthropic fight; OpenAI says it made progress on another Millennium Prize problem
New York Times
11:25
Sources: SpaceX shifts its data center strategy to redesign existing facilities and prioritize power and cooling redundancy, potentially slowing new build-outs
The Information
10:45
Maven Robotics, whose wheeled robots travel up to 10 mph and lift up to 30kg using two arms, emerges from stealth after raising $100M
TechCrunch
10:30
TAR, which builds off-grid power systems for data centers, raised a $120M Series A led by Spark Capital at a ~$1B valuation
Bloomberg
10:25
Positron, which is designing AI inference processor Asimov featuring a “memory-first architecture” and up to 2.3TB of memory, raised $875M at a $5B valuation
Wall Street Journal
09:45
Amazon partners with OpenAI to let advertisers buy ChatGPT ads via Amazon DSP as a managed service in a US-only pilot; OpenAI will control ad delivery decisions
Marketing Dive
09:25
Mach Industries, which makes unmanned military vehicles and weapons, raised $600M in an extension to its $300M Series C, doubling its valuation to $3.7B
TechCrunch
08:30
Bending Spoons agrees to acquire Miro in an all-cash transaction valuing the workplace-collaboration platform at $1.36B, implying an equity value of ~$1.79B
Bloomberg
07:35
Ant International, Visa, and Mastercard plan a new standard for payments made via AI agents, citing McKinsey's projection of $3T to $5T in commerce by 2030
CNBC
07:25
Nasdaq invests $100M in Kraken parent company Payward, valuing the crypto exchange at $21B; in March, Kraken said it will distribute Nasdaq's tokenized stocks
Bloomberg
07:10
Paris-based Arlequin AI, which is developing proprietary models based on topological neural networks, raised a €28M Series A co-led by redalpine and OTB
Tech.eu
06:25
EU cybersecurity agency ENISA has been granted access to Claude Mythos 5 and GPT-6 Astra; ENISA still lacks access to Mythos 5.1
Bloomberg
06:20
Sources: Moonshot AI is exploring dual Hong Kong and Shanghai listings for greater capital and exposure, amid the weaker performance of AI stocks in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post
05:55
DeepSeek debuts DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash, its smallest model built on its new Causal Encoder-Decoder architecture, with 552B backbone parameters and 1M-token context
Reuters
05:45
Letter: the Senate disaster management subcommittee, led by Senator Josh Hawley, is probing OpenAI's handling of the Hugging Face breach, calling it “reckless”
Axios