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Physical AI, encompassing warehouse robotics, AI-native factories, and energy infrastructure automation, represents a $50 trillion opportunity, far larger than AI for knowledge workers. However, investors and executives …
OpenAI chief futurist Joshua Achiam told colleagues on July 7, 2026 that he will leave the company later this month after nearly nine years, according to WIRED. His departure raises governance questions for enterprise bu…
Rebellions, a Samsung-backed AI chip startup, plans to go public on South Korea's KOSPI in early 2027, CEO Sunghyun Park told CNBC on July 8, 2026. The company secured about 640 billion won in pre-IPO funding from Mirae …
Rebellions, an AI chip startup backed by Samsung, plans to go public in South Korea next year, CEO Sunghyun Park told CNBC. The company is leaning toward a listing on the KOSPI over the KOSDAQ.
The AI inference market is bifurcating into cheap commodity models and premium frontier systems, with GPT-4-class costs dropping from $20 to $0.40 per million tokens since 2022 while newer models like Google's Gemini 3.5…
A developer evaluated Google's Gemma model for local AI inference in African tech contexts, finding it practical and cost-effective for startups with limited hardware. The developer built a minimal Go HTTP service to int…
Anthropic reported a profit of over $1 billion in the third quarter of 2026, driven by strong adoption of its Claude Code product in software development. The company confidentially filed for an IPO on June 1, positionin…
Cao Liangliang, former principal engineer and director at Google DeepMind, has returned to Hong Kong after two decades to join the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, bringing Silicon Valley expertise in AI and machine lea…
Generative AI faces a potential US$800 billion revenue shortfall, with minimal productivity gains and high operating costs, raising doubts about its long-term value. OpenAI and other firms struggle to monetize services, …
Jeremy Grantham said he would "bet at least 90%" on a sharp reversal in SpaceX's share price, calling parts of the company's pitch "utterly inconceivable." Raymond James analyst Brian Gesuale opened coverage with an $800…
Anthropic is in advanced talks to lease the entire 16-story building at 330 Hudson Street in Manhattan, securing 465,000 square feet to double its New York City workforce to 1,000 employees by 2026. The AI company behind…
A seller is auctioning their patent-backed commerce attribution SaaS with identity graph, AI customer scoring, 11 ad integrations, and production Cloudflare infrastructure on Flippa for $1 with no reserve. The seller has…
Oil prices surged over 2% after the U.S. launched strikes on Iran, while Asian shares were mixed. Brent crude rose to $76.09 a barrel and U.S. benchmark crude to $72.25. Markets remain volatile amid AI stock concerns and…
Shanghai Iluvatar CoreX Semiconductor is planning a share sale in Hong Kong that could raise at least $800 million, just months after its IPO, as demand for domestic AI chips surges amid US export controls. The Chinese G…
Hong Kong stocks rebounded on Wednesday as the Hang Seng Index rose 2.4%, led by technology shares, amid easing concerns over lock-up expiries. Knowledge Atlas Technology surged 18% after cornerstone investors reaffirmed…
Approximately 80% of US startups using open-source AI have adopted cheaper Chinese models from DeepSeek, Alibaba, and Moonshot AI, according to Andreessen Horowitz. The shift, driven by costs as low as one-eighth of US a…
Silicon Valley startups are increasingly adopting Chinese AI models, which are up to 40 times cheaper than domestic options, driven by comparable performance. Companies like Airbnb and Social Capital have already integra…
A study of about 1,080 job postings at OpenAI and Anthropic reveals the two AI labs are diverging in their approaches to agentic AI, which poses a security risk as AI agents' behavior can drift over time, evading standar…
Tessa Kriesel, a developer tools marketer, increased Tabstack signups by 71% in her first 90 days by treating go-to-market as an engineering problem, building a real product on the API before starting, and creating syste…
Tencent is leveraging decentralized compute networks from Titan Network to cut AI infrastructure costs by up to 75%, as part of a broader strategy to regain its status as an AI innovator. The Chinese tech giant has launc…