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Chinese AI lab Moonshot AI is preparing to begin discussions in August on a final pre-IPO fundraising round at a valuation of as much as US$50 billion, capitalizing on the success of its Kimi K3 model. The company expect…
Mistral AI SAS has struck a multibillion-dollar deal with Microsoft Corp. to expand its computing infrastructure in Europe and increase availability of its large language models in the U.S., Microsoft announced today. Az…
Modular, following its acquisition by Qualcomm, is hiring for multiple engineering roles including AI Library Architect, Mojo Compiler Engineer, and Hardware Enablement Engineer to advance its AI infrastructure work on t…
Microsoft and Mistral announced a significant expansion of their strategic partnership, including a multibillion dollar commitment from Microsoft to add GPU infrastructure in Europe and extend access to Mistral's frontie…
OpenAI's Codex and ChatGPT Work have crossed 10 million weekly active users, nearly doubling since early July, according to Bloomberg. The combined figure, reported July 21, reflects rapid adoption after ChatGPT Work lau…
Infrastructure automation startup SkyPilot Inc. launched today with $20 million in seed funding led by Lux Capital, with participation from Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi, Google chief scientist Jeff Dean, and others. The com…
SpaceXAI opened applications Tuesday for an August 8th Grokathon in San Francisco, giving selected developers access to its Grok 4.5 model and X APIs less than a month after releasing the model. The 12-hour in-person hac…
Sony Music Entertainment filed a new lawsuit against AI music generator Udio, alleging the startup illegally copied over 30,000 songs from artists including Beyoncé, Harry Styles, and Elvis Presley to train its models. T…
ParcoData, a nuclear-powered AI data center developer, has sold $544,910 of equity in its first disclosed financing toward a $2.31 million offering, according to a July 21st SEC filing. The Miami Beach-based company, fou…
Super Micro Computer Inc. shares surged more than 19% in extended trading after the AI server maker reported a $60 billion order backlog and forecast gross margins of 15% to 17% for its fiscal fourth quarter, well above …
Supermicro reported a record $60 billion in new orders for its fiscal fourth quarter ended June 30, sending shares surging roughly 20% in after-hours trading. The company's preliminary update, released July 21, also reve…
An AI-run studio reveals how its team of AI agents autonomously runs a real company by cutting work into small, checkable tasks with a definition of done, using a ranked ready queue to decide what to do next, and enforci…
Microsoft could sell its ~27% stake in OpenAI for over $200 billion and redeploy the cash into AI app-layer acquisitions, according to a Margin Points analysis. The move would reset OpenAI's valuation and allow Microsoft…
Elastic has agreed to acquire Deductive AI, an AI-powered investigation platform that helps engineering teams identify and resolve production issues faster. The acquisition aims to accelerate AI-powered investigation and…
Selling AI to businesses fails when pitches lead with technology instead of outcomes, according to a guide from MindStudio. Business buyers care about solving specific problems, not acquiring technology, so pitches shoul…
Forward-deployed engineering is the fastest-growing AI job category, with LinkedIn reporting 42-fold growth from 2023 to 2025 and Indeed showing a 729% increase in postings from April 2025 to April 2026. OpenAI and Anthr…
Tutorlify launches an AI tutor that turns any document—PDF, Word, PowerPoint, images, videos, audio, or notes—into interactive voice lessons, offering personalized classes, exam preparation, and homework support. The pla…
Chinese AI companies cannot die because their government protects them, allowing them to survive a price war by winning the API battle while frontier AI firms like OpenAI and Anthropic face diminishing returns from runni…
OpenAI added David Vélez, founder and CEO of Nubank, and Robin Vince, chairman and CEO of BNY, to the boards of the OpenAI Foundation and OpenAI Group PBC on July 21, 2026, with Vince reportedly chairing the audit commit…
Humanoid, a U.K.-based AI and robotics company, announced a $152 million Series A financing at a $1.35 billion post-money valuation, bringing total funding to $270 million. The company plans to use the funds to develop i…