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Rémi Cadène, a former Tesla Optimus engineer, launched UMA's humanoid robot Northstar at the Machina Summit in Paris, targeting European factories first. The startup emerged from stealth with a $40 million seed round bac…
Bespoke Labs, a Mountain View startup building simulated environments to train and test AI agents, raised $40 million in a Series A and seed round led by Wing VC and 8VC, with backing from executives at Anthropic, OpenAI…
Big Tech companies are on track to spend between $600 billion and $725 billion on AI infrastructure in 2026, a 77% jump from 2025, with Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta, and Oracle leading the charge. The massive spendi…
Anthropic's $65 billion Series H round, led by Altimeter Capital, Dragoneer, Greenoaks, and Sequoia Capital, accounted for nearly half of Q2 2026 venture funding, highlighting extreme concentration in AI investment. The …
The Chinese government is considering restricting overseas access to its most advanced AI models and limiting foreign funding of domestic AI startups, which could end the era of cheap open-weight AI models from China. Su…
A 30-day challenge to build an AI-powered digital product business concludes, showing participants how to create a multi-layer income system with free content, low-ticket offers, and high-ticket masterclasses. The series…
Simpro Group announced RAIN, the first major wave of new features and AI-infused enhancements built on its Lightning platform, delivering over 100 AI-infused enhancements and dozens of new features across its AroFlo, Big…
Amazon is raising $25 billion through a bond sale, which ultimately priced at $37 billion in USD due to strong investor demand, to fund capital expenditures for Amazon Web Services and its AI infrastructure. The offering…
Red Dot led a $20 million funding round for Tangos, whose AI agents now investigate financial crime by analyzing suspicious transactions.
Morgan Stanley, lead underwriter of SpaceX's IPO, values the company's space segment at just $8 per share of its $135 stock price, with 94% of the valuation coming from Starlink, AI synergies, and infrastructure. The ban…
SK Hynix, a South Korean memory-chip maker and key Nvidia supplier, is set to begin trading on the Nasdaq this Friday, aiming to raise approximately $28 billion in what could be one of the largest tech IPOs. The listing …
Envirotech Vehicles closed its merger with Azio AI on July 2, 2026, ahead of schedule, accelerating its pivot to AI data centers and enterprise GPU compute. The combined company targets the $487 billion AI infrastructure…
Former Tesla scientist Rémi Cadene launched UMA, a Paris-based startup building a lightweight, AI-powered humanoid robot called Northstar for manufacturing, logistics, and homes. The company has secured backing from top …
DeepSeek is developing its own AI inference chip to reduce reliance on Nvidia and Huawei hardware, according to a Reuters report citing three sources. The move aims to control serving costs and latency amid U.S. export c…
Kemi Badenoch warned that Britain risks driving away AI companies unless it lowers industrial energy costs and fixes London's capital markets, arguing the UK cannot regulate its way to becoming a global tech leader. Spea…
Mowito, a startup building foundation models for industrial robot arms, raised $3 million in a pre-seed round led by Version One Ventures. The company's robots already operate at a Fortune 500 automotive company and a ma…
Orus, an AI trading agent, launches on WhatsApp, Telegram, Claude, ChatGPT, and Grok, allowing users to research markets and execute trades on Farao accounts via chat without exposing private keys.
Norm AI, a New York-based startup, raised $120 million in Series C funding to automate legal services using AI agents that convert regulations into compliance workflows, aiming to replace traditional hourly billing. The …
Franklin Templeton Senior Investment Strategist Katrina Dudley remains bullish on AI infrastructure spending, calling it a 'decade-long cycle' in a June 11 Bloomberg appearance. She argues current market jitters are earl…
XAI launched the Grok Voice Agent Builder in beta on July 1, featuring a single speech-to-speech model that replaces the traditional three-API voice stack. The platform offers sub-700ms latency and costs $0.05 per minute…