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China's embodied AI companies raised about Rmb 43.8bn ($6.4bn) in 2026 through June 12, according to a media tally by QbitAI, but the sector's spending record is mostly rumor, with only three mandatory disclosure events—…
Jurin AI, a Japan-based artificial intelligence company, is developing AI systems tailored for real-world applications, emphasizing practical utility over theoretical advances. The company's approach integrates local cul…
Stripe Inc. has reportedly finalized an agreement to acquire OpenRouter Inc., an AI gateway startup that helps companies switch between AI models, for more than $7 billion, according to Bloomberg, citing people familiar …
Anthropic has reached an annualized revenue rate above $65 billion as of the end of July 2026, a sevenfold increase from a year earlier, according to people familiar with the matter who spoke to Bloomberg. The company di…
Palmer Luckey, the 33-year-old founder of Oculus and Anduril, says his rise from a teen dropout living in a trailer to a billionaire with a net worth over $5 billion proves the American Dream is alive, crediting Peter Th…
A daily AI news digest published on Aug 18 lists 30 stories, including Microsoft facing a hardware wall, Google paying $10 million for Spirit Airlines data, Stripe acquiring OpenRouter for $7 billion, and Amazon using ra…
Anthropic's annualized revenue reached $65 billion at the end of July, up from $47 billion in May and $9 billion at the end of last year, and the company is preparing a possible fall IPO at a $2 trillion-plus valuation, …
Groq raised $350 million on August 17, 2026, at a $3.5 billion valuation, half its $6.9 billion peak from eleven months prior, with Nvidia as a minority investor, following Nvidia's roughly $20 billion December 2025 lice…
Leopold Aschenbrenner's hedge fund Situational Awareness lost 67% in July after its portfolio was 56% invested in SanDisk and Micron, which fell 56.5% and 39.1% respectively between June 25 and July 29. The fund, which h…
South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT cut Motif Technologies from its Sovereign AI Foundation Model project after the first-phase evaluation, advancing LG AI Research Institute, SK Telecom, and Upstage, while opening…
Andreessen Horowitz and Menlo Ventures are poised to make nearly $2 billion combined from Stripe's potential acquisition of AI model marketplace OpenRouter for more than $8 billion, according to people familiar with the …
KT Corp., SK Telecom Co., and AI startup Upstage advanced to the next stage of South Korea's government-led 'AI for All' project, while Motif Technologies was eliminated, the Ministry of Science and ICT said Tuesday. The…
Groq raised $350 million on August 17 at a $3.5 billion valuation, led by Disruptive with Nvidia participating, to fund its pivot from AI chip maker to a neocloud that rents out GPU capacity. The company, now run by form…
Anthropic PBC is finalizing a $6 billion acquisition of Israeli AI startup Decart, according to the Jerusalem Post, a deal that would create at least two new billionaires among Decart's founders. Founded in 2023 by Dean …
SoftBank Group invested $200 million in Gravis Robotics, a Zurich-based startup developing autonomous software for construction machinery, in a Series A round announced Monday. The investment follows SoftBank's broader p…
Nigeria-based defense technology startup Terra Industries has raised $52 million in what it says is the largest-ever seed funding round for an African defense tech company. The company develops automated security systems…
Anthropic told investors its annualized revenue run rate hit $65 billion in July, a sevenfold jump from $9 billion at the end of 2025, and reported preliminary second-quarter revenue of $11.5 billion, up from $787 millio…
Anthropic's annualized revenue run rate surpassed $65 billion as of late July 2026, more than seven times the roughly $9 billion run rate at the end of 2025, according to figures shared with institutional investors. The …
Wispr raised $280 million in Series B funding at a $2 billion valuation, bringing its total financing to $361 million as it expands beyond dictation into meeting notes and voice-enabled hardware. Menlo Ventures led the r…
Anthropic's annualized revenue run rate surpassed $65 billion at the end of July, up from $47 billion in May and $9 billion at the end of last year, according to Bloomberg. The company's investors expect it to finish 202…