AI Startups news and analysis on Web Pulse: 10914 curated articles tracking the latest AI Startups developments, tools, and research, updated continuously from vetted sources.
NeuralWatt, a US-based AI inference provider, introduced energy-based metering for LLM inference, charging by kilowatt-hour instead of per token. A user reported an average 82.9% cost reduction compared to token-based bi…
Volex reported a 14.4% revenue increase to nearly £1bn for the fiscal year ending March, driven by over 50% growth in its Complex Industrial Technology unit serving AI data centers. CEO Nat Rothschild said the company is…
South Korea's KOSPI index has surged nearly 200% year-on-year, driven by AI chip demand that propelled Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix to record highs. The two companies now account for 40% of the index, raising concent…
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) raised HK$280 billion in IPO proceeds in 2025, overtaking the New York Stock Exchange to rank first globally, driven by a surge in tech listings under its revamped Chapter 18C rule…
ZWISERFIT launched an AI operating system for physical businesses on Product Hunt, already running in a real fitness studio in Dongguan, China since April 2026. The system, featuring an AI brain named Momo, includes four…
Micron Technology reported a 346% surge in quarterly revenue and a profit of $28.2 billion, far exceeding analyst expectations and sending its stock up 15%. The results helped stabilize markets after a selloff in AI stoc…
A developer working on AI voice for small businesses highlights the gap between controlled AI demos and messy real-world phone calls, noting that real-world deployment often disappoints.
Unconventional AI released Un-0, an image generation model powered by coupled Kuramoto oscillators instead of conventional neural network architectures, publishing code and weights to demonstrate its physics-first comput…
OpenAI is leaning toward delaying its initial public offering until 2027 to achieve a $1 trillion valuation, according to reports. CEO Sam Altman reportedly considers any lower valuation a non-starter, while the U.S. gov…
Tuya Smart co-founder Alex Yang told the Summer Davos forum that China's rapid AI adoption is driven by a vast user base, openness to new technology, and societal aspiration for progress. Yang highlighted Tuya's AI appli…
Global Capability Centers (GCCs) in India are rapidly expanding, now employing over 2.5 million professionals, while traditional IT companies face hiring freezes. AI has made it viable for companies to set up smaller, hi…
Global markets fell as investor concerns mounted over potential slowdowns in AI demand and delays in OpenAI's initial public offering. OpenAI, whose private valuation surged to $852 billion, faces internal debates on IPO…
Asian shares plunged Friday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 falling 4.4% and South Korea's Kospi dropping 7.7%, as traders sold to lock in profits from recent AI-driven rallies. The declines followed record highs earlier this w…
Beijing-based Zhipu AI released its GLM-5.2 coding model, which ranks in the top three globally on a major benchmark, sparking comparisons to DeepSeek's earlier disruption of the AI industry. The open-weight model is pra…
A developer at Yogreet Global advocates for prompt caching as a cost-effective alternative to fine-tuning for LLM startups, claiming up to 70% savings on API costs and 2-3x improvement in response times. The approach inv…
Competition between AI startups Anthropic and OpenAI is intensifying as both companies reportedly prepare for initial public offerings. The rivalry highlights the growing market for advanced AI models and investor intere…
DeepSeek has accelerated recruitment for a new Harness team to build agent workflows, and is exploring self-built compute facilities in Inner Mongolia, following a Series A funding round exceeding 50 billion yuan from Te…
Micron Technology reported $41.46 billion in fiscal Q3 2026 revenue, quadrupling year-over-year and beating estimates, as its stock surged more than eightfold in a year amid AI-driven demand for high-bandwidth memory chi…
SoftBank Group shares fell 12% on concerns that OpenAI's IPO timeline may be delayed, exposing the Japanese conglomerate's leveraged $60 billion bet on the AI company. The stock dropped 11% in early June and another 8-9.…
SoftBank Group Corp.'s stock fell 12% after a report that OpenAI may delay its initial public offering until next year, dampening expectations of a financial windfall for the Japanese backer. The delay, attributed to tec…