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Shanghai Enflame Technology Co., a Tencent-backed AI chip maker, received IPO approval on China's STAR Market to raise approximately $830 million for next-generation semiconductor development, despite cumulative losses o…
Asia hedge funds focused on AI hardware and semiconductors achieved triple-digit returns in early 2026, with E20 Capital's Global Opportunity Investment Fund up 136% and WT Asset Management's China Focus fund up 103% thr…
SpaceX's IPO drove its shares sharply higher, making Elon Musk the first person with a net worth exceeding $1 trillion, with Reuters reporting $1.1 trillion and BBC reporting $1.11 trillion. The listing sparked debate ov…
Carmen Li, CEO of Silicon Data and Compute Exchange, said the compute market is shifting from on-demand to forward contracts as GPU price volatility rises, with fungibility challenges complicating trading. She noted that…
Consulting firms are hiring entry-level workers despite AI disruption, with salaries remaining stable. Bain & Company offers a base salary of $112,000, Boston Consulting Group $110,000, McKinsey & Company $112,000, and D…
College junior Drew Dawson spent $449 on AI subscriptions in May, including Anthropic's $200/month Claude Max plan, which he uses for side projects. Other heavy users like CTO Sterling Cobb pay over $1,000 monthly for mu…
Relativity acquired Gavel, an AI-native legal technology company, on June 12, 2026, to integrate AI-powered drafting and document automation into RelativityOne, enabling users to edit documents in Microsoft Word with syn…
Elon Musk claimed SpaceX could generate $1 trillion in annual revenue by 2030, two days after the company's record-breaking IPO valued it at over $2 trillion. The projection far exceeds underwriter estimates of $330-$474…
Cursor CEO Michael Truell, who built the AI coding startup into a potential $60 billion acquisition target for Elon Musk's SpaceX, has long harbored galactic ambitions. The 25-year-old MIT graduate, known for his humble …
French President Emmanuel Macron is promoting France as an AI hub by linking data center growth to the country's low-carbon nuclear power capacity. He persuaded SoftBank Group to consider up to €75 billion in French inve…
Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart invested over $1 billion in SpaceX through her mining company Hancock Prospecting, marking her largest non-mining bet. The investment, made after SpaceX's June 15 IPO, aims to capital…
Tech companies are laying off tens of thousands of workers at a record pace, citing AI as the primary reason, but critics including Marc Andreessen argue AI is a convenient excuse for pandemic-era overhiring. Meanwhile, …
Shares of Chinese AI developer Zhipu surged up to 48% in Hong Kong trading after JPMorgan raised its target price to HK$1,400 and Bank of America initiated coverage with a buy rating, amid tightening U.S. restrictions on…
Dalus (YC W25), an AI-powered hardware system design software startup, is hiring a senior software engineer in Germany to lead frontend development. The role involves building intuitive interfaces for complex engineering…
ByteDance is in talks to buy at least 50,000 AI chips from Shanghai-based Iluvatar CoreX for inference workloads powering its Doubao chatbot, Reuters reports. If completed, the deal would make Iluvatar CoreX ByteDance's …
French President Emmanuel Macron, with less than a year left in office, is betting on artificial intelligence to cement his legacy, leveraging France's nuclear energy to attract AI data centers and securing a €75 billion…
A developer used Claude Mythos to build BrandLM, a startup that audits brand visibility across AI answer engines like ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Google AI Overview, in one day. The tool generates reports showing ho…
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced a new Rapid AI Delivery (RAID) taskforce during London Tech Week to accelerate AI adoption across the armed forces, aiming to improve decision-making and reduce risk. Defence foun…
Mirae Asset Securities failed to secure any SpaceX IPO shares for its clients, highlighting Korean brokerages' limited influence in global IPO allocations as AI giants OpenAI and Anthropic prepare for potential blockbust…
Banks are racing to appoint chief AI officers, with adoption surging from 26% to 76% in a year, according to an IBM survey. HSBC, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, and Lloyds Banking Group have made high-profile hires, wit…