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Funding for education technology startups stays at depressed levels compared to prior years amid cautious investor activity.

Morgan Stanley's early OpenAI ties show how banks attract and retain high-growth startups through strategic AI integration.

Foxconn teams with OpenAI to design and produce AI hardware in the U.S., enhancing supply chains and supporting AI infrastructure growth.

Keen Venture Partners completes first close of €150M defense-tech fund, largest in Europe, targeting 25+ startups across NATO countries.

Foxconn plans $1B–$5B expansion in US AI hardware and smart manufacturing, supporting domestic supply chain resilience.

Nvidia and Microsoft commit $15 billion to Anthropic, combining hardware, cloud, and AI models in a new strategic partnership.

Generative AI startups raised $69.6B in 2025, reshaping venture capital with larger deals and a focus on mature AI companies.

OpenAI's new GPT-5.1-Codex-Max improves token efficiency and supports extended coding workflows for developers.

OpenAI and Foxconn join forces to design and produce AI hardware domestically, supporting U.S. supply chain resilience and CHIPS Act goals.

OpenAI and Foxconn team up to design and manufacture AI data center hardware across U.S. facilities, advancing domestic AI infrastructure.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman alerts staff to potential business pressure from Google's resurgent AI progress and competitive advances.

Japanese autonomous vehicle startup Turing Inc. secures ¥15.3 billion funding from Toyota and other investors to advance self-driving technology.

Anthropic leases 100,000 sq ft at 505 Howard St., expanding its San Francisco HQ alongside a $13 billion funding round.

Deloitte, a Big Four firm, is OpenAI's U.S. auditor, amid investor concerns about financial oversight.

OpenAI introduces group chats in ChatGPT, letting users add up to 20 people to a conversation.

Tech industry posts record profits and valuations as AI spending drives economic growth, but questions linger about investment returns.

Anthropic reports high political neutrality scores for Claude AI, releasing an open-source tool to measure and reduce bias across models.

OpenAI's new GPT-5 model delivers state-of-the-art performance in mathematics, biology, and physics research.

Robotics startup Physical Intelligence secures $600 million in funding, reaching a $5.6 billion valuation as it advances AI for robots.

Swatch’s new AI-DADA tool lets customers design unique watch dials using AI, drawing from 40 years of brand history.

SoftBank plans a $3 billion investment to convert an Ohio factory into a modular data center production site for OpenAI, starting in 2026.

Anthropic and Coursera release two new AI courses for developers and professionals to learn how to use Claude effectively and responsibly.

The rise of private AI companies like OpenAI drives Wall Street analysts to focus on private markets, reshaping equity research strategies.

Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers resigns from OpenAI Foundation board, marking a shift in leadership.

Larry Summers steps down from OpenAI and Harvard after Epstein emails surface.

Australian AI firm Firmus Technologies is negotiating debt funding as it expands its AI risk management platform.

Agentic AI startups attracted $2.8 billion in venture funding in H1 2025, with growth driven by enterprise adoption and automation demand.

Economist Larry Summers resigns from OpenAI's board days after stepping back from public commitments amid Epstein email disclosures.

Larry Summers leaves OpenAI board and Harvard role after new emails with Jeffrey Epstein intensify scrutiny.

OpenAI plans to spend $1.4 trillion on data centres over the next decade, covering two-thirds of its infrastructure budget.

AI music startup Suno secures $250 million Series C funding led by Menlo Ventures and Nvidia amid ongoing copyright lawsuits.

Nvidia warns there is no assurance its $100 billion agreement with OpenAI will be finalized, despite earlier announcements.

OpenAI’s market share and model lead are shrinking as rivals gain traction and enterprise adoption diversifies.

Chinese state-sponsored group used AI to autonomously attack 30 organizations, marking the first large-scale AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign.

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek narrows technology gap with OpenAI through efficient innovation, reshaping global AI market dynamics.

Saudi Arabia's HUMAIN led $900M Series C for Luma AI, valuing the AI startup at $4B and securing compute infrastructure for multimodal model development.

Nvidia, Microsoft, and Anthropic form a $45 billion partnership to accelerate AI development and deployment.

Sakana AI raises $135M in Series B led by Mitsubishi UFJ and CIA-linked VC, becoming Japan’s highest-valued startup at $2.65B.

OpenAI’s revenue growth is outpacing forecasts, driving increased AI infrastructure investment according to Barclays analysts.

Harvard investigates Larry Summers’s links to Jeffrey Epstein as he resigns from OpenAI board amid new document revelations.