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OpenAI's new AI-native ads let brands chat directly in ChatGPT
OpenAI introduces AI-native ads for ChatGPT, enabling brands to engage users in direct conversations via AI agents.
Askya AI Growth Platform to invest up to $200,000 in African AI startups
Askya AI Growth Platform offers $200,000 investment and coaching for 10 African AI startups, with applications due September 30, 2026.
Cognition's $48B valuation signals AI agent startups' $1B+ unicorn surge
AI agent startups like Cognition, Sierra, and Harvey attract massive investments, with one in five unicorns now in the space.
SoftBank secures $11.87B loan for OpenAI investment
SoftBank Group Corp. has finalized an $11.87 billion loan to fuel its investment in OpenAI, marking a significant funding push in the AI sector.
Tencent's Q2 revenue hits RMB204.8B as capex surges 176% — what it means for AI investments
Tencent reports 11% Q2 revenue growth to RMB204.8B, capex jumps 176%, and backs AI startup DeepSeek at $60B valuation.
Insight Partners backs 20+ AI startups early, avoids OpenAI-Anthropic concentration
Insight Partners diversifies AI bets across 20+ startups, contrasting with funds concentrated in OpenAI and Anthropic.
Cognition raises $2B in AI code automation push, backed by NVIDIA
Cognition secures $2B to advance AI-driven software engineering, with NVIDIA among its investors.
Isolyne's offline parser keeps apps running when LLMs fail, preserving 100% uptime
Isolyne's local TypeScript parser ensures apps stay functional offline, handling LLM outages seamlessly.
Mistral AI's €3B round highlights Europe's AI funding gap
Mistral AI secures €3B funding, led by Samsung, as Europe struggles to match US AI investment.
Cloudera and Mistral partner on air-gapped AI, but key details remain unresolved
Cloudera and Mistral announce plans for locally run AI in air-gapped environments, but performance and cost remain unclear.
Xcimer secures RTX backing for $100M laser fusion defense push
Xcimer partners with RTX to develop laser-based fusion tech for defense applications, securing $100M in funding.
Morgan Stanley's $2.44B Q2 banking revenue boosted by OpenAI's junior analyst automation
OpenAI and Morgan Stanley co-built a tool to automate junior analyst work, raising questions about future banker roles and margins.
Xieyue Intelligence raises $100M+ for home robot AI, led by Linear Capital
Xieyue Intelligence, co-founded by ex-Li Auto AI chief Chen Wei, secures $100M+ for home robot AI development.
Pixxel's $100M round fuels 42% surge in Indian AI/tech startup funding
Pixxel's $100M Series C round led 24 Indian startups to raise $412.81M in one week, a 42% increase week-on-week.
OpenAI's $4.8M grant to cover meals for 10,000 students in Effingham County
OpenAI pledges $4.8 million to fund student meals in Effingham County Schools for the 2026-27 school year.
Google DeepMind gains Mechanize's co-founder in $1.5B+ talent deal
Google completes $1.5B+ acquisition of AI startup Mechanize, bringing co-founder Tamay Besiroglu to DeepMind.
Tandem Health snags $100M Series B to expand AI medical assistant across Europe
Tandem Health secures $100M Series B led by Scaleup Europe Fund to grow its AI medical assistant in Europe.
California's $366B VC boom leaves 86% to AI giants, starving disruptors
California's $366B VC funding surge favors AI giants like Anthropic and OpenAI, leaving smaller startups like Sierra and Faivelo underserved.
BRICS unveils $50M AI agriculture fund for 10,000 farmers
BRICS announces a $50M fund to support AI-driven agriculture, targeting 10,000 farmers across member nations.
Samsung leads €3B round for Mistral AI, Europe's newest €21B AI giant
Samsung Electronics led a record €3B funding round for Mistral AI, valuing the French startup at over €21B and marking the largest tech equity round in Europe.
Meta acquires Stilla.ai for $5M pre-seed, eyes Business Agent commerce
Meta acquires Swedish AI startup Stilla.ai to boost its Business Agent, with the $5M pre-seed-backed team and tech set to join Meta.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei addresses AI agent containment risks in CNN interview
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei discusses AI agent containment risks in an exclusive CNN interview, following a recent incident involving Hugging Face and OpenAI.
Thinking Machines' Schulman: RSI still needs an outer loop
John Schulman of Thinking Machines discusses the challenges of recursive self-improvement in AI, emphasizing the need for an outer loop.
Emerald AI's $150M round can't solve its 100MW Virginia grid bottleneck
Emerald AI, backed by Nvidia and Digital Realty, raises $150M but faces grid power constraints in Virginia.
Euno secures $23M to build enterprise AI's missing context layer
Euno raises $23M to develop organizational context for enterprise AI agents, aiming to solve a critical gap in AI reliability.
OpenAI's Sam Altman: AI doomsday risk 'absolutely' possible, IPO delayed to 2027
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman discusses AI's existential risks, delays IPO to 2027, and calls for global safety standards in a Fortune interview.
Anthropic's Dario Amodei warns of 'exponential' AI growth, calls for industry-wide safeguards
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warns of rapid AI development and proposes a three-point plan for safer progress, gaining support from OpenAI and Elon Musk.
Joonko founder pleads guilty to $27M fraud, faces 20 years
Joonko's founder Ilit Razt pleads guilty to securities fraud, admitting to misleading investors about the AI hiring startup's revenue and customers.
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: 552B-parameter model costs $0.3 per million tokens
DeepSeek's 552B-parameter V4.1 Flash model achieves frontier-level performance at $0.3 per million tokens, with 200+ tokens per second.
CloudPay backs Intermezzo's $10M round to streamline global payroll with AI
CloudPay joins a $10M funding round for Intermezzo, aiming to revolutionize global payroll with AI-powered infrastructure.
Loft Orbital and Marlan Space's $1B deal for 50 AI-powered LEO satellites
Loft Orbital and Marlan Space finalize a $1 billion agreement to build and deploy 50 AI-equipped LEO satellites with Mistral AI.
OpenAI's $1T IPO delayed to 2027 as Altman cites safety concerns
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman confirms no IPO in 2026, citing safety concerns and market volatility.
Mecka AI nears $500M valuation in Sequoia-led round, targeting robot training data
Mecka AI, a startup focused on human motion data for robotics, is nearing a $500M valuation in a Sequoia-led round.
Jaipur Robotics secures €4.3M to automate waste-to-energy plants with AI
Jaipur Robotics raises €4.3M to expand its AI platform for waste-to-energy plants, aiming to reduce unplanned shutdowns by 80%.
OpenAI's Sam Altman signals impending AI safety pact with rivals
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman hints at a coordinated effort with Anthropic, Google DeepMind, and others to address AI safety risks.
Perplexity deploys GPT-6 Astra for full-system automation, cuts oversight
Perplexity now uses OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra to autonomously manage communications, software updates, and system monitoring.
OpenAI claims Millennium Prize win amid mathematician disputes over AI's role in research
OpenAI solves a Millennium Prize problem, but mathematicians question its methods and motivations.
Keep Converting raises $2M to expand AI-powered e-commerce platform
Keep Converting secures $2M pre-seed funding to grow its AI-driven e-commerce platform, boosting merchant conversion rates.
Happiest Minds' AI-native platform cuts insurance product launch time by weeks
Happiest Minds' AI-native platform accelerates insurance product launches, reducing validation cycles from weeks to days.
Jeff Dean's Discovery Loop now targets $50B valuation, just weeks after $1B raise
Discovery Loop, founded by ex-Google chief scientist Jeff Dean, seeks $50B valuation in new funding round.