
OpenAI's US Auditor Is Deloitte
Deloitte, a Big Four firm, is OpenAI's U.S. auditor, amid investor concerns about financial oversight.
News, trends, and insights from the AI frontier.
AI Markets Editor · AI Startups Daily
Sara covers the business of artificial intelligence — funding rounds, valuations, and the go-to-market moves shaping the industry. She tracks how capital and strategy collide as AI startups scale.
Follow AI Startups Daily on Facebook
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.

Former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers stepped down from OpenAI's board following disclosure of emails with Jeffrey Epstein.

Larry Summers resigns from OpenAI board and Harvard investigates after Epstein emails surface.

Larry Summers steps down from OpenAI board amid criticism over Jeffrey Epstein ties following the release of related emails.

Former Treasury secretary Larry Summers has resigned from OpenAI's board following recent Epstein-related revelations.

Arbiter, a healthcare AI startup led by a former Eli Lilly exec, secured $52 million in seed funding at a $400 million valuation from family offices.

Larry Summers steps down from OpenAI board after emails linked to Jeffrey Epstein surface, following his withdrawal from public commitments.

Google's accelerator programs generated $31.2 billion in funding and 109,000 jobs across 1,700+ startups in 87 countries since 2016.

Target partners with OpenAI to debut conversational shopping in ChatGPT as it works to reverse disappointing quarterly results.

Target partners with OpenAI to debut a personalized, AI-powered shopping app in ChatGPT, launching next week in beta.

Larry Summers steps down from OpenAI board amid scrutiny over emails linking him to Jeffrey Epstein.

Google’s Gemini 3 launches as a multimodal AI powerhouse, outperforming Anthropic’s Claude with a 1M+ token context window and advanced reasoning.

Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers resigns from OpenAI board after emails about his Epstein ties surface, raising ethical concerns.

Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers steps down from OpenAI's board following release of emails with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Evaluation is crucial for ensuring reliable performance as large language models move from prototype to production.