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Apollo.io acquired Pocus to strengthen its AI sales platform and push further into enterprise
Apollo.io is acquiring Pocus and adding signal analytics to its GTM platform to push further into enterprise and bring sales, data, and AI a

WordPress.com lets AI agents write and publish content with human approval
Automattic added a write mode to the WordPress.com MCP integration: AI agents can now create posts, pages, and comments, but every action re

OpenAI discusses buying 5 GW of fusion energy from Helion by 2030
OpenAI is in advanced talks with Helion to buy fusion energy: first 5 GW by 2030, and then up to 50 GW by 2035 if the technology reaches com

Dash0 becomes a 'unicorn' after $110M Series B and prepares AI layer for production
Dash0 raised $110M in Series B at a $1B valuation and will direct funds toward Agent0 — an AI-agent layer that not only finds but also fixes

Alphabet and Amazon Outpaced Meta in AI Race: Quarterly Reports Confirmed Cloud Strength
Alphabet and Amazon demonstrated the clearest return on AI investments in Q1 2026: Google Cloud grew 63%, AWS grew 28%, while Meta spooked t

Nvidia B300 in China Hits $1 Million Amid Export Curbs and Frenzied Demand
Nvidia B300 servers in China surged to 7 million yuan, or about $1 million, driven by export restrictions, the arrest of Supermicro co-found

China launches campaign against deepfakes, fraud, and AI abuse
China tightens control over AI services for four months: authorities will target deepfakes, fraudulent schemes, disinformation, and products

NeuReality hires former Google AI head to accelerate NR-NEXUS launch
Israeli startup NeuReality has appointed Shalini Agarwal, former head of AI products at Google, as strategic advisor to accelerate the launc

Zalos raised $3.6M for AI platform that converts screen recordings into financial agents
Zalos, a Y Combinator Fall 2025 startup, raised $3.6M for a service that converts recordings of actions in financial systems into computer a

OpenAI Foundation to Spend $1 Billion on Alzheimer's Disease, Employment, and AI Resilience
The OpenAI Foundation nonprofit announced a plan to spend at least $1 billion in 2026 on Alzheimer's disease research, job protection, AI re

Epoch Biodesign Raises $12M to Scale AI-Powered Nylon Recycling
London-based Epoch Biodesign has secured $12 million to scale enzymes developed with AI that break down nylon 6,6 and return over 90% of fee

Openreach and Google Cloud Deploy AI to Plan Britain's Fiber Optic Network
Openreach strengthened its partnership with Google Cloud: Vertex AI and Gemini Enterprise help plan full-fibre deployment in Britain and red

Google's TurboQuant Algorithm Crashes Memory Manufacturer Stocks After Research Publication
Google unveiled TurboQuant — an algorithm that compresses AI model memory by at least six times without losing accuracy, and the market imme

Amsterdam startup SOUS raised €4M for AI platform for independent restaurants
Dutch startup SOUS, which automates customer acquisition, direct orders, and customer retention for small restaurants, raised €4M to enter G

Earlybird raised €360M in Fund VIII and locked in perpetual ownership model
Berlin-based Earlybird closed its largest early-stage fund to date at €360M, betting on AI infrastructure while rejecting external ownership

Giraffe360 raises $10M from Cipio Partners to expand AI platform for real estate
London-based Giraffe360 closed a Series B round of $10M to scale its AI platform that generates a complete media package for property sales

Uber, Pony.ai and Verne prepare Europe's first commercial robotaxi service
Uber, Pony.ai and Verne are testing robotaxis in Zagreb and promise to deploy thousands of autonomous vehicles on European roads, but have n

Synaps Raised $3.6M for AI Platform for Architects and Challenged AutoCAD
Austrian-Albanian startup Synaps closed a pre-seed round of $3.6M, gained 60,000 beta users and aims to replace heavy CAD tools with a brows

White House Opposes Expansion of Access to Anthropic's Mythos Model for 70 Companies
The US administration objects to Anthropic's plan to open the Mythos model to 70 additional companies, fearing leaks, misuse, and insufficie

SoftBank enlists new banks for $40 billion credit facility for OpenAI investment
Additional banks have joined SoftBank's $40 billion unsecured credit syndication, reinforcing the Japanese conglomerate's bet on OpenAI and

Nvidia and Atlassian Invest in Legora: Legal Tech Startup Valued at $5.6 Billion
Legora added $50M to its Series D round while maintaining a $5.6B valuation: Nvidia and Atlassian participated in the deal, with the legal t

Xero to implement Claude in accounting and transfer small business financial data to Claude
Xero has entered into a multi-year partnership with Anthropic: Claude will be integrated into the accounting platform, and users will be abl

Quail Group: businesses fail with AI not because of weak models, but due to data confusion
Quail Group authors believe that the main problem with corporate AI is not weak models, but companies' inability to separate useful signals

OpenAI invested in Isara — product-less startup valued at $650M in nine months
OpenAI joined Isara's $94M funding round: a nine-month-old San Francisco startup is building a system that coordinates thousands of AI agent

Keith raised £2 million to launch AI law firm to accelerate property deals by 70%
British startup Keith raised £2 million to launch a regulated AI law firm for property transactions: 24/7 agent, automation of up to 80% of

Generation Z Uses AI in Job Interviews, and Startups Turn It Into a Business
2025 graduates are entering the worst junior job market in five years and increasingly use AI right during interviews, while a new wave of s

Kandou AI raises $225M for copper interconnects in AI infrastructure
Swiss Kandou AI closed a $225M funding round at a $400M valuation, betting that copper interconnects between chips will remain critical for

Anthropic reveals in largest AI survey what people actually expect from it
Anthropic conducted 80,508 interviews in 159 countries and found: people expect from AI not just productivity, but above all time, access to

Starcloud raises $170M at $1.1B valuation for orbital data centers
Startup Starcloud raised $170M to build orbital data centers: the company already operates Nvidia H100 in orbit, and its next goal is price-

Rebellions raises $400M pre-IPO at $2.34B valuation, eyes US market
South Korean Rebellions closed a pre-IPO round for $400M, bringing total fundraising in six months to $650M, and now targets US clients at t