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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
Microsoft to invest over $1 billion in Thailand's cloud, data centers, and AI infrastructure
Microsoft announced investments exceeding $1 billion in Thailand for 2026–2028: the funds will go toward data centers, cybersecurity, sovere
AWS Launches OpenAI Models After Microsoft Abandons Azure Exclusivity
AWS has opened access to OpenAI models through Bedrock immediately after Microsoft removed the Azure exclusivity—now the key question is whe
EU and European Parliament fail to agree on AI Act amendments after 12 hours of negotiations
EU and European Parliament fail to agree on AI Act amendments: the key dispute centers on whether to exempt high-risk AI systems embedded in
General Motors to Replace Google Assistant with Gemini in 4 Million US Vehicles
General Motors has begun an OTA update for approximately 4 million vehicles from 2022 onwards in the US: Google Gemini will replace Google A