#Startups
Curated coverage on «Startups»: releases, research, benchmarks, open-source.

U.S. Lifts Export Restrictions on Anthropic's Fable 5 AI Model
U.S. authorities lifted restrictions on foreign access to Anthropic's Fable 5 model after the startup addressed security concerns raised by the Trump administration.

Microsoft launches AI business Frontier Company with 6000 engineers for enterprise implementations
Microsoft announced a new operating division Frontier Company backed by 2.5 billion dollars in investments.

Ashton Kutcher leaves Sound Ventures for new AI fund with Morgan Beller
According to TechCrunch, actor and investor Ashton Kutcher is leaving Sound Ventures to launch an AI infrastructure and energy fund with Morgan Beller.

Lovable in Talks for $300 Million Round at $13.2 Billion Valuation—Double December Level

Nscale closes $900 million credit line for data center construction

Zuckerberg confirmed that Meta is exploring launching a cloud AI business

Bloomberg: Anthropic vs OpenAI — investor shift favors Anthropic

Coram raised $35M to turn surveillance cameras into AI detectives
Series B funding covers development of system that transforms ordinary cameras into autonomous physical security AI tools.

Concerns about AI bubble grow as SpaceX prepares record IPO
As SpaceX conducts a record-breaking debut on the stock exchange, markets show signs of worry about AI startup overvaluation and instability in the investment wave…

MiniMax Raises $2B for AI Model Development Through Share Offering

Mercor eyes a $20 billion valuation despite security incident

Meta Accelerates Toward Superintelligence: RL Environment and Unprecedented Compute Growth

Sovereign AI: USA explores government stakes in OpenAI

Jones Day: AI accelerates record M&A boom, but company valuations have reached dangerous levels
AI, free capital, and soft regulation fuel record M&A deals, but Jones Day partner Robert Profusek warns of unprecedented valuations for AI companies.

Chinese developer Zhipu plans $4 billion follow-on share offering after 1,500% stock surge
Zhipu plans a $4 billion secondary offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange: since the Chinese AI developer’s January 2026 IPO, its shares have risen nearly 15-fold.









