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Anthropic expands Canadian footprint with AI training program and credits
Venture for Canada announced Thursday that Canadians will receive access to an Anthropic Claude Max licence during a six-week program designed to help them build viable one-person businesses. CEO Steven Wang said the…
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AI neolabs raised $24B in two quarters, FT reports
According to a report by the Financial Times, a new class of AI startups known as "neolabs" has attracted significant capital despite many lacking established products, markets, or revenue. These companies raised $24…
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Latent Space announces AINews v3 and migration to Beehiiv
Latent Space, the AI news network, has announced significant structural changes to its flagship newsletter, AINews. The publication, which has grown to over 200,000 subscribers, will merge its Discord community…
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Lightspeed targets $250M for new India AI fund
Lightspeed Venture Partners is raising a new $250 million fund, Lightspeed India Partners V, with a specific focus on early-stage artificial intelligence companies in India and Southeast Asia. According to an investor…
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DensityAI in talks to raise hundreds of millions at $10B valuation
DensityAI, an AI chip startup founded by former leaders of Tesla's Dojo supercomputer program, is reportedly in advanced talks to raise hundreds of millions of dollars. The company is seeking a valuation of $10…
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Databricks acquires spreadsheet startup Row Zero to boost Genie AI coworker
Databricks announced it has bought Row Zero, a startup that builds spreadsheet‑based tools, to add new capabilities to its AI coworker platform Genie, according to co‑founder Patrick Wendell in an exclusive interview…
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Oppenheimer and Stifel raise Microsoft price targets to $570 and $575 citing Azure and Copilot growth
Oppenheimer and Stifel both raised their price targets for Microsoft stock, with Oppenheimer increasing its target to $570 from $515 and Stifel raising its target to $575 from $530. Both firms cited sustained…
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Instinct reportedly in talks to raise at $10 billion valuation
AI assistant startup Instinct, founded by 23‑year‑old Noah Shinn, announced a soft launch this summer and quickly attracted venture‑capital interest. The company secured $250 million in funding at a $2.5 billion…
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TypeSafe in talks to raise $1B+ at $10B+ valuation
TypeSafe AI, a Silicon Valley startup, is reportedly in negotiations to secure a $1B+ funding round at a valuation exceeding $10B. The company, founded by developer Jev, had recently closed a $40M seed round that…
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Microsoft’s Azure revenue jumps 43% in Q4, Copilot hits 30M users
Microsoft reported Azure’s revenue grew 43% year-over-year in its fiscal fourth quarter, ending June 30, surpassing $100 billion annually. The Intelligent Cloud division—home to Azure—earned $15.95 billion in operating…
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OpenEvidence valued at $15 billion in new funding round
OpenEvidence, an AI search engine designed for medical professionals, has secured a new funding round that values the company at $15 billion. The startup recently raised $250 million from hospital systems and…
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Cal AI founder shares viral growth lessons at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Zach Yadegari, co-founder of Cal AI, will speak at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 about how the AI-powered nutrition app achieved 15 million downloads and $30 million annual revenue before its acquisition by MyFitnessPal at…
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$1,000 in Nvidia outperformed S&P 500 by 54x over 10 years
$1,000 invested in Nvidia in 2016 grew to nearly $140,000 over a decade, according to split-adjusted figures. Over the same period, the S&P 500 returned 255%, making Nvidia’s outperformance roughly 55 times greater.…
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Basecamp Research raises $140M Series C led by S32
London-based AI life sciences startup Basecamp Research has secured $140m in a Series C funding round, bringing its total capital raised to $225m. The round was led by S32, a venture firm founded by Bill Maris, and…
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Public adds AI agents to prediction markets via Kalshi partnership
Public, a New York-based brokerage, launched AI Agents for Prediction Markets on September 24, 2026, letting members trade event contracts directly or automate trades via AI. The platform partners with Kalshi, a…
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Russian AI gateways charge 2.4-3.6x list price for token access
Russian developers face significant price markups for AI tokens due to sanctions that block direct payment to Western providers like OpenAI and Anthropic. A report details how local gateways, such as AITUNNEL and…
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Brahma AI raises $150 million, valuing firm at $2 billion
Brahma AI, the Indian startup that creates AI‑generated audiovisual content for enterprises, announced a $150 million financing round led by Multiples Alternate Asset Management. The investment values the company at $2…
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Hitachi Solutions joins Microsoft AI Business Solutions Inner Circle for 2026‑2027
Hitachi Solutions was selected by Microsoft for the 2026‑2027 AI Business Solutions Inner Circle, a recognition based on top‑tier sales performance within Microsoft’s global AI partner network. The award marks Hitachi…
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Island raises $400 million at $6.4 billion valuation
Island, a Dallas‑based browser security startup, announced a $400 million funding round that values the company at $6.4 billion. The round was led by Evolution Equity Partners, and CEO Mike Fey said the capital will be…
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Chinese chipmakers' net profit jumps 620% YoY in H1 2026 amid AI boom
The Nikkei Asia analysis reports that the combined net profit of roughly 190 publicly listed Chinese semiconductor companies surged 620% year‑over‑year in the first half of 2026. The increase is linked to soaring…
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Modal Labs and Baseten in funding talks at roughly $15 billion and $26 billion valuations
Bloomberg reports that two AI‑infrastructure startups are reportedly in funding discussions that would lift their valuations dramatically. Modal Labs, which offers a cloud platform for building and deploying…
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Microsoft pledges more than $10 billion in cloud and AI investment across Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and UAE by 2030
Microsoft announced a new framework for the Middle East focused on Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, pledging to invest more than $10 billion in cloud and AI infrastructure across the region…
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Anthropic reportedly delays IPO to November amid safety warnings and market doubts
Anthropic is pushing back its planned initial public offering from October to November, according to the Wall Street Journal as cited by multiple outlets. The company, valued at $965 billion in a May funding round, is…
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SoftBank raises over $11 billion in bonds to fund OpenAI investment
SoftBank has launched more than $11 billion in dollar and euro-denominated bonds to fund a $10 billion payment for the third tranche of its $30 billion follow-on investment in OpenAI, with the proceeds also supporting…
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OpenAI says Apple's ChatGPT integration underperformed after 2024 launch
OpenAI disclosed in court filings that the integration of ChatGPT into Apple Intelligence on iPhones delivered far less user engagement than expected after its 2024 launch, with weekly active user forecasts cut within…
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Wolfe Research raises Amazon price target to $320 on AI-driven growth
Wolfe Research lifted its price target for Amazon to $320, up from $315, which translates to roughly a 26% upside based on Tuesday’s closing price. Analyst Shweta Khajuria said the firm remains confident in Amazon’s…
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Meta's Muse triggers 6% drop in Charles Schwab shares
Meta introduced Muse, an AI assistant that can track investments and analyze portfolios but says it will not trade or give financial advice. The announcement sent Charles Schwab shares down 6% on Tuesday, the lowest…
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Google AI search cuts clicks to publisher sites and worsens user experience, study finds
Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and Northeastern University conducted a seven‑day field experiment with 1,444 volunteers, tracking 1,100 participants via a browser extension that recorded search…
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Enveda raises $311 million Series E to advance nature-derived AI drugs
Enveda, a biotech startup that applies artificial intelligence to discover medicines from plants and microbes, announced a $311 million Series E financing round. The round was led by Catalio Capital Management with…
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Meta stock reaches $700, highest since February 2026
Meta Platforms' stock rose above $700 per share on September 21, 2026, marking its highest level since February 2026, driven by a September rally that erased summer losses and gained over 20% month-to-date. The rebound…
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Claude AI predicts BCH may run further after CME lists futures
Claude AI forecasts that Bitcoin Cash (BCH) could keep climbing after CME Group confirmed it will list BCH futures, pending regulatory approval. The futures launch is set for October 19 and will offer a standard…
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ByteDance accounted for nearly 75% of Nscale's 2025 revenue via Norway data center access to Nvidia B200 chips
ByteDance, through its Singapore subsidiary Spring, accessed 2,304 Nvidia B200 AI chips at Nscale’s Glomfjord, Norway data center in May 2025, enabling use of restricted U.S. technology despite export controls. This…
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Apple pitches Macs as local AI alternative to Nvidia and Microsoft
Apple is aggressively targeting the enterprise AI market by positioning its high-end Macs as a cost-effective alternative to cloud infrastructure dominated by Nvidia and Microsoft. The company argues that businesses…
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman confirms OpenAI will not proceed with IPO in 2026
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman confirmed the company will not go public in 2026, citing AI safety concerns and the need for the business to be ready before pursuing an IPO. This decision follows public warnings from Anthropic…
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Palantir CEO questions OpenAI IPO due to liability risks
Palantir CEO Alex Karp suggested frontier AI labs like OpenAI may never go public because of their potential for unlimited liability. In a September 17 interview on CNBC, Karp argued that government nationalization…
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Opinion: Amazon and Alphabet could profit from Anthropic IPO expected in October
Anthropic, whose Claude family of large language models is widely used, is expected to go public as early as October. Media reports say the company may raise up to $100 billion and target a $2 trillion valuation, which…
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Ema raises $77 million Series B to expand AI employee platform
Ema secured $77 million in a Series B round led by Bengaluru‑based venture firm Creaegis, with existing backers Accel, Section 32 and Prosus increasing their stakes. The financing brings the startup’s total funding to…
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Amazon reaches out to former employees for AI and cloud roles
Amazon is contacting former staff, including those laid off in recent cuts, about open positions across the company, especially in its cloud‑computing and AI divisions. Recruiter emails obtained by Business Insider…
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Paramount and Warner Bros. merger moves ahead
Paramount announced that its planned merger with Warner Bros. Plus is progressing, moving the two media giants closer to combining their assets. The deal, first reported earlier this year, has cleared initial…
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OpenAI hires Patreon co-founder Sam Yam to lead new creator product division
OpenAI announced it is creating a new “Creator Product” division and has hired Sam Yam, co‑founder of Patreon, to lead it. The hiring occurs while OpenAI’s models are becoming increasingly capable of generating text,…
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Chinese tech stocks with strong overseas exposure up 36% YTD, beating domestic peers
Bloomberg’s analysis of 30 Chinese technology companies that generate the most revenue abroad shows they have delivered a 36% total‑return year‑to‑date, far outpacing the 8% return recorded by peers whose earnings are…
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AT&T could cut workforce to about 85,000 by 2030 as it automates jobs
AT&T has been shedding staff at a rapid pace, cutting 8,000 employees last year and about 2,100 in the first half of 2026. A source familiar with the plan said the company is targeting a workforce of roughly 85,000 by…
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Meta’s AI agent Muse gains traction as Wall Street bets on new revenue stream
Meta launched its AI agent Muse on September 8, 2026, with a free tier and paid subscriptions at $20 and $100 per month. The app has seen strong early adoption, with 2.8 million downloads in the first 12 days according…
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C.H.BECK takes majority stake in Noxtua after €100 million Series C
Noxtua announced that its Series C round closed at more than €100 million, giving German publisher C.H.BECK a qualified majority share. The round also brought MANZ on board as a new investor while existing backers –…
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Novo partners with Anthropic on Claude Science platform, shares up 3.55%
Novo Nordisk announced a strategic collaboration with Anthropic to use the Claude Science platform for accelerating pharmaceutical research and development. The partnership was disclosed alongside a 3.55% rise in…
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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says Microsoft shut him out of OpenAI, bet on Anthropic
Marc Benioff told Alex Heath on the Sources podcast that Microsoft’s close ties with OpenAI prevented Salesforce from investing in the ChatGPT maker, prompting the cloud‑software firm to back Anthropic instead.…
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Go.AI raises $85 million Series A led by Updata Partners
Go.AI raised $85 million in a Series A round led by Updata Partners, according to CEO David Moscatelli in an exclusive interview with Axios Pro. The funding will support expansion of its on‑premises AI hardware…
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Nvidia showcases Nemotron models and Vera Rubin platform at AI Day Singapore
Nvidia held AI Day Singapore on Sept. 22‑23 at the Raffles City Convention Centre, offering hands‑on training, expert sessions and tools to speed AI and high‑performance computing work. The event highlighted Nvidia’s…
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Microsoft reports $24.1 billion in revenue from OpenAI in fiscal 2026
Microsoft disclosed in its fiscal 2026 annual report that it booked $24.1 billion of revenue from commercial arrangements with OpenAI, with OpenAI owing Microsoft $6.0 billion as of June 30, 2026. This represented…
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Mirendil in talks to raise about $1 billion, led by Kleiner Perkins, at $5 billion
Mirendil, an artificial‑intelligence startup launched by former Anthropic PBC researchers, is reportedly seeking roughly $1 billion in new funding. Bloomberg, cited by Techmeme, says the round would be led by…
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AI training data startup Micro1 reportedly raised $100M+ at a $4B valuation
Sources say AI training‑data startup Micro1 has closed a funding round of more than $100 million, bringing its valuation to about $4 billion, up from roughly $500 million in September 2025. The company, founded by Ali…
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Cyera raises $400 million in Series G extension from Goldman Sachs
Data security startup Cyera announced a $400 million injection from Goldman Sachs as part of a Series G extension, according to a Wall Street Journal report by James Rundle cited by Techmeme. The new money brings the…
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Snorkel AI raises $350 million at $3.5 billion valuation
Snorkel AI announced a fresh funding round of $350 million, bringing its valuation to $3.5 billion, CEO Alex Ratner told Reuters. The startup describes its offering as an “agentic data development platform” that pairs…
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Amazon and Palantir highlighted as high‑growth AI software stocks
The AI market is projected to grow at a 30.6% CAGR through 2033, prompting investors to look beyond chip makers toward software providers. Amazon (AMZN) leverages its AWS platform, which runs Bedrock, SageMaker and…
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Ande raises $52 million in seed and Series A funding
Ande, a New York‑based startup, announced it has raised $52 million in combined seed and Series A financing. The capital will be used to grow its AI agents that help businesses arrange corporate events for employees…
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Microsoft raises quarterly dividend to $0.98 per share, an 8% increase
Microsoft announced an 8% increase in its quarterly dividend to $0.98 per share, payable on December 10 to shareholders of record as of November 19. This marks the 23rd consecutive year of dividend growth, with the…
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AI war centers on chips, data centers and talent, not just chat models
OpenAI announced GPT-6 Astra on September 3, 2026, saying the model can handle complex professional tasks inside software. The company reported that training the model required over 100,000 GPUs at its Stargate…
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Salesforce expands partnership with OpenAI to embed frontier AI models
at dreamforce 2026, salesforce announced an expanded partnership with openai, integrating openai's frontier ai models into the salesforce platform and positioning the crm giant as an ai orchestration layer rather than…
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Chamelio raises $26 million Series A
Chamelio, an Israeli startup that builds AI software for corporate legal departments, announced a $26 million Series A financing. The round was led by Entrée Capital and included existing backers Work‑Bench, Emerge…
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AWS chief claims 7x partner revenue multiplier in AI era
Matt Wood, AWS’s chief AI and technology officer, argues that Amazon Web Services offers the strongest value proposition for channel partners in the AI era compared to Microsoft and Google. In an interview with CRN,…
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