Journalist at Vyraa
Chicago startup Chowbus lands a significant $81 million funding round to grow its AI-powered platform for restaurants, targeting underserved eateries and aiming for broader market leadership.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has hailed OpenClaw, an open-source AI agent, as a foundational shift, akin to Windows for PCs, while announcing NemoClaw for secure, private AI assistants. This comes as the industry grapples with distributed AI and digital sovereignty.
Zendesk acquires AI customer service pioneer Forethought, signaling a major push into autonomous agent technology to reshape the future of enterprise support.
Health AI documentation startup Nabla is set to gain early access to Yann LeCun's cutting-edge "world models" technology, fueled by AMI's new $1 billion funding round.
The WeBuild programme reopens for women founders across Ireland, leveraging AI and no-code tools to dramatically cut startup build times and lower technical barriers, fostering a new wave of innovation.
AI startup Anthropic sues the U.S. government, President Trump, and Defense Secretary Hegseth, alleging First and Fifth Amendment violations over a blanket ban on its technology.
Chinese AI startup Zhipu has launched its new GLM-5 model, showcasing enhanced coding and agent capabilities while utilizing domestic chips, heating up the global AI competition.
Anduril Industries seeks $8 billion at a $60 billion valuation, highlighting investor confidence in autonomous defense and the evolving landscape of military AI.
A controversial AI startup, Cluely, co-founded by Roy Lee, epitomizes Silicon Valley's growing ethical dilemmas and the stark bifurcation foreseen in the AI era, leading to its expulsion from San Francisco.
Sam Kriss exposes San Francisco's unsettling AI landscape, from bizarre B2B ads to the controversial Cluely startup, revealing a stark societal bifurcation driven by new tech doctrines.
San Francisco's AI startup culture is under scrutiny with the controversial rise of Cluely and its founder Roy Lee, highlighting a stark societal divide driven by advanced automation.
Amidst tech stock declines, AI and robotics ignite massive investment, with OpenAI eyeing an $850B+ valuation and Jeff Bezos backing key innovators.
Google Cloud VP Darren Mowry forecasts doom for LLM wrapper and AI aggregator startups, coinciding with India's aggressive push into AI development.
Silicon Valley's General Catalyst commits an unprecedented $5 billion to India's AI and tech ecosystem, signaling a major shift in global VC investment towards deployment-focused innovation.
Botkeeper, an early AI accounting platform, has announced its closure after over a decade, with CEO Enrico Palmerino blaming rapid industry consolidation and market shifts.
A viral video from a New Delhi AI summit captured OpenAI's Sam Altman and Anthropic's Dario Amodei refusing to hold hands, signaling deep-seated rivalry despite efforts for consensus.
Qualcomm Ventures launches a $150M Strategic AI Venture Fund to back Indian AI startups in automotive, robotics, IoT, and mobile sectors, coinciding with India's projected AI market surge to $32B by 2031.
San Francisco-based tech startup Temporal, a leader in distributed systems reliability for AI applications, has secured a massive $300 million Series D funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz, doubling its valuation to $5 billion amidst surging demand for robust AI infrastructure.
Only two US states, California and Washington, saw their share of venture funding rise last year, driven by a 46% surge in North American startup funding, primarily in AI. Deep tech ecosystems are vital for future growth.
PM Modi addresses the India AI Impact Summit 2026, highlighting AI's role as a force-multiplier, addressing job disruption fears, and advocating for a global AI governance compact with human oversight and safety-by-design.
London's Stanhope AI raises $8M in seed funding to develop adaptive AI, moving beyond LLMs to power autonomous systems in robotics and defence with real-time context awareness.
Apple is increasingly opting for multiple launch events per season, a strategic shift that maximizes media coverage and audience engagement for its diverse product line.
A new generation of Chinese AI entrepreneurs is amassing billions, fueled by state-backed tech independence drives and challenging established Silicon Valley giants, amidst escalating US-China tensions.
Indian deep tech startups are struggling, not from technical shortcomings but ecosystem failures. Market readiness, misaligned capital, and weak procurement pathways are leading to closures across AI, robotics, and climate tech.
Saudi Arabia's PIF-backed AI startup, Humain, has launched Humain Sport after acquiring ai.io, signaling a major strategic shift towards AI in sports and technology.
AI model compression startup Multiverse is reportedly seeking a €500 million funding round, valuing the company at €1.5 billion, amidst a global shift towards efficient AI deployment.