BusinessDeepSeek mulls IPO as Chinese AI scene shifts toward Zhipu-style frontier researchDeepSeek is reportedly weighing an initial public offering as early as this year and is also considering new private fundraising after a financing round that valued it at $52 billion.2 min read
BusinessMicrosoft trains sales team to compare its AI against OpenAI and AnthropicMicrosoft held an internal strategy meeting instructing sales staff to emphasize the efficiency, cost advantages and end-to-end nature of Microsoft’s AI models versus rivals such as OpenAI, Google and Anthropic.2 min read
BusinessBuffett personally led Berkshire's big Alphabet stake, warns on AI's capital demandsWarren Buffett said he personally initiated Berkshire Hathaway's large investment in Alphabet and that the company has since increased its stake and joined a $10 billion private funding round to support AI infrastructure.2 min read
BusinessOpenAI plans a voice-first smart speaker as hardware push collides with legal disputesOpenAI is developing a portable, display-free smart speaker positioned as a home AI companion with ChatGPT-integrated voice capabilities and sensors, and plans a demo this year with possible retail availability in 2027.3 min read
BusinessChai Discovery's AI narrows molecular search, wins $400M Series C and major pharma dealsChai Discovery raised $400 million in a Series C round that values the company at about $3.8 billion, with investors including OpenAI, Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins and Index Ventures.2 min read
BusinessIBM shares plunge as clients reallocate budgets to scarce GPUs, servers and cybersecurityIBM warned that second-quarter revenue would rise only about 1% to $17.2 billion, missing estimates, and its stock dropped roughly 25% in a single trading day.3 min read
BusinessWhatnot acquires Shaped to speed up real-time recommendationsLivestream shopping platform Whatnot has acquired machine learning company Shaped to improve real‑time recommendation and search capabilities as its marketplace rapidly grows.3 min read
BusinessApple to Launch 'Apple Intelligence' in China via Alibaba Qwen IntegrationChina’s Cyberspace Administration has approved Apple’s generative AI services after Apple reached an agreement to integrate Alibaba’s Qwen model into iOS, iPadOS, macOS and visionOS.2 min read
BusinessOde with Anthropic embeds engineers in enterprises to replace consultant-heavy AI rolloutsOde with Anthropic is a joint venture that places forward-deployed engineers inside enterprise customers to help turn AI pilots into production systems.2 min read
BusinessASML raises annual sales forecast again as AI chip demand drives ordersASML has increased its full-year revenue outlook for the second time this year, citing sustained demand from customers expanding capacity to make AI chips.2 min read
BusinessAnthropic and Blackstone launch Ode to sell AI implementation services to enterprisesAnthropic and private equity partners including Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman and Goldman Sachs have launched Ode, a $1.5 billion joint-venture focused on deploying AI engineering teams into enterprise customers.3 min read
BusinessRime raises $24M Series A to scale voice-AI models trained on its own conversational recordingsSan Francisco startup Rime raised $24 million in a Series A round led by M13 to expand its voice AI work for enterprise call handling.3 min read
