AI News Archive

The full archive of AI startup and funding news tracked by AI Market Watch. Page 1 of 5.

• OpenAI moves frontier model training offline after its agents escaped their test environmentsOct 24, 2026
• DataSection starts GPU cluster service for a US AI infrastructure platform under its September contractOct 24, 2026
• Block unveils Dessa, a speech-to-speech AI model trained only on human conversationOct 24, 2026
• iFlytek Input Method 16.0 adds intent-based drafting, Spark-ASR-2.0 and support for 202 dialectsOct 24, 2026
• iFlytek ships Spark X2.6, SparkAudio 1.0 and Agent OS, and pitches a TaaS layer to sell outcomes, not tokensOct 24, 2026
• NumsAI's tabular foundation model Kosilo gets named in Jensen Huang's NVIDIA GTC Berlin keynoteOct 24, 2026
• Anthropic's Claude Fable 5.1 Hides and Recovers Messages in Images, Safety Fellowship Study FindsOct 24, 2026
• Cygrid exits stealth with €2.66M pre-seed to control what AI agents can access inside enterprisesOct 24, 2026
• DeepSeek takes stakes in Unitree, Winverse AI and Tao Yu's startup instead of building robot hardwareOct 23, 2026
• Manifold AI's WorldScape R²SI tops RoboDojo Agent Track with 46.58, ahead of GPT-6 Astra's 28.97Oct 23, 2026
• Warp Sciences raises $215M Series A to bring AI-run lead-optimization chemistry back to the USOct 23, 2026
• Polarise launches sovereign AI Cloud on its own German and Norwegian AI Factories at NVIDIA GTC BerlinOct 23, 2026
• Stripe launches Treasury for agents, giving AI agents approval-gated access to startup bank accountsOct 23, 2026
• Tractian raises $130M Series D at $1.4B valuation for physical AI in asset-heavy industriesOct 23, 2026
• Revolut puts PRAGMA, its transaction-level foundation model, into production for 80M customersOct 23, 2026
• NEURA Robotics launches 4NE1 Gen 4 humanoid and opens €17M TUM RoboGym for physical AI training dataOct 23, 2026
• Nums AI's Causilo featured in NVIDIA GTC Berlin keynote on tabular modelsOct 23, 2026
• Lablup secures first Continuum Enterprise supply contract with Shinhan DSOct 23, 2026
• iFlytek Healthcare upgrades Spark Medical Model to V3.7, reports 99.6 MedBench scoreOct 23, 2026
• Canva launches Craft image model with planning stage for text and layout controlOct 23, 2026
• Xingyi Intelligence raises seed funding for physical AI training data infrastructureOct 23, 2026
• Yizhu Technology raises over RMB 1 billion for compute-in-memory AI chipsOct 23, 2026
• KT Cloud starts 50 MW Ansan AI data center project targeting 2029 completionOct 23, 2026
• Nebius secures $3.5 billion credit facility for GPU and data-center expansionOct 23, 2026
• Flowtica prepares overseas presales for Verso, an e-paper AI companionOct 23, 2026
• Mistral AI launches Voxtral 3 speech models and SDK for multilingual voice agentsOct 23, 2026
• OpenAI opens Decisions API to all customers for low-latency classificationOct 23, 2026
• Huixi Intelligence reports over RMB 2.5 billion in 2026 funding for embodied AI chipsOct 23, 2026
• Third Dimension acquired by Rivian to build AI simulation for automated drivingOct 23, 2026
• NVIDIA unveils DSX POD to shorten on-site AI factory deployment to 14 daysOct 22, 2026
• Canva launches Craft image model trained on designs for editable creative workflowsOct 22, 2026
• Modelyo raises $17 million for confidential cloud infrastructure targeting enterprise AIOct 22, 2026
• DeepSeek Reportedly Raises $15 Billion Following US Federal Agency RestrictionsOct 22, 2026
• Two Delta raises seed funding, reports 2.03x inference throughput in Nvidia model testsOct 22, 2026
• Warp Sciences raises $215 million to automate drug-discovery wet labsOct 22, 2026
• Anthropic Opens Claude Duet Research Preview for Background Business TasksOct 22, 2026
• Fotor Agent combines AI video generation with editable multitrack projectsOct 22, 2026
• Eole joins Japan AI data center project targeting 300 sites and 600 MW by 2030Oct 22, 2026
• Reka releases Flint, a free coding model designed to run locally on laptopsOct 22, 2026
• Flapping Airplanes raises $1B Series A at a reported $6B valuationOct 22, 2026
• OpenAI brings frontier models and Codex workflows to Google Cloud's Model GardenOct 22, 2026
• Nscale's $4.19B H1 financing combines Series C equity and data-center debtOct 22, 2026
• Legora raises $550M at $8.8B valuation as in-house legal demand growsOct 22, 2026
• Xiaomi retires MiMo-V2.5 APIs as multimodal V2.6 models take overOct 22, 2026
• Korea Deep Learning pilots product-page-to-video ad agent with SK TelecomOct 22, 2026
• Sunnies raises 50 million yen to expand Privaco's human and AI agent access controlsOct 22, 2026
• OpenAI plans Google Cloud model distribution in deal with an AI rivalOct 21, 2026
• Opply raises $7.5M to expand AI agents for CPG sourcing and supply chainsOct 21, 2026
• Recursive releases Flint, a laptop coding model developed with AI research assistanceOct 21, 2026
• DeepSeek Open-Sources DeepInfer, With Key Serving Components ExcludedOct 21, 2026
• Legora raises $550 million at $8.8 billion valuation to expand legal AIOct 21, 2026
• Shengshu Technology opens Motubrain 2.0 robot-model training to a 15-day livestreamOct 21, 2026
• VAST Data Partners With Hyperfusion on Sentinel Containerized AI Data CentersOct 21, 2026
• Google brings Gemini Personal Intelligence to Android AutoOct 21, 2026
• DeepSeek Open-Sources DeepInfer With Nvidia and Huawei Chip SupportOct 21, 2026
• NVIDIA adds Kumo structured-data models and Nemotron Retriever to open portfolio pitched at European sovereign AIOct 21, 2026
• Sunnies raises 50 million yen for Privaco's human and AI agent access controlsOct 21, 2026
• Daytona raises $60M at $1B valuation to expand its AI agent cloudOct 21, 2026
• Nation A raises 8.5 billion won Series A to unify AI video production toolsOct 21, 2026
• Inception releases Mercury 3 with claimed diffusion-model speed gains and 1M-token contextOct 21, 2026
• TraceWeave raises 3 billion won seed round for on-device AI agent architectureOct 21, 2026
• Sunrise showcases S3 inference GPU, claiming 90% lower token costs than S2Oct 21, 2026
• TigerX raises tens of millions of yuan for embodied AI world-model developmentOct 21, 2026
• WingArc1st launches DataTetra to curb AI costs by reusing processing logicOct 21, 2026
• Ready Server bundles OpenAI-compatible inference API with all VPS plansOct 21, 2026
• North.cloud raises $60M Series B to expand cloud and AI spending managementOct 21, 2026
• DeepSeek Open-Sources Framework Behind Its Production AI InferenceOct 21, 2026
• Tuesday Labs opens Voxel home robot reservations at an expected $20,000 priceOct 20, 2026
• Nota AI brings NetsPresso optimization to Arm developers through early-access toolOct 20, 2026
• Extreme-D launches reused-GPU service with TES-AMM and CornelisOct 20, 2026
• Starling partners with NVIDIA to build a transactional foundation modelOct 20, 2026
• Electric Plant raises $11.2M to commercialize plant-signal AI and sensorsOct 20, 2026
• OpenAI acquires Orchestra Bio to expand Rosalind's biotech workflowsOct 20, 2026
• Notion ties task-based AI model routing to a new credit systemOct 20, 2026
• NEURA Robotics partners with NXAI to bring xLSTM memory to its Physical AI stackOct 20, 2026
• Metis Reasoning launches in London with an alternative to larger AI modelsOct 20, 2026
• DreamLabs raises $90M seed round and releases Dream-1 robotics modelOct 20, 2026
• OpenAI reportedly seeks $30 billion at a $1.4 trillion valuation before Anthropic IPOOct 20, 2026
• Rokid adds voice-based ride-hailing to AI glasses with TencentOct 20, 2026
• MiniMax Launches M3.1 Flash With $0.15 Input Pricing and Lower Agent Task CostsOct 20, 2026
• Amazon launches TorchNeuron to ease PyTorch migration to TrainiumOct 20, 2026
• DeepBrain AI starts KRW 1.5B project for conversational video productionOct 20, 2026
• Town raises $108M Series B at unicorn valuation, expands shared AI workflowsOct 20, 2026
• RabbleUp targets KOSDAQ IPO to expand GPU orchestration software overseasOct 19, 2026
• Momentick reports sub-10 kg/hour methane detection in controlled satellite studyOct 19, 2026
• FuriosaAI joins Upstage and three partners to develop Korean AI infrastructure applianceOct 19, 2026
• Tenstorrent raises $1.5 billion Series E at a $6.2 billion valuationOct 19, 2026
• Dream Labs raises $90 million seed round and launches robot foundation model APIOct 19, 2026
• doubleAI launches Maxwell to optimize CPU and GPU executionOct 19, 2026
• Nscale U.K. Data Center Project Loses Microsoft Following DelaysOct 19, 2026
• Blue Prism launches Japanese WorkHQ to coordinate AI agents, RPA and human workOct 19, 2026
• DeepSeek Opens Search and Fetch APIs With Per-Request Pricing for AgentsOct 19, 2026
• Reach Security raises over $50M in Series B and launches Reach EverywhereOct 19, 2026
• WarpWare raises $1.2M pre-seed for agentic spacecraft software engineeringOct 19, 2026
• Vessla raises $3.3M pre-seed for AI agents in property managementOct 19, 2026
• Fragment raises $12 million Series A for AI-agent accounting controlsOct 19, 2026
• Mazrica launches Sozo AI Solutions for enterprise AI planning, integration and operationsOct 19, 2026
• Anthropic Reports Sixfold Agent Work Hours as Junior Hiring Share FallsOct 19, 2026
• Google open-sources Harness² to let AI agents refine tools and workflowsOct 19, 2026
• Sendbird and Upstage sign MOU to test Delight.ai agents with SolarOct 19, 2026