AI News Archive

The full archive of AI startup and funding news tracked by AI Market Watch. Page 3 of 49.

• Guthrie AI raises $4M seed to apply AI to construction workflowsJul 13, 2026
• SimpleAI raises $15M to acquire accounting firms across APAC with AIJul 13, 2026
• Nota ranks 3rd worldwide at ICML for 7x inference speedup on Qwen modelJul 13, 2026
• OpenAI claims GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra solved 50-year-old Cycle Double Cover conjecture in one hour, triggering peer review debateJul 13, 2026
• Microsoft Build 2026 unveils agent platform, reasoning model MAI-Thinking-1, and quantum chip Majorana 2Jul 13, 2026
• OpenAI GPT-5.6 Sol usage limit removal signals demand surgeJul 13, 2026
• ESGAgent.ai raises $1.7M seed for AI compliance platform targeting heavy industryJul 13, 2026
• Anthropic confirms $16.6M billing error; auditors find $1.7M in enterprise overchargesJul 13, 2026
• Stepfun releases Step Edge on-device AI model family for smartphones and autonomous vehiclesJul 13, 2026
• Hyades raises $910K seed for AI platform that fuses satellite, drone, and radar dataJul 13, 2026
• Birdsview raises €2.5M seed to scale Avys AI retention agent for retailersJul 13, 2026
• DeepSeek slashes V4-Pro pricing 75%, escalating the enterprise inference price warJul 12, 2026
• UtoMedtech applies AI to sinusitis diagnosis, expands into Southeast AsiaJul 12, 2026
• Naver D2SF invests in 10 startups in H1 2026, surpassing 2025 total, with focus on AI and roboticsJul 12, 2026
• Apple M7 Ultra chip accelerates with 1.5TB RAM, Neural Engine upgrades from car project legacyJul 12, 2026
• Netrasemi launches A2000 edge AI chip, positions as early Indian AI silicon playerJul 12, 2026
• NanoFrontier selected for Japan's 2026 Regional Revitalization subsidyJul 12, 2026
• Vendelux raises $50M Series B for B2B event intelligence platformJul 12, 2026
• SpaceX acquires AI coding startup Cursor for $60B, analyst claims model performance surpasses GoogleJul 12, 2026
• Yunbao Intelligent files for ChiNext IPO in Shenzhen, backed by Tencent as largest shareholderJul 12, 2026
• NVIDIA RTX Spark superchip debuts in laptops at Bilibili World, runs 120B-parameter models locallyJul 12, 2026
• SiliconFlow Files for Hong Kong IPO as 'AI Token Factory First Stock' at $1.07B ValuationJul 12, 2026
• Tessera Labs raises $60M to bring AI-native ERP modernization to enterprise systemsJul 12, 2026
• Google Cloud launches AI infrastructure, lab, and startup programs across AfricaJul 12, 2026
• AIsa Raises $6.5M to Build Agent-to-Resource Payment InfrastructureJul 12, 2026
• Humain partners with Canada's Cohere on AI infrastructure for Saudi enterpriseJul 12, 2026
• Model routers gain traction as enterprises seek to curb soaring AI inference costsJul 12, 2026
• PrismML Compresses 27B-Parameter Qwen Model to Run Locally on iPhoneJul 12, 2026
• ByteDance's Trae and Alibaba's Qoder gain traction after China flags Anthropic Claude Code security riskJul 12, 2026
• World Labs Raises $1B for Spatial AI, Signaling Shift from Chat to 3D UnderstandingJul 12, 2026
• Perplexity CEO says AI competition shifting from model size to operational efficiencyJul 12, 2026
• OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Work, an AI Agent for Workplace Automation, Debuts GPT-5.6Jul 12, 2026
• Aukera raises $10M in debt-led round as lab-grown diamond jeweller scales to 35 storesJul 11, 2026
• Sherpa raises $2.2M pre-seed to build AI operating system for external workforce orchestrationJul 11, 2026
• Prosper AI raises $30M Series A for healthcare voice AI agentsJul 11, 2026
• Sendbird unveils Agent Steward, shifting from answer-giving to responsible AI agentsJul 11, 2026
• Studio Kiko (스튜디오키코) brings ambient AI scribe to 300 South Korean hospitals, raises pre-Series AJul 11, 2026
• Tencent to Lead $2B Manus Buyback as Beijing Treats Agentic AI as Sovereign AssetJul 11, 2026
• Tencent leads consortium to buy out Meta's Manus stake at ~$2B valuationJul 11, 2026
• SK Hynix and tetraMem validate memristor-based in-memory computing SoC for next-gen AI chipsJul 11, 2026
• SAP to acquire German AI startup Prior Labs for over €1B to scale tabular AI for enterprise dataJul 11, 2026
• Sarvam AI nears $300M round led by HCLTech at $1.5B valuation, signaling IT services pivot to sovereign AIJul 11, 2026
• Zetwerk co-founder Rahul Sharma launches AI robotics startup, moves to non-executive roleJul 11, 2026
• Savi Security Raises $7M Seed for AI-Native Consumer Scam Protection AppJul 11, 2026
• SambaNova Systems valued at $11B, raises $1B in Series F for inference chipsJul 11, 2026
• MoleculeOS launches as AI operating system for biology R&D, signaling platform shift in drug discoveryJul 11, 2026
• DataRobot accelerates agentic AI production in Japan via Dell partnership and new FDE teamJul 11, 2026
• Microsoft integrates OpenAI's GPT-5.6 series into Microsoft 365 Copilot for complex task efficiencyJul 11, 2026
• Baidu Dazi AI agent sees 20x daily query surge, launches enterprise editionJul 11, 2026
• Edubuk Secures $50M Strategic Investment from Nimbus Capital for AI-Blockchain Hiring PlatformJul 10, 2026
• SORACOM launches Knowledge MCP Server for AI agent access to official documentationJul 10, 2026
• Anthropic Launches Dashboard for Monitoring Claude UsageJul 10, 2026
• SK Hynix raises $26.5B in largest foreign IPO in U.S. history, faces push to build domestic fabsJul 10, 2026
• OpenAI Launches GPT-5.6 and ChatGPT Work to Rival Claude Cowork, Microsoft CopilotJul 10, 2026
• OpenAI launches ChatGPT Work agent to manage email, Slack, and calendar tasks ahead of potential IPOJul 10, 2026
• OpenAI launches 'ChatGPT Work' enterprise agent, integrates Codex into super-app desktop platformJul 10, 2026
• Blue Yonder CEO says supply chain AI pivot to generative AI utilization is underwayJul 10, 2026
• Dataland Opens World's First AI Arts Museum, Merging Biometrics and Nature DataJul 10, 2026
• AudAi launches zero-shot voice editing tool Gluent for long-form audio contentJul 10, 2026
• SHILD FORCE launches generative AI and reskilling initiative to build high-margin recurring revenueJul 10, 2026
• Sunnies launches Privaco, an AI agent privacy management tool for granular access controlJul 10, 2026
• Etched raises $800M at $5B valuation, secures $1B chip order for Transformer-only ASICJul 10, 2026
• MiniMax closes 16 billion HKD funding round, CEO Yan Junjie signals expansion plansJul 10, 2026
• Piq Energy Raises $5M Seed for Agentic Grid Planning PlatformJul 10, 2026
• Rokid launches full Japan expansion with 75 retail stores, AIOS platform for AI glassesJul 10, 2026
• Ant Robotics Lingbo launches full-stack 2.0 embodied intelligence model suite with vision, action, physics predictionJul 10, 2026
• DS Brand launches AI MODEL realistic avatars for web customer experienceJul 10, 2026
• Quectel (移远通信) enters XR market with Hawk AI+AR glasses and Dolphin compute unitJul 10, 2026
• Lancium in talks to sell minority stake as power developer for OpenAI's Stargate data centerJul 10, 2026
• Lyzr reportedly raising $100M at $500M valuation for enterprise agent platformJul 10, 2026
• OpenAI launches GPT-5.6 publicly and ChatGPT Work for enterprise document creationJul 10, 2026
• OpenAI sunsets ChatGPT Atlas browser under a year after launchJul 10, 2026
• Gradium raises $100M seed from Nvidia to build ultra-low-latency voice AIJul 9, 2026
• Saltware unveils AI-driven Kubernetes operations automation for application deployment and fault analysisJul 9, 2026
• SpaceXAI Launches Grok 4.5 in First Enterprise Push, Acquires CursorJul 9, 2026
• Anthropic introduces usage-based pricing for Claude Fable 5, ending flat-rate AI subscription eraJul 9, 2026
• Mercor nears $20B valuation as AI training demand surges and revenue doubles to $2BJul 9, 2026
• OpenAI launches GPT-5.6 and ChatGPT Work agent after regulatory greenlightJul 9, 2026
• Hakimo raises $12M for AI-powered physical security platformJul 9, 2026
• Polysense Raises $10.7M in Seed Funding for AI Food Quality ControlJul 9, 2026
• AVELIN AI raises $3.7M pre-seed to build sovereign AI platform for regulated enterprisesJul 9, 2026
• Corvic AI V5 turns one-off prompts into repeatable enterprise workflowsJul 9, 2026
• Meta launches AI image model Muse, integrated into Instagram and WhatsApp, sparking privacy debateJul 9, 2026
• SpaceXAI and Cursor launch Grok 4.5 in first joint product after $60B acquisitionJul 9, 2026
• Nurix AI acquires Verloop.io to build unified voice and chat enterprise AI platformJul 9, 2026
• Lico raises 20 billion won via convertible bonds to expand AI data center and defense optical component productionJul 9, 2026
• Ollama raises $65M Series B, now used by 8.9M monthly developersJul 9, 2026
• Naver Cloud and Mistral AI partner to target manufacturing AI with sovereign solutionsJul 9, 2026
• JPMorgan Chase selects SambaNova for on-prem AI inference in regulated financeJul 9, 2026
• Meta's always-on 'super sensing' smart glasses raise privacy and regulatory questionsJul 9, 2026
• SpaceXAI launches Grok 4.5 for coding and agentic tasks at half the price of rivalsJul 9, 2026
• Meta Muse AI imaging model targets SMB ad market with generative ad creationJul 9, 2026
• NVIDIA and Microsoft launch DGX Station for Windows, a desktop AI supercomputer for isolated AI agent executionJul 9, 2026
• Zhipu AI seeks $4B share sale, signaling Chinese AI lab capital raceJul 9, 2026
• Neoacro Robotics raises $380K seed from FuturePlay for physical AI in shipbuilding and constructionJul 9, 2026
• MindRank AI (德睿智药) closes $52M Series B for AI drug discovery and GLP-1 pipelineJul 8, 2026
• OpenAI releases GPT-5.6 series including flagship 'Sol' after US government safety reviewJul 8, 2026
• SpaceXAI releases Grok 4.5, claims Opus-class performance at lower costJul 8, 2026
• SpaceXAI and Cursor launch Grok AI model targeting finance and coding tasksJul 8, 2026
• Prime Intellect raises $130M at $1B valuation for agentic AI platformJul 8, 2026