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General news and updates from the AI startup ecosystem. Coverage of artificial intelligence industry developments.
Authentic Japan launches special page for 'Tourism Safety DX' initiatives in Shiretoko
The Japanese tourism operator Authentic Japan (オーセンティックジャパン) has published a dedicated webpage for its 'Tourism Safety DX' (digital transformation) initiatives in the Shiretoko region of Hokkaido. The...
Netflix quietly launches AI animation studio 'INKubator', signals strategic pivot toward generative content production.
Netflix has quietly established an internal studio called 'INKubator' to produce AI-driven animated short films, according to a Lowpass newsletter report published May 15. The studio, built in March,...
Cerebras WSE-3 chip gifted to PM Modi as India-UAE deploy 64 CS-3 systems for 8-exaflop AI compute
During PM Narendra Modi's visit to the UAE, President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan gifted a Cerebras wafer-scale chip, formalizing the Condor Galaxy India partnership. Under the agreement, 64 Ce...
JetMed becomes global first AI drug delivery stock on Hong Kong Stock Exchange
JetMed (剂泰科技, 7666.HK), a six-year-old Chinese biotech company specializing in AI-driven nanomaterial drug delivery, listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on May 13, 2026, raising over HK$2.1 billion...
Kuaishou (快手) is accelerating the spin-off of its AI video subsidiary, Kling AI (可灵AI), with plans f...
Kuaishou (快手) is accelerating the spin-off of its AI video subsidiary, Kling AI (可灵AI), with plans for an independent IPO as early as 2027, according to media reports. The company is in Pre-IPO talks...
India's Consumer AI Opportunity: Investors Bet on Behaviour-Driven Products Over Infrastructure
As India's AI conversation has been dominated by sovereign models, GPU clusters and compute infrastructure, a growing cohort of investors is now turning attention to a more unpredictable opportunity:...
Cerebras Systems, the largest of a new generation of AI chip startups, is going public. The IPO will...
Cerebras Systems, the largest of a new generation of AI chip startups, is going public. The IPO will gauge investor appetite for AI chip companies and how many the public market can support. The IPO o...
Anthropic is expanding into AI-powered IT services, a move that Jefferies warns poses a direct compe...
Anthropic is expanding into AI-powered IT services, a move that Jefferies warns poses a direct competitive threat to Indian IT giants Infosys and TCS. The investment bank's analysis suggests that Anth...
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan attempts turnaround as Bloomberg details company's struggles
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan, who took the helm in March 2025, has driven a stunning 490% stock surge over the past year by securing a sweetheart U.S. government deal — making the government Intel's third-lar...
Cerence projects $305M-$320M fiscal 2026 revenue as BYD begins xUI production
Cerence, a publicly traded provider of conversational AI for automobiles, announced fiscal 2026 revenue guidance of $305 million to $320 million as Chinese automaker BYD begins production of vehicles...
SK Telecom AI data center revenue jumps 89%, signaling telco-led infrastructure push
South Korea's SK Telecom reported an 89% year-over-year increase in AI data center revenue, underscoring the telecom giant's deepening pivot toward AI infrastructure. The company has been expanding it...
Intapp, a governed AI platform for professional firms, reported its third quarter fiscal year 2026 f...
Intapp, a governed AI platform for professional firms, reported its third quarter fiscal year 2026 financial results, highlighting continued enterprise AI adoption in regulated verticals such as law,...
Palantir reports strong AI-driven revenue growth, with pricing power reflected in its latest financi...
Palantir reports strong AI-driven revenue growth, with pricing power reflected in its latest financial results. The company's AI platforms continue to command premium pricing amid growing enterprise d...
Artisan accused of stealing artist's work for ad
AI startup Artisan is under fire after reportedly using a subway ad featuring KC Green's iconic 'This is fine' comic without permission. The ad depicts the dog saying "[M]y pipeline is on fire" and pr...
Suno reaches $2.5B valuation with 2M+ paying users.
Suno, the AI music generation startup launched in December 2023, has reached a $2.5 billion valuation and now claims over 2 million paying subscribers. The surge in AI-generated music has flooded stre...
Microsoft reported Q3 FY2026 earnings with total revenue of $82.9 billion (up 18% YoY), operating in...
Microsoft reported Q3 FY2026 earnings with total revenue of $82.9 billion (up 18% YoY), operating income of $38.4 billion, and net income of $31.8 billion. Azure and other cloud services revenue grew...
xAI used OpenAI's models to train Grok, Musk admits in court
In a federal courtroom in California on Thursday, Elon Musk testified that his AI startup xAI has used OpenAI's models to improve its own Grok. Asked directly if xAI had distilled OpenAI's technology,...
Aqua Voice, a Y Combinator W24 voice AI startup, reports over 50% of its user base is in Japan follo...
Aqua Voice, a Y Combinator W24 voice AI startup, reports over 50% of its user base is in Japan following organic influencer-driven adoption among programmers and those dissatisfied with Japanese keybo...
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang warns optimized DeepSeek models on Huawei Ascend chips pose strategic threat to US AI leadership.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang stated on the Dwarkesh Podcast that if Chinese AI lab DeepSeek optimizes its upcoming V4 foundation model for Huawei Technologies' Ascend 950PR processors, it would represent '...
**Qunhe Technology surges 171% on HK IPO, becoming first 'spatial intelligence' listed company**
Qunhe Technology (00068.HK), the spatial intelligence company behind design platform Kujiale, debuted on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange at HK$20.70 per share, closing 171.65% above its IPO price. The co...