DeepSeek Raises Nearly $16 billion in Second Funding Round
The amount is roughly double the company’s first funding round that closed in June.
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OpenAI Fundraising Round Set to Close Soon With UAE Investors, Coatue Leading Investment
The company is aiming to raise $30 billion at a $1.25 trillion pre-money valuation.
Exclusive: Physical AI Startup Tractian Becomes a Unicorn
Company adds sensors to equipment to capitalize on AI’s ability to cheaply analyze a variety of data.
Google To Pay Homes and Businesses To Curb Energy Usage
The company is partnering with Voltus to create a 1 gigawatt “virtual power plant”
OpenAI Had Numerous Vulnerabilities Its AI Could Exploit, Evaluators Find
AI safety researchers from nonprofits METR and Redwood Research found the vulnerabilities during a three-week pilot with OpenAI.
Nvidia’s Powerful B300 Chips Spotted on Chinese State-Owned Network
Security firm Lava traced 32 Blackwell Ultra B300 chips to China Telecom’s network through unprotected monitoring systems, raising fresh doubts about U.S. export controls
Zuckerberg’s Wealth Tax Concerns Shaped Meta’s Stock Overhaul
An SEC filing reveals how California’s Proposition 40, along with expectations of huge capital needs, factored into Meta’s creation of a new share class.
Microsoft Warns of Chinese State-Linked Cyberattacks Powered by AI Agent
The perpetrator used Chinese AI agent Artex to automate attacks against hundreds of organizations around the world, Microsoft says.
Tesla Shares Fall 3% After Cutting Capital Spending
CEO Elon Musk declined to discuss a potential merger of Tesla with SpaceX
OpenAI Asks Gov. Newsom to Strengthen AI Regulations
In a letter sent to the California governor, the AI company urges an amendment to the state’s AI transparency law known as SB53 to strengthen safety and cybersecurity regulations.
Microsoft Nominates Stripe Co-founder to Board, Lowers Nadella Pay 6%
Nadella is still among the highest paid CEOs.
Google Stops Using Nondisclosure Agreements for Data Centers
The company will no longer require state and local governments to sign NDAs about projects, joining Amazon and Microsoft in ending the practice after criticism.
Meta Creates New Share Class to Pave Way for AI-Related Fundraising
The new non-voting stock class could enable the company to sell new shares while maintaining CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s voting control.
Nvidia Expands Deals with Six Chip Component Suppliers
New multi-billion-dollar agreements ensure Nvidia locks down key supplier capacity to boost AI chip output.
Meta Faces $25 Billion New Mexico Penalty
The penalty stems from a lawsuit accusing Meta of misleading consumers about data privacy in the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
AI Finds Flaw in Popular Web Hosting Software, Sparking Global Race to Patch
The flaws affect 70% of the world's websites and are “the most severe vulnerabilities ever discovered by AI, if not in all of software history," researchers said.
OpenAI to Bring Models to Google Cloud
The move lessens OpenAI's reliance on Microsoft, where the companies once shared exclusivity.
OpenAI Expands ChatGPT Ads to 26 More Countries, Says It Has More Than 100,000 Advertisers
The ad platform, which launched in February, is now available in 83 countries, up from 63 in September.
DeepSeek Open-Sources Framework Behind Its High-Margin AI Inference
Other AI model labs could study the DeepInfer framework to learn how to increase the inference efficiency of their own models.
Musk Says SpaceX, Tesla Have Formed Committees to Explore Merger
This is the first step toward what would be the largest mergers of all-time, bringing together Musk’s sprawling empire.
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