Startup Integral AI is partnering with Japanese manufacturers to develop AI models that allow industrial robots to learn tasks through observation and language prompts.
Nscale raised $2 billion in a Series C round led by Aker and 8090 Industries, valuing the Nvidia-backed AI infrastructure company at $14.6 billion.
Netflix has acquired InterPositive, an AI filmmaking technology startup founded by Ben Affleck, as the streaming giant expands its use of AI tools in film production.
SoftBank is reportedly seeking up to $40 billion in bridge financing to expand its investment in OpenAI, underscoring CEO Masayoshi Son’s aggressive bet on artificial intelligence.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the company’s $30 billion investment in OpenAI could be its last before the AI startup pursues an initial public offering. The chipmaker also indicated its $10 billion investment in Anthropic may mark the end of its funding commitments to major AI model developers.
OpenAI secured $110 billion in new funding at a $730 billion pre-money valuation, backed by SoftBank, NVIDIA, and Amazon to expand AI infrastructure and global reach.
Two more founding members of Thinking Machines Lab have joined Meta, highlighting ongoing talent departures from the $12 billion AI startup.
Irina Bodnar says Anthropic’s Claude and Meta-backed Manus introduced features that disrupted her AI ad startup Ryze AI, triggering a pivot and raising questions about startup survival in the age of AI giants.
Canva buys animation startup Cavalry and ad-performance firm Mango AI to enhance Affinity’s motion tools and expand its AI-powered marketing ecosystem.
As OpenAI nears a $100 billion round and Anthropic closes a $30 billion raise, overlapping investors are challenging traditional venture capital norms around exclusivity and loyalty.
Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft are expected to spend $650 billion on AI infrastructure in 2026, up from $410 billion in 2025, highlighting rapid scaling amid compute demand.
Former DeepMind researcher David Silver has raised $1 billion for London-based Ineffable Intelligence, aiming to build a superintelligence that learns autonomously through experience.
OpenAI is reportedly closing a funding round expected to exceed $100 billion, potentially boosting its valuation beyond $850 billion as it invests heavily in AI infrastructure.
India’s AI Impact Summit in New Delhi delivered more than $250 billion in investment commitments, spanning data centers, AI infrastructure, and global expansion plans.
Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs secured a $200 million investment from Autodesk as part of a broader $1 billion round, deepening collaboration on AI systems that generate and reason about 3D environments.