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Trump admin to receive $10B fee for TikTok deal
The Trump administration is set to collect roughly $10 billion in fees from investors for brokering the sale of TikTok’s U.S. business, a sum that dwarfs the deal’s overall valuation and sparks critic
AI Robotics E-Commerce Top Funding with 3 $500M and 2
This week’s megadeals cement AI and robotics as venture capital’s hottest tickets, with three U.S. $500M rounds and two global billion‑dollar raises, while e‑commerce still pulls in big money. The inf
Nyne Raises $5.3M to Map Humans for AI Agents
Nyne, a startup building the data layer that helps AI agents understand the humans they serve, raised $5.3 million in seed funding led by Wischoff Ventures and South Park Commons.
Pentagon uses AI to target battlefields, warns on
The Pentagon is piloting generative AI to rank and prioritize battlefield targets, while its CTO warns that Anthropic’s Claude could “pollute” the defense supply chain; meanwhile, data breaches, Ukrai
Dutch blood-drawing robots, AI inboxes, defense
February’s venture surge went beyond the headline giants, with niche startups snagging massive rounds – a Dutch firm automating blood draws, a London‑based franchise scaling precision defense parts, p
Palantir's Claude AI Plans Strikes in Pentagon Demos
A WIRED review of Palantir demos, Pentagon records, and public documentation reveals how Anthropic's Claude is being used inside US military software to analyze satellite imagery, nominate targets for
Western AI fails on African farms, local models take root
Western-built AI models trained on North American and European data are failing on African and Indian farms, forcing researchers and nonprofits to collect millions of local images and build custom mod
Nvidia GTC 2026 Keynote: Inference Chip, NemoClaw Rumored
Nvidia's annual GTC developer conference opens Monday in San Jose with CEO Jensen Huang's two-hour keynote, the chipmaker's biggest stage for announcing new products and laying out its AI vision.
China’s OpenClaw Biz Grows to 100 Staff, 7,000 Orders
A Beijing engineer turned a hobby with the AI tool OpenClaw into a 100‑person service firm that has completed 7,000 installations, igniting a fast‑growing Chinese market despite mounting security worr
Rox Hits $1.2B Valuation in New Funding Round
Rox, the AI‑driven sales productivity startup, secured a new funding round that values it at $1.2 billion, with General Catalyst leading the investment and projecting $8 million ARR by 2025 as it aims
Nscale eyes West Virginia site; Amazon, Meta interested
UK‑based Nscale, an Nvidia‑backed cloud upstart serving OpenAI and Microsoft, is courting a massive West Virginia data‑center site that also draws interest from Amazon and Meta, underscoring a fierce
Google Tests Ads in AI Mode, Gemini Ads Not Ruled Out
Google’s senior VP Nick Fox says the company isn’t ruling out ads in its Gemini AI assistant, citing experiments in Search’s AI Mode and a booming user base as it weighs monetization options.
Handala Hits Stryker in Iranian Cyber Retaliation
Iranian hacker group Handala claimed responsibility for a major cyberattack on U.S. medical tech firm Stryker, disrupting tens of thousands of computers globally in what it called retaliation for U.S.
Google Uses Gemini to Predict Flash Floods in 150 Countries
Google used its Gemini AI to mine 5 million news articles about past floods, creating a training dataset that powers flash flood forecasts now available for 150 countries on its Flood Hub platform.
Robotics and Chips Led 27 New February Unicorns
Crunchbase added 27 startups to its Unicorn Board in February, with robotics and semiconductor companies accounting for the largest share of new entries, while AI frontier labs OpenAI and Anthropic do
Nuro Tests Self-Driving Priuses in Tokyo
Nuro is testing self-driving Toyota Prius vehicles on Tokyo public roads with human safety operators, marking the Silicon Valley startup's first overseas expansion and stress-testing its 'zero-shot' A
OpenAI to embed Sora video generator in ChatGPT
OpenAI is set to bring its Sora video‑generation tool directly into ChatGPT, expanding the chatbot’s media capabilities while raising concerns over deepfake proliferation, user‑cost pressures, and pot
Meta Unveils Four New AI Chips With Broadcom
Meta unveiled four new custom AI chips developed with Broadcom, accelerating its in-house hardware strategy to power generative AI and content ranking across its apps.
Nvidia Allocates $26B to AI, Launches Nemotron 3 Super
Nvidia announced a $26 billion, five‑year plan to develop open‑weight AI models, unveiling its flagship Nemotron 3 Super 128‑billion‑parameter model that it claims outperforms OpenAI’s GPT‑OSS on benc
9 of 10 Chatbots Failed to Block Teen Violence Plans
A joint CNN and Center for Countering Digital Hate investigation found that 9 of 10 major chatbots — including ChatGPT, Gemini, Meta AI, and Character.AI — failed to block simulated teens from plannin
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