Xiaomi unveils Robotics-U0 embodied AI foundation model
The 38-billion-parameter model unifies scene generation, robot interaction, and image editing in a single framework.
European tech funding surge sees Nscale at $1.4B and Proxima Fusion at $411M
Europe recorded over EUR 2.8B in tech funding this week led by Nscale's $1.4B raise and Proxima Fusion's record EUR…
DeepSeek begins in-house AI chip development to cut reliance on Nvidia
Chinese AI lab DeepSeek has begun developing custom AI chips in-house to reduce its reliance on Nvidia amid ongoing export…
Global startup investment hit record $510 billion in H1 2026 driven by AI
Global venture funding hit $510 billion in H1 2026, surpassing all of 2025, as AI mega-deals from OpenAI and Anthropic…
Europe posts strongest venture funding quarter in four years as UK leads
European startups raised $24 billion in Q2 2026, the strongest quarter in four years, with UK firms capturing more than…
Reddit turns to large language models to fight AI generated spam
Reddit is deploying its own LLMs to detect and remove the AI-generated spam that has overwhelmed the platform.
Cerebras bets on inference speed to win the AI chip race
Cerebras gains ground on competitors as its wafer-scale chip architecture delivers faster inference for agentic AI workloads.
Hedge fund AI platform LinqAlpha raises $22M series A
AI research platform LinqAlpha raised $22 million Series A from AVP, Atinum, and GFT Ventures to bring faster market signal…
Skello founders increase their stake as part of €200M Bridgepoint investment
French workforce startup Skello raised €200M from Bridgepoint in a deal that saw its founders increase their ownership stake rather…
French renewable aggregation startup Bohr Energie closes EUR 10M Series A
Bohr Energie raised EUR 10M in Series A funding to expand its platform for aggregating, optimizing, and managing distributed renewable…