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Sereact Raises $110m Series B to Bring Robotics AI to the US
Stuttgart-based robotics firm Sereact has closed a $110m Series B led by Headline to develop its next-generation vision-language-action model and open a Boston office.
DeepSeek V4 Matches Closed-Source Rivals and Runs on Huawei Chips
DeepSeek released a preview of V4, an open-source model matching Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google on benchmarks whilst running on Huawei's Ascend processors.
Meta signs 1-gigawatt capacity deal with space solar startup Overview Energy
Meta has agreed to reserve up to 1 gigawatt of power from Overview Energy, which plans to beam infrared light from satellites to terrestrial solar farms from 2030.
DeepSeek V4 Launches as Open-Source Rival to GPT-5.4 and Claude Opus
DeepSeek released V4, an open-source model in two variants that the company says matches leading closed-source rivals at a fraction of the cost.
Anthropic Pours $5 Billion Into Anthropic as AI Tops Weekly Funding Charts
Anthropic invested $5 billion in Anthropic with up to $20 billion more pledged, leading a week where only half of the ten largest U.S. venture rounds crossed $100 million.
Cohere and Aleph Alpha Merge in $20bn Transatlantic AI Deal
Canadian AI firm Cohere will absorb Germany's Aleph Alpha in a deal valued at roughly $20 billion, backed by $600 million from Schwarz Digits.
Verda Raises €100m to Build a European AI Cloud Rival to US Hyperscalers
Finnish cloud provider Verda, formerly Datacrunch, raised €100m in debt and equity to expand its AI infrastructure across Europe, the US, and Asia.
xAI Held Talks With Mistral and Cursor in Three-Way Partnership Push
Elon Musk's xAI reportedly explored a three-way partnership with European model developer Mistral AI and code-editing startup Cursor as part of efforts to close the gap on OpenAI and Anthropic.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal Named in Indian Money-Laundering Complaint
India's Directorate of Enforcement has named Builder.ai founder Sachin Dev Duggal as the key beneficiary of an alleged scheme to siphon funds from collapsed electronics group Videocon.
OpenAI Publishes GPT-5.5 System Card Detailing Safety Testing and Deployment Safeguards
OpenAI released the GPT-5.5 system card outlining predeployment safety evaluations, red-teaming for cybersecurity and biology risks, and feedback from nearly 200 early-access partners.
OpenAI Ships Workspace Agents to Let Teams Build Shared AI Assistants in ChatGPT
OpenAI launched workspace agents in ChatGPT, letting teams create shared AI assistants powered by Codex that handle reports, code, and communications across integrated tools like Slack.
OpenAI Offers $25,000 Bounty for Universal Jailbreaks on GPT-5.5 Bio Safeguards
OpenAI launched a bio bug bounty program offering up to $25,000 for researchers who find a universal jailbreak that defeats GPT-5.5's biological safety guardrails.
OpenAI Gives U.S. Clinicians Free Access to a Dedicated ChatGPT for Healthcare
OpenAI launched ChatGPT for Clinicians, a free tier for verified U.S. physicians, nurse practitioners, and pharmacists, with clinical search, documentation tools, and optional HIPAA support.
Google DeepMind unveils Decoupled DiLoCo for distributed AI training
Google DeepMind introduces Decoupled DiLoCo, a new distributed training architecture that enables AI model training across distant data centers with 99% less bandwidth and improved hardware resilience.
OpenAI Ships ChatGPT Images 2.0 and Builds Always-On Agent Platform
OpenAI released an upgraded image generation model for ChatGPT and is developing an always-on agent platform codenamed Hermes, while Codex reaches four million weekly users.
Stanford AI Index 2026 Shows Capability Outpacing Governance
Stanford's annual AI Index report highlights accelerating AI capabilities while governance and safety frameworks struggle to keep pace with rapid industry development.