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A look at Xiaomi’s AI efforts to future-proof its hardware and electric vehicle ecosystem, as the company recently committed approximately $8.8 billion in AI investments over the next three years (Ben Jiang/South China Morning Post)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 25, 2026

Ben Jiang / South China Morning Post: A look at Xiaomi’s AI efforts to future-proof its hardware and EV ecosystem,…

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Explosion of investments, unprecedented increase in demand for chips, supply chain bottlenecks, commodification of models, AI automation, etc. (Benedict Evans)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 19, 2026

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Musk vs. Altman: Microsoft Executive Michael Wetter Testifies Microsoft Spent More Than $100 Billion on OpenAI Partnership, Including Initial Investments (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 13, 2026

Bloomberg: Musk vs. Altman: Microsoft executive Michael Wetter testifies that Microsoft spent more than $100 billion on its partnership with…

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Satya Nadella claims Elon Musk never contacted him with concerns that Microsoft’s investments in OpenAI violated any specific terms or commitments (CNBC)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 11, 2026

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Analysis: Combined investments from Meta, Alphabet, Microsoft and Amazon hit a record $130 billion in the first quarter and are expected to reach $725 billion in 2026, up 77% from $410 billion in 2025 (Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 30, 2026

Financial Times: Analysis: Combined investments from Meta, Alphabet, Microsoft and Amazon hit a record $130 billion in the first quarter…

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Autonomous vehicle startups raised a record $21.4 billion through 34 deals through April 15, compared to $5.9 billion raised through 99 investments globally in all of 2025 (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 18, 2026

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SoftBank says it has secured a $40 billion bridge loan maturing in 2027 from JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and other banks, to fund new investments in OpenAI (Akash Sriram/Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 27, 2026

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The war in Iran complicates Gulf countries’ plans to spend more than $300 billion on AI investments, endangering a potential source of funding for tech companies (Miles Kruppa/The Information)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 9, 2026

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Rozana, which offers rural e-commerce and logistics services to 21,000 villages across India, has raised a $31.6 million Series B round led by Bertelsmann India Investments (Gyan Vardhan/Entrackr)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 6, 2026

Gyan Vardhan / Entrackr: Rozana, which offers rural e-commerce and logistics services to 21,000 villages across India, has raised a…

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Sources: Leading venture capital firms operating in India are expected to commit to investments ranging from $300 million to $500 million each in the Indian AI ecosystem at the AI Impact Summit (The Economic Times)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 17, 2026

Economic times: Sources: Leading venture capital firms operating in India are expected to commit to investments ranging from $300 million…

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In an interview, Aravind Srinivas, CEO of Perplexity, said the company plans its IPO for 2028, regardless of the success of Anthropic and OpenAI’s IPOs (Arjun Kharpal/CNBC)

US FCC waives deadline for Amazon to deploy half of its Leo satellites by July; Amazon is still scheduled to launch all 3,232 satellites by July 30, 2029 (Michael Kan/PCMag)

Microsoft has disabled more than 70 of its repositories on GitHub, including Azure-related tools like azure-functions-host, after hackers added credential-stealing malware to them (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)

Meta invests $115 million in workforce academy, free 5-week program to train Americans to build data centers, offering job guarantees on Meta construction sites (Wall Street Journal)

Apple announces a new Foundation Models framework for developers, a new Core AI framework, and a set of Xcode improvements aimed at agent coding workflows (Hartley Charlton/MacRumors)

Browsing: investments

A look at Xiaomi’s AI efforts to future-proof its hardware and electric vehicle ecosystem, as the company recently committed approximately $8.8 billion in AI investments over the next three years (Ben Jiang/South China Morning Post)

Explosion of investments, unprecedented increase in demand for chips, supply chain bottlenecks, commodification of models, AI automation, etc. (Benedict Evans)

Musk vs. Altman: Microsoft Executive Michael Wetter Testifies Microsoft Spent More Than $100 Billion on OpenAI Partnership, Including Initial Investments (Bloomberg)

Satya Nadella claims Elon Musk never contacted him with concerns that Microsoft’s investments in OpenAI violated any specific terms or commitments (CNBC)

Analysis: Combined investments from Meta, Alphabet, Microsoft and Amazon hit a record $130 billion in the first quarter and are expected to reach $725 billion in 2026, up 77% from $410 billion in 2025 (Financial Times)

Autonomous vehicle startups raised a record $21.4 billion through 34 deals through April 15, compared to $5.9 billion raised through 99 investments globally in all of 2025 (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

SoftBank says it has secured a $40 billion bridge loan maturing in 2027 from JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and other banks, to fund new investments in OpenAI (Akash Sriram/Reuters)

The war in Iran complicates Gulf countries’ plans to spend more than $300 billion on AI investments, endangering a potential source of funding for tech companies (Miles Kruppa/The Information)

Rozana, which offers rural e-commerce and logistics services to 21,000 villages across India, has raised a $31.6 million Series B round led by Bertelsmann India Investments (Gyan Vardhan/Entrackr)

Sources: Leading venture capital firms operating in India are expected to commit to investments ranging from $300 million to $500 million each in the Indian AI ecosystem at the AI Impact Summit (The Economic Times)