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Yann LeCun’s Advanced Machine Intelligence Labs has raised $1.03 billion at a pre-money valuation of $3.5 billion to work on global models, in Europe’s largest ever seed round (Madhumita Murgia/Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 10, 2026

Featured Podcasts Squeak: How Sierra is getting ahead in the AI race | Co-founder Bret Taylor Grit explores what it…

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Sources: Together AI is in talks to raise around $1 billion at a pre-money valuation of $7.5 billion, up from $3.3 billion in 2025; its annualized revenue reached ~$1 billion, a 3-fold increase from mid-2025 (The Information)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 5, 2026

The information: Sources: Together AI is in talks to raise around $1 billion at a pre-money valuation of $7.5 billion,…

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Sources: Saronic, which builds autonomous warships, raises up to $1.5 billion at a pre-money valuation of around $7.5 billion; Saronic was last valued at $3.4 billion a year ago (The Information)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 26, 2026

The information: Sources: Saronic, which builds autonomous warships, raises up to $1.5 billion at a pre-money valuation of around $7.5…

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Sources: Apptronik, a Google-backed humanoid robot maker, is raising at least $400 million led by B Capital at a pre-money valuation of $5 billion (The Information)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 15, 2025

The information: Sources: Apptronik, a Google-backed maker of humanoid robots, is raising at least $400 million led by B Capital…

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Milan-based Bending Spoons, which buys and seeks to revitalize tech brands like AOL, raised $710 million led by T. Rowe Price at a pre-money valuation of $11 billion (Sara Fischer/Axios)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 30, 2025

Sarah Fischer / Axios: Milan-based Bending Spoons, which buys and seeks to revitalize tech brands like AOL, raised $710 million…

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Sources: The AI video startup track seeks to increase ~ $ 500 million to a pre-money assessment of $ 5 billion; Rival Luma AI aims to collect $ 1.1 billion + to a pre-money assessment of $ 3.2 billion (information)

By Stacey D. WallsAugust 6, 2025

Information:: Sources: The AI video startup track seeks to increase ~ $ 500 million to a pre-money assessment of $…

From discreet cooperation to strategic partnership? – The diplomat

Counter-drone efforts in Southeast Asia – The Diplomat

5 years later – The diplomat

Transnational repression against Hong Kongers in the UK is worrying – The Diplomat

Trump-Xi summit leaves South Korea facing familiar pressures – The Diplomat

Chinese electric vehicles are coming to Canada and dealers are eager to sell them

Family Investors Turn to Old Economy Companies to Avoid AI Disruption

Starbucks to lay off 300 US employees, close some regional offices

Detroit automakers cut more than 20,000 U.S. payroll jobs as AI looms

China to order 200 Boeing planes, Trump tells Fox News

Trump doesn’t have enough votes to get his ballroom money

The war in Iran broke Trump

China humiliated Trump and now he’s in a damage control frenzy

HUD Secretary’s BDS is completely closed

JD Vance Compares Himself to Child Abandoned at Deranged White House Event

How tech companies are using open source initiatives to achieve critical strategic goals and how these efforts are reshaping industries like AI, AV, and more. (Bill Gurley/Bill’s Substack)

Kraken cut about 150 employees after AI tools improved efficiency and its IPO could be delayed until late 2026 or early 2027 due to falling digital asset prices (Olga Kharif/Bloomberg)

A profile of Runway, an AI video generation startup that trains models directly on observational data, is now valued at $5.3 billion and added $40 million in ARR in the second quarter (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)

Ofcom says X committed to implementing tougher protections for UK users, including reviewing illegal hateful content within 24 hours, following an investigation (Daniel Thomas/Financial Times)

Bill Ackman says his fund took a new stake in Microsoft after the company’s recent stock price decline; Ackman says investors underestimated Microsoft (Amy Thomson/Bloomberg)

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Yann LeCun’s Advanced Machine Intelligence Labs has raised $1.03 billion at a pre-money valuation of $3.5 billion to work on global models, in Europe’s largest ever seed round (Madhumita Murgia/Financial Times)

Sources: Together AI is in talks to raise around $1 billion at a pre-money valuation of $7.5 billion, up from $3.3 billion in 2025; its annualized revenue reached ~$1 billion, a 3-fold increase from mid-2025 (The Information)

Sources: Saronic, which builds autonomous warships, raises up to $1.5 billion at a pre-money valuation of around $7.5 billion; Saronic was last valued at $3.4 billion a year ago (The Information)

Sources: Apptronik, a Google-backed humanoid robot maker, is raising at least $400 million led by B Capital at a pre-money valuation of $5 billion (The Information)

Milan-based Bending Spoons, which buys and seeks to revitalize tech brands like AOL, raised $710 million led by T. Rowe Price at a pre-money valuation of $11 billion (Sara Fischer/Axios)

Sources: The AI video startup track seeks to increase ~ $ 500 million to a pre-money assessment of $ 5 billion; Rival Luma AI aims to collect $ 1.1 billion + to a pre-money assessment of $ 3.2 billion (information)