#Startups
Curated coverage on «Startups»: releases, research, benchmarks, open-source.

Beijing discusses restricting foreign access to Alibaba and ByteDance AI models
China's Ministry of Commerce held a series of closed meetings with Alibaba, ByteDance, and startup Z.ai, discussing possible restrictions for foreign users of…

Amazon raises at least $25 billion for AI infrastructure through bond issuance
Amazon plans to place US dollar bonds totaling at least $25 billion — a major step to finance investments in AI infrastructure to compete in the cloud market.

AI startup Norm AI raised $120M and reached $1.2B valuation for legal services automation
AI startup Norm AI closed a round at $120M with a $1.2B valuation—the company automates legal services and seeks to change the outdated hourly billing model in the…

Dmitry Chudinov, Russian Post: 70% of AI Success Is Process Restructuring, Not Racing for the Model

Indian entrepreneur Bhavin Turakhia invested $30 million in an AI alternative to Microsoft Office

OpenAI proposed giving the US government a 5% stake amid pressure from the Trump administration

Sam Altman proposed giving a 5% stake in OpenAI to a US sovereign wealth fund

Oracle, Microsoft and Meta laid off 165,000 employees to invest in AI infrastructure
The biggest tech companies — Oracle, Microsoft, Meta and Amazon — laid off 165,000 employees, redirecting the freed-up funds toward building AI…

Musk ally Gracias seeks AI and energy investments after $100 billion from SpaceX
Antonio Gracias, a longtime SpaceX board member, is planning new bets in AI, energy, and space — after investments in the company brought his fund nearly $100…

Venice AI becomes a unicorn: $65M Series A and $70M in annual revenue while profitable

SpaceX showed investors an AI gadget prototype in a smartphone form factor

LangSmith and LangChain OSS: how to comply with EU AI Act requirements by August 2026

BIS warns: an AI investment crash could hit credit markets like 2008

Critical Energy raises $22 million for geothermal turbines to power AI
A startup founded by a SpaceX alum has developed modular geothermal turbines to give AI data centers reliable electricity around the clock.

SpaceX acquired AI editor Cursor for $60 billion right after going public
SpaceX closed the $60 billion acquisition of AI assistant for programmers Cursor a few days after its IPO — Franklin Templeton investors call it a logical step in…









