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- Robotics and physical AI startups have raised nearly $48 billion in 2026, already above all of 2025, per QbitAIReportedQbitAIOct 13Business & funding
- UBTech ranks 11th on the 2026 Fortune Future 120, the top Chinese company on the list, per QbitAI
- Infinigence AI raises 2.3 billion yuan Series C, bringing total funding to 4.3 billion yuan, per QbitAI
- Epic Games moves its Disney shooter to 'AI first' development and delays it, as Tim Sweeney confirms a 'huge pivot', per Ars TechnicaReportedArs TechnicaOct 13Business & funding
- WindBorne wins a US Air Force contract worth up to $49 million for data from its AI weather balloons, per TechCrunch
- Former Plaud exec Peter Mo raises $26M for Ambi, an always-listening AI assistant app, per TechCrunch
- Amazon is in talks to buy AI startup Decart for around $7 billion, per Wall Street Journal
- Nvidia is in early talks to acquire or deepen its stake in Reflection AI, per Financial TimesReportedFinancial TimesOct 12Business & funding
- Apple reverse-acqui-hires Huxe AI team and licenses its personalized podcast tech, per TechCrunch
- TypeSafe AI, maker of the non-text AI model Jev, is valued at $7.5B weeks after launch, per TechCrunch
- Samsung expects a 780% jump in quarterly operating profit on AI-driven memory chip demand, per AFPReportedAFPOct 9Business & funding
- LMArena parent nearly doubles valuation to $3.1B after a $200M raise, per TechCrunch
- SpaceXAI joins Omarchy as a founding corporate patron with $1.5M in Grok compute, per The VergeReportedThe VergeOct 9Business & funding
- Cal AI co-founder Zach Yadegari raises $10M for a new personal AI agent startup, per TechCrunch
- OpenAI's annualized revenue is reportedly about $20B below earlier $70B projections, per TechCrunch
- Ben Affleck goes viral for detailed AI knowledge after selling his filmmaking startup to Netflix, per TechCrunchReportedTechCrunchOct 9Business & funding
- China's Manus raises over $500M in its first funding round since splitting with Meta, per TechCrunch
- Nous Research raises $90M Series B at a $1.5B valuation and launches Hermes for Businesses, per TechCrunch
- Google DeepMind, Meta and Isomorphic Labs put $300M into Biohub's 'virtual cell' effort, per The Verge
- Healthleap raises $38M for AI that flags hospital patients who may need a closer look, per TechCrunchReportedTechCrunchOct 7Business & funding