AI Funding & Investment

Researchers Look at Impact of AI Support Tool in Real-world Primary Care Trial

A Gates Foundation-funded clinical trial found that a generative AI tool used by frontline clinicians in Kenya was safe and improved clinical decision-making, but did

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Top 20 AI Vertical Workflow App CEOs You Need to Know in 2026

Artificial intelligence is rapidly moving beyond general-purpose chatbots and into industry-specific software that automates entire business processes. Known as vertical workflow applications, these platforms are designed

Claude’s Paying Consumer Base Grows 75% in 2026 as Anthropic Closes Gap With ChatGPT

Anthropic’s Claude is gaining significant ground with paying consumers, according to credit card transaction data from Indagari, which analyses anonymised spending patterns across approximately 28

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Unconventional AI Unveils Oscillator-Based Architecture Promising 1,000x Inference Efficiency

Unconventional AI, a startup founded by Naveen Rao, formerly head of AI at Databricks, has released its first AI model and an accompanying research paper

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Adobe Acquires AI Video and Image Enhancement Startup Topaz Labs

Adobe has announced the acquisition of Topaz Labs, a veteran AI-powered video and image enhancement company, in a deal expected to close in the second

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Pramaana Labs Raises $27M to Build Formally Verified AI for High-Stakes Industries

AI reliability startup Pramaana Labs has raised $27 million in seed funding led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from Accel, BoldCap, Nexus Venture Partners, Premji

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Amazon Commits Additional $13B to India AI and Cloud Infrastructure Through 2030

Amazon has announced a further $13 billion investment in India’s AI and cloud infrastructure, bringing its total committed spending in the country to $48 billion.

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Netherlands Lobbies Washington to Protect ASML From Sweeping US Chip Restrictions

The Dutch government has taken the unusual step of sending Trade Minister Sjoerd Sjoerdsma to Washington to lobby against proposed US legislation that could severely

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Infosys Ex-CEO Vishal Sikka Raises $32M to Build AI-Native Enterprise Services Firm

Vishal Sikka, former CEO of Indian IT giant Infosys, has launched Hang Ten Systems, an AI-native enterprise services startup that has raised a $32 million

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DeepL Acquires Real-Time Audio Startup Mixhalo to Push AI Translation Into Live Events

German AI translation company DeepL has acquired San Francisco-based Mixhalo, a real-time audio platform specialising in live event translation, marking a significant expansion of DeepL’s

BMW to Use Figure AI’s Latest Humanoid Robot for Logistics Work at US Factory

BMW Group is expanding its use of humanoid robots at its Spartanburg, S.C., plant with a new logistics deployment of Figure AI’s Figure 03 robot.

Asteria Corporation and Pegasus Tech Ventures Launch $10M AI and Robotics Investment Fund

Insider Brief Asteria is launching an investment fund with Pegasus Tech Ventures to back startups working in physical AI and robotics. The Tokyo-based software company

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