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Friday 29 May 2026
Anthropic reaches US$965B valuation, placing it ahead of OpenAI
Anthropic's post-money valuation has reached US$965 billion after its newest funding round, more than doubling its value since February 2026 and putting it past its rival ChatGPT as...
Friday 29 May 2026
India's C2i Semiconductors tapes out AI power chip as investors back scaling of data center power technology
C2i Semiconductors has advanced its power management technology with the tape-out of a chip designed for AI infrastructure, while also securing fresh venture backing to expand development...
Friday 29 May 2026
EU seeks to spur government buying of homegrown chips
The European Commission wants governments to buy chips from EU startups as Brussels seeks to reduce the bloc's reliance on US and East Asian suppliers, Reuters reported, citing...
Thursday 28 May 2026
SK Hynix turns Big Tech's memory scramble into tougher supply terms
SK Hynix is using Big Tech's rush to secure artificial intelligence (AI) memory supply as leverage for tougher long-term contracts, while resisting funding structures that could give...
Wednesday 27 May 2026
Dreame's 941-company ecosystem targets growth far beyond robot vacuum cleaners
Dreame Technology, a Chinese consumer electronics maker, has formed nearly 1,000 affiliated companies in its ecosystem since the end of 2024. This breakneck pace of expansion signals...
Wednesday 27 May 2026
TSMC and Micron's fabs expanding; how do Samsung and SK Hynix's bonus systems come into play?
Samsung Electronics' 2026 tentative labor-management agreement is expected to pass after already surpassing an 86% voting participation rate within just three days. While the agreement...
Monday 25 May 2026
Manus eyes US$1 billion buyback after Beijing blocks Meta deal
Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup Manus is reportedly evaluating a US$1 billion fundraising round to buy back control of the company from Meta Platforms, in response to...
Friday 22 May 2026
French AION consortium to bid for EU funding to build ?10B AI data center campus
A French consortium called AION said it would bid for EU AI infrastructure funding to build a large AI data center campus in France worth as much as EUR10 billion (US$11.6 billion)...
Thursday 21 May 2026
Taiwan moves to restore drone procurement funding after legislature cuts defense budget
Taiwanese President Ching-te Lai warned that sweeping cuts to drone procurement funding by the Legislative Yuan could weaken the island's defense readiness and undermine stability...
Thursday 21 May 2026
Exclusive: TOPCon faces funding cuts while HJT and BC receive government support
As China's solar market enters a downfall, market sources indicate that China's central government is reshaping the industry landscape through an aggressive dual-track strategy. On...
Thursday 21 May 2026
Moonshot AI abandons offshore structure to pursue landmark Hong Kong IPO

Moonshot AI, the Beijing-based generative AI unicorn behind the widely popular Kimi chatbot, has informed its shareholders that it intends to dismantle...

Thursday 21 May 2026
China memory supplier Biwin's AI photonics funding raises questions
China's AI infrastructure race is entering a new phase, with industry focus shifting from raw computing power toward data transmission efficiency.
Tuesday 19 May 2026
OpenAI surpasses 900 million users and signals possible new fundraising amid compute shortfall
OpenAI said it has crossed 900 million weekly active users for ChatGPT and completed a US$12.2 billion private financing round at the end of March, but executives signaled the company...
Friday 15 May 2026
Taiwan industry maintains support for non-China supply chain push despite drone budget setback
Taiwan's legislature recently passed the final version of a special defense budget totaling NT$780 billion (approx. US$24.75 billion), but drone-related funding was not approved. The...
Tuesday 12 May 2026
China AI model boom pulls smartphone supply chain into ecosystem battle

China's generative AI sector is seeing another wave of aggressive fundraising, with leading large language model (LLM) developers rapidly...