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Friday 2 October 2026

Life after Meta: Manus regains independence, debuting Manus 2.0 and 'Cue' AI agent

Following its return to independent operations, AI startup Manus unveiled two new products in late September 2026: Manus 2.0 and "Cue," a personal agentic AI application. The product...

Friday 2 October 2026

A look at the startup winning Nvidia, Intel backing for AI scale-up optics

Silicon Valley data center optical interconnect startup CScale emerged from stealth on September 30 after raising US$145 million in a Series C funding round backed by Nvidia and Intel...

Friday 2 October 2026

NextDrive tops Japan HEMS market, speeds IPO push

Taiwan energy management startup NextDrive said that it has secured the No. 1 market share in Japan's home energy management system (HEMS) segment and has received key support from...

Thursday 1 October 2026

OpenAI claims to thwart model distillation attack tied to Moonshot

OpenAI said it detected and blocked an organized adversarial distillation attack, with some activity linked to Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI. The company said it first spotted the...

Wednesday 30 September 2026

Vulcan wins US Army drone magnet contract as China decoupling drives selection

US rare-earth magnet startup Vulcan Elements has reportedly won a supply contract for the US Army's SkyFoundry drone program, underscoring Washington's push to localize drone production...

Wednesday 30 September 2026

Acer turns 50, marks it with a musical produced by its founder

Acer marked its 50th anniversary on September 28, 2026, with the premiere of Smile for Half a Century, a commemorative musical that...

Tuesday 29 September 2026

AMD pays US$8.2 billion for Fei-Fei Li's 3D world-modeling startup to shape future AI chips

AMD has agreed to acquire World Labs, the San Francisco AI research startup led by Fei-Fei Li, in an all-stock deal valued at about US$8.2 billion. The chipmaker says it wants the...

Tuesday 29 September 2026

Blade Hydrogen Green Technology targets waste hydrogen power for AIDC

As electricity demand from AI data centers and the semiconductor industry climbs rapidly, Blade Hydrogen Green Technology is tapping...

Tuesday 22 September 2026

DeepSeek bets on Huawei chips for model training as Nvidia's China sales slip

DeepSeek CEO Liang Wenfeng said during a call with investors that he aims to rely on Huawei chips to train the startup's models in the...

Friday 18 September 2026

Samsung deepens Euclyd ties as startup reportedly reaches test-chip stage

Samsung Electronics is deepening its relationship with Dutch chip startup Euclyd after the company reportedly reached the test-chip...

Thursday 17 September 2026

VLEO emerges as next orbital frontier as China warns of critical 2026–2030 window

Very low Earth orbit (VLEO) is moving from concept toward real-world deployment.

Wednesday 16 September 2026

Samsung backs Dutch AI chip startup Euclyd in US$230M funding round

Samsung Electronics is investing in Dutch AI chip startup Euclyd as part of a more than EUR200 million (about US$230.9 million) Series A funding round, highlighting growing efforts...

Wednesday 16 September 2026

Kepler bets HBM can scale without EUV — chip giants are buying in

US memory chip startup Kepler Computing has emerged from stealth after seven years, disclosing US$468 million in total funding and a...

Wednesday 16 September 2026

ITRI showcases AI robots, drones to push commercialization in southern Taiwan

The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) held its ITRI Innovation Day on September 15 in Tainan, Taiwan, bringing together...

Wednesday 16 September 2026

DeepSeek to hire its first CFO as it aims for public listing, expands workforce

DeepSeek is reportedly set to hire Wentao Yan, a partner at venture capital firm GL Ventures, as its first CFO. If the appointment takes...

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