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Friday 12 June 2026
Meta unwinds Manus AI deal after China order, signaling tighter global scrutiny
Meta Platforms has fully severed operational and data-sharing ties with agentic AI startup Manus after Chinese regulators ordered the transaction canceled. The move affects global...
Friday 12 June 2026
Alibaba's stealth model launch, Meitu's outsourcing play — China's visual AI market defies a single playbook

One of China's largest visual AI consumer platforms has deliberately chosen not to build its own models; a startup competing against...

Friday 12 June 2026
OpenAI to acquire Ona to expand Codex for persistent agent work
OpenAI said it will acquire Ona, a cloud execution and orchestration startup, in a move that could broaden how businesses worldwide use AI. The deal is aimed at making Codex more secure,...
Thursday 11 June 2026
TDK bets on AI data center cooling with US$400 million Fabric8Labs acquisition

Japanese electronics manufacturer TDK is acquiring US-based metal 3D-printing startup Fabric8Labs for up to US$400 million, marking its...

Wednesday 10 June 2026
Column: Robotics' razor's edge is finally cutting into the real world
In early June in Vienna, a robotics startup used its keynote at ICRA 2026 — the International Conference on Robotics and Automation — to show a robotic arm slowly and precisely...
Wednesday 10 June 2026
Chinese AI startup StepFun seeks US$12 billion valuation in Hong Kong IPO
Chinese artificial-intelligence (AI) startup StepFun is preparing to file for a Hong Kong initial public offering as early as Monday, according to people familiar with the matter,...
Tuesday 9 June 2026
Ultraband & NTT-AT sign MOU to boost RF, Power collaboration

Ultraband Technologies, an emerging IC design startup, announced today the official signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with NTT ADVANCED  TECHNOLOGY...

Monday 8 June 2026
Dreame under scrutiny for breakneck expansion pace and state-owned funding
A city in China has begun investigating the connections between its local companies and Dreame Technology, a Chinese company known for its robot vacuum cleaners that has reportedly...
Friday 5 June 2026
Anthropic calls for AI research slowdown as model capabilities accelerate
Anthropic has warned about the deepening capabilities of AI and called for the world to slow down research in frontier models. The startup said that the quickening pace of AI development...
Friday 5 June 2026
South Korea's only SRAM-CIM IP firm Articron targets edge AI
South Korean semiconductor IP startup Articron is challenging the traditional AI chip design bottleneck by using a memory-centric architecture, with its self-developed SRAM-CIM compute...
Thursday 4 June 2026
Tripo AI raises nearly US$200 million to expand 3D and world model research
Tripo AI said it has completed its Series A+ and Series A++ financing rounds, raising nearly US$200 million as it pushes deeper into AI 3D foundation models and world models.
Wednesday 3 June 2026
Commentary: Why the world's memory giants are betting on Anthropic
The latest funding round for Anthropic produced a headline-grabbing figure: a US$65 billion capital raise that pushed the artificial intelligence (AI) startup's valuation to $965 billion,...
Tuesday 2 June 2026
DeepSeek's pricing move could redistribute value across AI hardware market
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek said it will permanently cut the API price of its flagship model by 75% from June 1, prompting debate across the global AI industry. Amazon AWS said the...
Monday 1 June 2026
Meta reportedly to expand AI hardware push with pendant, smart glasses roadmap
Meta is reportedly accelerating its push into AI-powered hardware with plans that include a wearable AI pendant, an expanded lineup of smart glasses, and a new enterprise-focused service,...
Saturday 30 May 2026
Google-backed robot startup tests E Ink electronic paper for humanoid skin
The humanoid robotics industry is looking beyond mechanical structures for its next wave of innovation, with materials emerging as a potential focus for new market opportunities. A...