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Wednesday 10 June 2026
Supermicro's US$7 billion fundraising shines spotlight on mounting governance and compliance challenges
According to Bloomberg and Reuters, Supermicro said it plans to raise US$7 billion through a series of equity and equity-linked offerings to support purchases of...
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,...
Friday 29 May 2026
Wistron says AI market could expand more than tenfold, pledges GPU hours to academia and startups
Wistron told shareholders on May 29 that it expects artificial intelligence to be in the early stages of growth and could expand to more than 10 times its current scale, potentially...
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...
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...
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...

Monday 11 May 2026
DeepSeek's US$7bn funding bid puts China's AI race on notice
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is seeking to raise as much as CNY50 billion (US$7.35 billion) in its first external funding round. The deal could value the company at more than CNY350...
Thursday 7 May 2026
Yotta Data Services reportedly weighs IPO as India's AI infrastructure race accelerates
Yotta Data Services is considering an initial public offering in Mumbai that could raise as much as US$900 million, according to sources familiar with the matter, as reported by Bloomberg...
Sunday 26 April 2026
Nvidia and OpenAI both make US$20 billion bets on AI chip startups: what's the common factor?
2026 has become a major year for IPO fundraising among leading AI players. At the end of 2025, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang spent US$20 billion to acquire the IP and talent of AI chip startup...
Thursday 23 April 2026
Tencent, Alibaba circle DeepSeek in US$20 billion AI deal talks
Chinese tech giants Tencent Holdings and Alibaba Group are reportedly in talks to invest in AI startup DeepSeek, as the company seeks fresh funding that could value it at more than...
Monday 20 April 2026
DeepSeek reportedly weighs first external fundraising as AI competition intensifies
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is considering raising external funding for the first time, a move that would mark a significant shift for a company that has so far relied on backing from...
Tuesday 14 April 2026
Phison eyes US$1.4B fundraising to tackle severe NAND shortage in 4Q26
Phison Electronics founder and CEO Pua Khein-Seng warned that the current NAND Flash shortage will worsen significantly in the second half of 2026, with an acute supply crunch expected...
Wednesday 11 March 2026
Early Anthropic funder reportedly raising US$3B in new funding as VC concentrates on AI leaders
Spark Capital, the first venture capital (VC) firm to invest in Anthropic, is reportedly raising roughly US$3 billion in new funds, according to The Information. This new...
Friday 6 March 2026
South Korean OLED materials firm Lordin plans India expansion amid Chinese competition
South Korean OLED materials developer Lordin plans to seek a technology-special listing in the first half of 2027, with a US$25 million fundraising round targeted for completion in...
Monday 23 February 2026
SenseTime's risks run deeper than consensus forecasts

SenseTime faces sustained financial and geopolitical pressure, and a recent Bloomberg Intelligence note says the market may still...