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Wednesday 14 January 2026
Cerebras Systems seeks US$1 billion funding round with US$22 billion valuation
AI chip startup Cerebras Systems is reportedly in talks to raise US$1 billion in a new financing round, aiming for a valuation of up to US$22 billion, according to Bloomberg...
Tuesday 13 January 2026
China's reusable rocket makers set their sights on SpaceX's cost edge

After completing a Series A funding round in January 2025, SEPOCH (also known as Jianyuan Technology), a Beijing-based private aerospace...

Monday 12 January 2026
Samsung reportedly lands US$550 million state loan for chipmaking equipment
Samsung Electronics has reportedly secured KRW800 billion (US$550 million) through a low-interest loan program from the Korea Development Bank, according to sources cited by Korean...
Thursday 8 January 2026
China's 'Neuralink rival' raises US$286 million in BCI funding
China's brain–computer interface (BCI) unicorn BrainCo has completed a funding round of about CNY2 billion (US$286 million), making it the world's second-largest single BCI financing,...
Wednesday 7 January 2026
Nvidia-backed xAI raises US$20 billion in Series E to scale AI infrastructure and Grok models
xAI, Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company, has raised US$20 billion in an upsized Series E funding round, surpassing its original US$15 billion target, with Nvidia joining as...
Wednesday 7 January 2026
Apple Face ID veterans' startup Lyte secures US$107 million, wins CES robotics award
Lyte, a robotics startup founded by former Apple engineers behind Face ID technology, has secured US$107 million in funding to advance sensing and visual recognition capabilities in...
Friday 2 January 2026
Budget impasse halts Taiwan's first quantum-classical hybrid platform, undermining computing sovereignty
Taiwan's push to build strategic AI, robotics, and quantum computing infrastructure is facing delays after the National Science and Technology Council's (NSTC) NT$10.85 billion (approx...
Friday 2 January 2026
South Korea's quantum equipment makers anticipate major orders as data centers adopt QPU
As quantum technology, one of South Korea's national strategic technologies, gradually shifts from government-led R&D to the private sector, growing AI computing workloads have...
Friday 2 January 2026
Budget delays risk sidelining Taiwan in 2026 silicon photonics and CPO takeoff, NSTC warns
Taiwan's National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) has raised concerns that prolonged delays in budget approvals could cause Taiwan to miss the critical 2026 global takeoff for...
Friday 26 December 2025
Japan quadruples chip and physical AI spending, deepens state backing for Rapidus
Japan is preparing a major expansion of state support for advanced semiconductors and artificial intelligence, with the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) set to nearly...
Saturday 20 December 2025
Taiwan eyes orbital rocket by 2034, inspired by South Korea's success

South Korea's privately led rocket program, NURI (KSLV-II), completed its fourth successful launch on November 17, reaching an altitude...

Friday 19 December 2025
Japan poised to guarantee 80% of Rapidus chip loans
Japan plans to guarantee up to 80 percent of private-sector loans raised by Rapidus as the government intensifies financial backing for the chipmaker’s plan to mass-produce 2nm...
Friday 19 December 2025
Tata Group invests additional US$170M in Tata Electronics to expand iPhone production and semiconductor capacity
Tata Group has invested an additional INR15 billion (US$170 million) in Tata Electronics, the company that manufactures iPhones for Apple, bringing its total investment in the subsidiary...
Thursday 18 December 2025
Why OpenAI is courting AWS chips—and what it signals about cracks in its AI expansion
OpenAI is reportedly in negotiations with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to secure funding and collaborate on AWS's in-house developed application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs)....
Wednesday 17 December 2025
Musk accelerates SpaceX IPO to build Starlink-based space data centers
Elon Musk's SpaceX has confirmed plans to launch its initial public offering (IPO) in 2026. Abhi Tripathi, a longtime SpaceX veteran and current mission operations director at the...