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AI & Enterprise
Another ultra-powerful Chinese AI model to follow GLM-5.2 as Moonshot AI\'s Kimi K3 draws attention
Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI is set to release a large language model it says rivals U.S. frontier models. The Financial Times reported the company will launch its largest model, Kimi K3, within days, citing two people familiar with the matter. K3 is expected to have 2 to 3 trillion parameters. Sources said it could beat Anthropic’s Opus 4.8 on key benchmarks and be available for free download as an open-weight model.
Crypto
Kalshi seeks funding at $40 billion valuation
U.S. prediction market platform Kalshi is seeking to raise new funds at a valuation of $40 billion. The investment could be completed as soon as the third quarter of this year. If the deal goes through, Kalshi’s valuation would rise to nearly double from $22 billion in May, when it raised $1 billion in a Series F round led by Coatue Management with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, Morgan Stanley and Ark Invest.
AI & Enterprise
Anthropic, OpenAI rapidly expand beyond models, unsettling AI app ecosystem
AI model developers are rapidly expanding into AI applications, often complicating ties with companies that had been partners. Anthropic drew scrutiny after releasing the Fable5 model based on Mythos and warning it could reduce performance if used for building rival models or hardware without notice. While it softened that stance, concerns persist about restrictions affecting developers. The Information reported tensions with Canva and Figma around Anthropic’s Claude Design.
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AI & Enterprise
Orbital targets 2028 first launch for space AI data centre vision
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Crypto
Crypto industry urges U.S. Senate to vote on CLARITY Act as Coinbase, Ripple join
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AI & Enterprise
Databricks starts new fundraising talks at $165 to $175 billion valuation
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Crypto
Wall Street adopts blockchain to remove collaboration bottlenecks, not decentralisation - a16z Crypto
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AI & Enterprise
Syndicate Labs, an Ethereum rollup startup, to shut down after 5 years
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AI & Enterprise
AI search startups keep coming despite Google and ChatGPT
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AI & Enterprise
Anthropic acquires Stainless, developer tools startup used by OpenAI and Google
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AI & Enterprise
AI agents drive expansion of software ecosystems built for AI, not humans
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AI & Enterprise
Tech Insight: Headless software era raises new competitive advantage
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Crypto
U.S. Senate banking panel CLARITY bill lifts bitcoin on hopes of clearer rules
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Industry
Anduril valuation doubles to $61 billion ahead of IPO after $5 billion funding
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Crypto
Circle raises $222 million in Arc token presale, a first for a U.S. listed company
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Crypto
Kalshi raises $1 billion at $22 billion valuation, doubles in five months
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Finance
Fintech firm Mercury clears U.S. OCC hurdle, speeds push to launch own bank
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AI & Enterprise
AI computing power shortage deepens, squeezing AI startups