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Google CEO says AI shift expands startup investment opportunities
Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the shift to artificial intelligence has increased opportunities to invest in startups, CNBC reported. Speaking in a conversation with Stripe co-founder John Collison, he said AI has created more chances to deploy capital effectively and that Google is doing so. Alphabet invests through GV and CapitalG and has expanded large direct investments. He cited SpaceX, Anthropic, Stripe and Waymo as examples.
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Corporate ID verification startup Duna raises 30 million euros
Duna, a corporate identity (ID) verification startup founded by former Stripe employees, has raised 30 million euros in a Series A funding round, TechCrunch reported on Feb. 4 local time. Alphabet growth fund CapitalG led the round, joined by senior executives from Stripe and Adyen as angel investors. Duna offers tools that help fintech firms onboard corporate clients more efficiently and aims to build global trust infrastructure to reuse verification data across platforms.
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Chinese AI firms step up push as Korea sovereign foundation model drive enters new phase
Chinese tech firms are accelerating expansion in the AI market, with Baidu’s Ernie Assistant topping 200 million monthly active users and Kuaishou’s Kling AI reporting 12 million users and more than $20 million in monthly revenue. Alibaba unveiled a major update to its Qwen app. Startups also pressed ahead, including DeepSeek and Moonshot AI. In South Korea, a government-led foundation model project advanced three teams to the next stage and plans an additional selection.
