Unconventional AI Leads Funding Flurry With $475 Million Seed Round
In this week’s artificial intelligence (AI) startup funding news, fresh capital flowed into companies focused on computing, operational efficiency and…
Google Denies Report It Plans to Bring Ads to AI Chatbot Gemini
Google denied a Monday (Dec. 8) report by AdWeek that the tech giant plans to bring ads to its artificial…
Qatar Launches National AI Firm as Gulf Tech Investments Ramp Up
Qatar has established a new artificial intelligence (AI) company called Qai, joining larger Gulf nations that are channeling state resources…
Anthropic and Accenture Team to Help Businesses Deploy AI
Anthropic has teamed with consulting firm Accenture to help companies scale artificial intelligence (AI) projects. The collaboration, announced Tuesday (Dec.…
Ulta’s Digital and AI Investments Drive Growth in Beauty Sales
Ulta Beauty reported strong third-quarter results, with digital engagement rising, eCommerce up in the mid-teen range and loyalty membership growing…
Microsoft Pledges $17 Billion for India’s ‘Leap’ to AI
Microsoft has pledged $17.5 billion for artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing in India. The investment, which the company called…
Paramount Confronts Netflix as AI Redefines Streaming Power
The increasingly heated fight for Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is, on its face, about libraries: HBO’s prestige slate, DC’s franchises…
Safebooks Raises $15 Million for AI-Powered Data Integrity Platform
Safebooks has emerged from stealth and announced it raised $15 million in seed funding for its intelligent automation layer for…
Google’s AI Tools Face EU Antitrust Investigation
Google is facing an antitrust investigation in Europe tied to its artificial intelligence (AI) tools. The European Commission (EC) announced…
IBM to Buy Confluent for $11 Billion to Expand AI, Data Platform
IBM said on Monday (Dec. 8) it plans to acquire Confluent for about $11 billion in cash for the real-time…
Digitally Maturing AP Systems Open Door for AR’s Leap Forward
Finance leaders used to joke that accounts payable (AP) was where innovation went to die. Then, seemingly overnight, AP became…
Health Department Debuts Plans for Integrating AI
The Department of Health and Human Services has released its artificial intelligence strategy. The new strategy, announced Monday (Dec. 8),…
Fashion’s Creative Clock Now Runs on AI
Fashion brands are facing faster trend cycles and rising pressure to design, produce and personalize at the speed of consumer…
Instacart Integrates Grocery Platform With ChatGPT
Instacart has become the first grocery sector company to launch an app on OpenAI’s ChatGPT. This integration, announced Monday (Dec.…
Trump to Sign Executive Order Preventing States From Regulating AI
President Donald Trump said Monday (Dec. 8) that he will sign an executive order giving the federal government exclusive jurisdiction…
How AI is Democratizing the Hunt for Elite Sports Talent
The global sports industry has accepted a glaring inefficiency: the next global superstar might be playing right now in a…
Tether Backs $81 Million Humanoid Robotics Project in Italy
Italian robotics firm Generative Bionics has raised $81 million in new funding. The new funding round was one of the…
OpenAI Found 75% of Workers Say AI Has Improved Their Output
A new OpenAI report found a majority of surveyed workers seeing positive results from artificial intelligence (AI). The AI startup…
AI Forum Nigeria 2025 Signals Shift from Digitization to “AI-First” Enterprise
Lagos, Dec 2, 2025 – The narrative for African enterprise has evolved. At the AI Forum Nigeria 2025, held at…
Thailand Doubles Down on Smart City AI at DigiTech ASEAN 2025
Bangkok, Dec 2025 – While much of the global AI conversation focuses on software, Thailand is betting big on physical…