Converge Bio, an AI-focused drug discovery startup, has raised $25 million in a Series A funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with additional investments from executives at Meta, OpenAI, and Wiz, signaling strong confidence in AI’s role in transforming healthcare.
In a surprising move amid escalating US-China trade tensions, Chinese regulators have authorized AI startup DeepSeek to acquire NVIDIA’s advanced H200 AI chips, subject to undisclosed conditions.
Listen Labs, an AI-driven market research startup, raised $69 million in Series B funding following a unique billboard hiring challenge. The company aims to transform traditional customer interviews using AI, delivering rapid, in-depth insights and combating industry-wide fraud.
Gridcare has raised $13.3 million to advance its AI-driven data platform that identifies untapped data center capacity within existing electrical grid infrastructure, potentially unlocking more than 100 gigawatts of power.
Perplexity has signed a significant $750 million agreement with Microsoft to utilize Azure cloud services, even as its primary cloud provider, Amazon, initiates legal action against the AI startup.
Microsoft’s aggressive growth in AI and cloud infrastructure is placing significant pressure on the company’s environmental sustainability goals, highlighting the complex balance between technological advancement and ecological responsibility.
A Deloitte report highlights growing concerns as businesses rapidly adopt AI agents without adequate safety protocols, raising security, privacy, and accountability challenges.
In January 2026, Europe welcomed five new unicorn startups, spanning from Belgium to Ukraine, each leveraging artificial intelligence to innovate across various industries.
Moltbook is an innovative social platform exclusively for AI agents, hosting over 35,000 bots that engage in discussions about cybersecurity threats and the nature of consciousness.
Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang has revealed internal concerns about the proposed large-scale investment deal with OpenAI, suggesting it may be the company’s biggest yet but also expressing doubts about OpenAI’s business strategy.
