AI Startups
OpenAI Weighs Ads Inside ChatGPT as It Searches for a Sustainable Revenue Model
The company is in the early stages of evaluating potential ad formats and partnerships.
AI Startups
Yann LeCun’s Next Act: €500 Million AI Venture Focused on World Models
The venture, expected to be called Advanced Machine Intelligence (AMI) Labs, is likely to be announced in January.
Funding
AI Drug Discovery Startup Chai Discovery Becomes Unicorn After $130 Mn Funding Round
Chai Discovery plans to use the fresh capital to expand research efforts and accelerate commercialisation.
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AI Startups
[Exclusive] Meta to Back Yann LeCun’s New AI Venture with Strategic Compute Support
He plans to build a startup focused on Advanced Machine Intelligence (AMI).
Funding
NeoSapien Raises $2 Mn to Develop AI Wearables in India
The funding will be used to accelerate product development, expand market visibility, and build out the company’s engineering, design and go-to-market teams.
AI Startups
Bengaluru Voice AI Startup SuperBryn Raises $1.2 Mn to Fix Why Most Voice Agents Fail in the Real World
SuperBryn is building a reliability framework designed to help enterprises deploy voice AI agents at scale.
Acquisition
OpenAI Acquires neptune.ai to Power Next-Gen Model Training
Founded in 2017, neptune.ai built its reputation as a robust metrics dashboard and experiment tracking platform — designed to help AI researchers monitor, analyze, and manage the often messy, iterative process of training large-scale machine learning models.
Funding
xAI Eyes Massive $15 Bn Raise in December to Buy More GPUs
The deadline for investors to commit funds has reportedly been extended to December 19, 2025, giving backers an additional window to enter.
AI Startups
Character AI Launches “Stories” — A New Interactive Storytelling Format After Barring Minors from Converse with Chatbots
With Stories, users choose two or three characters, select a genre, and write or auto-generate a story premise.
AI Startups
Stability AI Partners with Warner Music Group to Build Responsible Generative-AI Tools for Musicians
The partnership aims to develop professional-grade audio tools that enable artists, songwriters, and producers to experiment and compose using ethically trained AI models.
Funding
Israeli Startup Tenzai Raises $75 Mn to Build ‘Autonomous Hacker’ AI for Enterprise Security
Tenzai’s platform uses AI agents to actively hack, exploit, and remediate vulnerabilities in enterprise software.
AI Startups
Tokyo-Based Sakana AI Raises $135 Mn in Series B to Build Sustainable, Nature-Inspired AI
Founded in July 2023, Sakana AI is building its future around resource-efficient AI development inspired by evolution and collective intelligence.