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OpenAI Eyes $1.2 Trillion Valuation in Pre-IPO Funding Round
Artificial Intelligence // September 16, 2026

OpenAI is reportedly weighing a funding round at a $1.2 trillion valuation before going public. The artificial intelligence (AI) startup has held early discussions with investors about a private funding round ahead of its planned initial public offering (IPO), according to a Financial Times (FT)...

ByteDance Lands $29.6 Billion Loan to Fuel AI Advances
Artificial Intelligence // September 06, 2026

China’s ByteDance has reportedly secured a $29.6 billion loan from nearly 30 banks. That’s according to a report Friday (Sept. 4) from Reuters, which says the TikTok owner’s plans for artificial intelligence have attracted strong interest from lenders. The loan is the second-biggest in Asia...

Encore AI Raises $30 Million to Expand Enterprise AI Platform
Investments // July 30, 2026

Agentic customer interaction platform Encore AI has raised $30 million in new funding. The company will use its Series A round, announced Wednesday (July 29) to expand the global deployment of its enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) program, designed to help companies increase revenue with every...

DeepSeek Reportedly Suspends Funding Round Ahead of IPO
Artificial Intelligence // July 26, 2026

Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek has reportedly paused its second round of funding. That’s according to a report Saturday (July 25) from Bloomberg News, which says the decision comes days after viral comments on American-Chinese AI competition, widely attributed to the company’s founder. Sources familiar...

Interviews & Exclusives
Divided Picture Emerges on Tech and Enterprise AI Spend

February 14, 2025
Global IT spending is expected to increase by 9% in 2025, driven by AI and cloud expenditures, according to a report from S&P Global Ratings. But a divided picture is also emerging: As major cloud providers — AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud — along with Meta raise their AI investments to about $320 billion […]

The Week in AI: Anthropic’s AI Safety Initiative, Regulation Battles, and Investor Alerts: The AI...

July 05, 2024
Anthropic’s new funding program for advanced artificial intelligence (AI) evaluations aims to tackle safety and adoption challenges in AI. As global AI regulations tighten, from Nvidia’s potential antitrust charges in...

Quick Reads
OpenAI Aims for $1.4 Trillion Valuation With New Funding

September 30, 2026
OpenAI reportedly hopes to raise up to $30 billion after delaying plans to go public. The artificial intelligence (AI) company is targeting a valuation of roughly $1.4 trillion, not counting new funds raised, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday (Sept. 29), citing sources familiar with the matter.  That figure could push OpenAI past rival Anthropic’s most recent […]

OpenAI Eyes $1.2 Trillion Valuation in Pre-IPO Funding Round

September 16, 2026
OpenAI is reportedly weighing a funding round at a $1.2 trillion valuation before going public. The artificial intelligence (AI) startup has held early discussions with investors about a private funding...

ByteDance Lands $29.6 Billion Loan to Fuel AI Advances

September 06, 2026
China’s ByteDance has reportedly secured a $29.6 billion loan from nearly 30 banks. That’s according to a report Friday (Sept. 4) from Reuters, which says the TikTok owner’s plans for...

Encore AI Raises $30 Million to Expand Enterprise AI Platform

July 30, 2026
Agentic customer interaction platform Encore AI has raised $30 million in new funding. The company will use its Series A round, announced Wednesday (July 29) to expand the global deployment...