Antitrust: OpenAI Execs Weigh Action Against Microsoft
OpenAI leaders have discussed accusing Microsoft of anticompetitive behaviour, potentially seeking a federal review of their cloud-hosting contract and revising investment terms, as part of negotiations over OpenAI’s transition to a public-benefit corporation.
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Infrastructure: Nvidia’s “Sovereign AI” Pitch Resonates in Europe
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has found European backers for his “sovereign AI” vision, tying into the UK’s £1 billion compute pledge, planned EU data-centre “gigafactories,” and a German AI cloud deal with Deutsche Telekom.
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Secure Ops: C3 AI in AWS’s Secret Region
C3 AI announced that all its solutions, including the C3 Agentic AI Platform and C3 Generative AI, are now listed in AWS Marketplace’s Secret Region, expanding secure AI access for U.S. intelligence agencies.
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Customer Engagement: 97% of Businesses to Use AI
A Sinch report finds that 97% of companies plan to deploy AI in customer communications this year, led by AI voice assistants (63%) and chatbots (43%), as brands aim to deliver personalized, omnichannel service.
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Climate Tech: Pano AI Raises $44 Million for Wildfire Detection
Pano AI secured $44 million in Series B funding to expand its AI-driven wildfire detection platform, now covering 30 million acres across high-risk regions, with backing from Giant Ventures, Liberty Mutual, Initialized Capital, and Salesforce Ventures.
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Big Bets: Meta Invests $15 Billion in Superintelligence Lab
Meta has poured $15 billion into AI, forming a “superintelligence” team and hiring Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang, while Wikipedia paused its AI-generated summaries amid editor backlash.
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Regulation & Health: FDA Chief Rolls Out Elsa AI Toolkit
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary launched “Elsa,” an in-house generative AI tool, agency-wide to fast-track scientific reviews, cutting days of work to minutes, with full deployment targeted by June 30.
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Trends: Autonomous Agents Lead 2025 Seed Funding
Crunchbase analysis highlights autonomous agents as the top seed-stage AI trend this year, reflecting investor appetite for AI systems that independently plan, execute, and adapt.
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Fundraising: xAI in Talks to Raise $4.3 Billion Equity
Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI is negotiating a $4.3 billion equity round, alongside a $5 billion debt package, to fund Grok, its chatbot, and build out data-center capacity.
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