Chinaβs Moonshot AI raises $2B at $20B valuation as demand for open source AI skyrockets TechCrunch By:Kate Park 7 May 2026 at 17:44 Moonshot's annualized recurring revenue topped $200 million in April, driven by rapid growth in paid subscriptions and API usage.
AI boom pushes Samsung to $1T TechCrunch By:Kate Park 6 May 2026 at 17:54 Samsung crossed the $1 trillion valuation mark after shares surged on AI-driven chip demand, making it only the second Asian company after TSMC to hit the milestone.
Firestorm Labs raises $82M to take drone factories into the field TechCrunch By:Kate Park 29 April 2026 at 17:10 A defense startup just raised $82 million to put drone factories inside shipping containers and bring manufacturing to the front lines.