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Alibaba reveals it’s behind the mysterious ‘HappyHorse’ AI video model dominating global leaderboards

A mystery that lit up the AI community this week now has a name. The high-flying video model known as HappyHorse-1.0, which quietly climbed to the top of global rankings, is part of Alibaba. The model first appeared on the […]

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Top Startup and Tech Funding News – April 9 2025

It’s Thursday, April 9, 2026, and we’re back with today’s top startup and tech funding news. Today’s rounds highlight a clear shift toward infrastructure-first investing—from AI chips and GPU cloud platforms to spacecraft mobility and carbon-negative fuels. As demand for […]

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AI startup Haast raises $12M to automate enterprise compliance as AI content explodes

The surge in AI-generated content has created a problem few companies were ready for. Marketing teams are shipping faster than ever. Product teams are experimenting nonstop. Go-to-market teams are pushing out campaigns at scale. And somewhere in the middle, legal […]

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Meta strikes $21B CoreWeave deal to boost AI cloud capacity in race with rivals

Meta is opening its wallet again—and this time, the number is hard to ignore. The company has signed a fresh $21 billion agreement with CoreWeave to secure more cloud computing capacity, extending a partnership that is quickly becoming central to […]

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SiFive raises $400M from Nvidia to challenge Arm in booming data center chip market

Silicon Valley has a new contender in one of the most lucrative battles in tech. SiFive has raised $400 million from a heavyweight group of investors led by Atreides Management and backed by Nvidia, setting the stage for a direct […]

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Meta unveils Muse Spark, its first superintelligence model to rival OpenAI and Google

Meta is stepping back into the AI spotlight with a new model it hopes will reset the narrative. On April 8, Meta Platforms introduced Muse Spark, the first release from its newly formed Meta Superintelligence Labs. The model marks a turning […]

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OpenAI halts UK Stargate AI infrastructure project amid energy costs and regulatory concerns

OpenAI’s push to scale its next wave of AI infrastructure has hit a pause in the U.K., a setback that highlights a growing tension facing the industry: building advanced AI systems now hinges as much on energy and policy as […]

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Top Startup and Tech Funding News – April 8 2025

It’s Wednesday, April 8, 2026, and we’re back with today’s top startup and tech funding news. Today’s rounds highlight a clear shift toward AI infrastructure, robotics, biotech innovation, and financial platforms scaling across global markets. From humanoid intelligence systems to […]

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China supercomputer hacked? Hackers claim they stole 10 petabytes of China’s military secrets from National Supercomputing Center in massive data breach

An unknown hacker group claims they breached one of China’s most critical supercomputing facilities, stealing more than 10 petabytes of data—potentially one of the largest exfiltrations of sensitive information ever reported. The alleged target is the National Supercomputing Center in […]

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Perplexity revenue surges 50% as AI startup shifts from search to autonomous AI agents

Perplexity isn’t just about answering questions anymore. It’s starting to do the work. The San Francisco AI startup has posted a sharp revenue jump, with annualized recurring revenue climbing past $450 million in March 2026. That marks a 50% increase […]

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Polygon Labs in talks to raise $100M for stablecoin payments push amid crypto slump

Polygon Labs is quietly lining up its next move—and it could reshape how money moves on-chain. The team behind one of Ethereum’s most widely used scaling networks is in early talks with investors to raise up to $100 million. The […]

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Vietnam fintech startup MoMo eyes $2B+ valuation as digital payments boom

Vietnam’s fintech race is heating up, and MoMo is right at the center of it. The Vietnamese digital payments startup is exploring strategic options, including bringing in new investors, in a move that could value the business at more than […]

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Alibaba launches data center with 10,000 homegrown AI chips to challenge Nvidia’s dominance

China’s push to build its own AI stack is starting to take physical shape. Alibaba has teamed up with China Telecom to launch a new data center in southern China, powered entirely by chips designed in-house. At the center of […]

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Top Startup and Tech Funding News – April 7 2025

It’s Tuesday, April 7, 2026, and we’re back with today’s top startup and tech funding news. Today’s rounds highlight a clear shift toward infrastructure-heavy bets across AI, defense, cybersecurity, and space systems. From hypersonic aircraft and AI-native networking to identity […]

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Minimus Appoints Yael Nardi as Chief Business Officer to Lead Growth and Strategic Expansion

NEW YORK, NY – April 7, 2026, TechnologyWire – Minimus, a leading provider of hardened container images and secure container images designed to eliminate CVE risk, today announced the appointment of Yael Nardi as Chief Business Officer (CBO). In this newly […]

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Golden Analytics emerges from stealth with $7M in funding to build AI-native BI platform that turns raw data into dashboards in seconds

The race to make sense of data just hit a reset. A new AI startup called Golden Analytics has stepped out of stealth with $7 million in seed funding from NEA and Madrona, with participation from Breakers. The pitch is simple […]

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Gartner finds only 28% of AI projects deliver ROI as most fail to deliver results

The promise of AI has been loud. The results, less so. A new report from Gartner puts a number to what many teams are starting to feel: most AI projects aren’t paying off. In infrastructure and operations, just 28% of […]

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AI networking startup Aria raises $125M to build ‘networks that think’ for data centers

The race to scale AI has exposed a quiet bottleneck: the networks that move data inside modern data centers. Aria Networks is stepping into that gap with fresh capital and a bold pitch. The Palo Alto AI networking startup said […]

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Intel joins Elon Musk’s $25B Terafab AI chip megafactory project

Intel just stepped into one of Elon Musk’s most ambitious bets yet—a $25 billion chip megafactory in Austin that aims to rewrite how AI hardware gets built. On Tuesday, Intel said it will join Musk’s Terafab project alongside Tesla, SpaceX, […]

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Europe’s Startup Story Is Getting More Serious, and Cybersecurity Is Leading It

For years, Europe’s startup ecosystem was often discussed in comparative terms. It was compared to Silicon Valley, assessed against U.S. funding levels, and often described as promising but incomplete. That framing is beginning to appear dated. Europe’s startup story is […]

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