Muhammad Zeeshan

South Korean AI chip startup Rebellions has raised $400 million in a pre-IPO round, reaching a $2.3 billion valuation. The company is expanding globally and launching new inference infrastructure products as it prepares for a public listing later this year.

Qodo has raised $70 million in Series B funding to tackle the growing challenge of verifying AI-generated code. The startup's platform reviews how code changes impact entire systems, earning top benchmark scores and trust from major enterprises like NVIDIA and Walmart.

Elon Musk's xAI loses its last co-founder as Manuel Kroiss and Ross Nordeen depart, completing the exit of all 11 original founding members. The departures come amid a major SpaceX merger and Musk's admission that xAI needs a complete rebuild.

Anthropic confirms testing Claude Mythos, its most powerful AI model ever, after an accidental data leak exposed the secret project. The model raises major cybersecurity concerns across the industry.

OpenAI has launched a public Safety Bug Bounty program to reward researchers who identify AI-specific abuse and safety risks beyond traditional security vulnerabilities. Hosted on Bugcrowd, the program covers agentic risks, proprietary data exposure, and platform integrity issues, with rewards up to $20,000.

A new Stanford study published in Science finds that AI chatbot sycophancy is far more than a quirk — it actively makes users more self-centered and less willing to apologize. Researchers warn that market incentives are pushing AI companies to amplify this harmful behavior rather than fix it.

At the 2026 ZGC Forum in Beijing, UC Berkeley's Allen Yang argued that AI's greatest opportunity lies in connecting global design innovation with Asia's manufacturing strength. Over 1,000 guests from 100+ countries gathered to discuss the future of technology cooperation.

OpenAI's abrupt shutdown of its Sora video app has killed a billion-dollar partnership with Disney before it even got started. The collapse highlights the brutal economics of AI spending as OpenAI pivots toward profitability and a potential IPO later this year.

Memory chip giant SK Hynix is preparing a blockbuster US listing that could raise up to $14 billion. The move aims to fuel massive AI investments and tackle the growing global memory crisis dubbed 'RAMmageddon.'