Mistral raised €3B led by Samsung at a €21B valuation, up from €11.7B a year ago, as it expands to building data centers instead of solely developing AI models (Adam Satariano/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/business/mistral-ai-fund-raising.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/business/mistral-ai-fund-raising.html
Nytimes
French A.I. Start-Up Mistral Raises $3.5 Billion as Part of Strategy Shift
Mistral is trying to keep pace with American and Chinese rivals while offering customers a European alternative for artificial intelligence.
Argentina's Patagonia region is drawing interest from hyperscalers and data center developers due to its cold climate, expanses of land, and renewable energy (Leila Miller/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/tech-companies-look-argentinas-windswept-patagonia-build-massive-data-centers-2026-09-07/
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/tech-companies-look-argentinas-windswept-patagonia-build-massive-data-centers-2026-09-07/
DeepSeek says it is seeking ~150 senior engineers in an "unprecedented" hiring spree to overhaul its backend systems, strained by high user demand and AI agents (Minxiao Chang/South China Morning Post)
https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3366740/deepseek-embarks-unprecedented-hiring-spree-it-overhauls-backend-systems
https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3366740/deepseek-embarks-unprecedented-hiring-spree-it-overhauls-backend-systems
South China Morning Post
DeepSeek seeks 150 engineers in hiring spree to overhaul back end systems
The company cited a rapid surge in user demand for AI and increased complexity of its computing systems.
Samsung and TSMC commit to using ASML's High NA EUV machines by 2028 and 2030, joining Intel, with all four agreeing to shift from 6-inch to 12-inch photomasks (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-08/asml-tsmc-samsung-intel-back-12-inch-masks-for-ai-chips
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-08/asml-tsmc-samsung-intel-back-12-inch-masks-for-ai-chips
Bloomberg.com
ASML Wins Over Top Chipmakers for New EUV Machines
ASML Holding NV has won commitments from top chipmakers to use its latest semiconductor production gear, while embarking on a broader agreement to meet surging demand for more powerful artificial intelligence technology.
Researchers say they used AI to build a zero-click worm that can hack WeChat accounts and spread across iOS and Android; Tencent says it fixed the vulnerability (Dustin Volz/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/us/politics/calif-ai-worm-wechat-hack.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/us/politics/calif-ai-worm-wechat-hack.html
Nytimes
A.I. Models Built a Computer Worm That Could Rapidly Hack WeChat Accounts
The attack, discovered by A.I. researchers, could have compromised hundreds of millions of devices within hours, experts said.
China says its AI compute capacity rose 177% YoY to 2,185 eflops by the end of June, and targets 9,800 eflops by 2030 via ~$532B in IT infrastructure spend (Howard Liu/South China Morning Post)
https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3366733/china-targets-fourfold-boost-ai-computing-capacity-2030-major-tech-push
https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3366733/china-targets-fourfold-boost-ai-computing-capacity-2030-major-tech-push
South China Morning Post
China targets fourfold boost in AI computing capacity by 2030 in major tech push
The nation’s intelligent computing capacity hit 2,185 eflops at the end of June, up 177 per cent from a year earlier, according to MIIT.
NYC-based Blee, which makes marketing compliance software for financial services companies, raised a $20M Series A led by Fin Capital and SMBC and a $7M seed (Ryan Lawler/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/fintech-deals/2026/09/08/blee-27r-million-compliance-software
https://www.axios.com/pro/fintech-deals/2026/09/08/blee-27r-million-compliance-software
Axios
Exclusive: Blee raises $27M as AI strains compliance teams
Compliance review can remain heavily manual for fintechs.
Google rolls out changes to search results in the EU to comply with the DMA, saying they mark the largest reduction in quality of service in Search's history (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/google-warns-lower-quality-it-revamps-europe-search-results-avoid-eu-fines-2026-09-08/
https://www.reuters.com/world/google-warns-lower-quality-it-revamps-europe-search-results-avoid-eu-fines-2026-09-08/
Forus, which uses AI to help patients get prescribed drugs more quickly by navigating steps like insurance coverage, raised a $150M Series C at a $3B valuation (Micah Barkley/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-08/ai-health-company-forus-raises-150-million-at-a-3-billion-value
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-08/ai-health-company-forus-raises-150-million-at-a-3-billion-value
Bloomberg.com
AI Health Company Forus Raises $150 Million at a $3 Billion Value
Healthcare automation startup Forus has raised $150 million at a $3 billion valuation just months after completing a previous funding round. The Series C round was led by Bain Capital Ventures, a firm that has invested in the company since its early-stage…
Australia proposes a "My Feed, My Way" initiative requiring social platforms to send users a notification asking them to opt in or out of algorithmic content (Clare Armstrong/ABC)
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-08/labour-s-social-media-algorithm-choice-duty-of-care-bill/107130100
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-08/labour-s-social-media-algorithm-choice-duty-of-care-bill/107130100
www.abc.net.au
Australians could get the power to switch off social media algorithms
Labor wants to make social media platforms proactively reduce foreseeable harms while giving users control over whether algorithms shape their feeds.
Fields medalist Jacob Tsimerman, set to join OpenAI later this month, launches the Mathematical AI Safety Institute to apply higher math to AI safety problems (Siobhan Roberts/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/science/jacob-tsimerman-math-ai-safety.html?unlocked_article_code=1._lA.fyIA.4SWeUMzEQZAp&smid=url-share
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/science/jacob-tsimerman-math-ai-safety.html?unlocked_article_code=1._lA.fyIA.4SWeUMzEQZAp&smid=url-share
Nytimes
Top Mathematician Announces New Institute for A.I. Safety (Gift Article)
Jacob Tsimerman, a recent recipient of the Fields Medal, believes that higher mathematics can help curb the dangers of runaway artificial intelligence.
A look at Apple's path to a foldable device, the biggest change in iPhone history; sources: memory shortages led Apple to blow past an early $1,999 price goal (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-08/apple-s-2-000-plus-foldable-iphone-was-a-decade-in-the-making
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-08/apple-s-2-000-plus-foldable-iphone-was-a-decade-in-the-making
Bloomberg.com
Apple’s $2,000-Plus Foldable iPhone Was a Decade in the Making
Around 2020, Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook returned from a trip to Asia unusually energized about a new product category: foldable phones.
Robinhood adds Crypto.com's yes-or-no contracts to its platform and takes minority stakes in the exchange and its prediction market business OG (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/robinhood-strikes-deal-with-crypto-com-in-latest-prediction-markets-push-901a32aa?st=98Z3Xk&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/robinhood-strikes-deal-with-crypto-com-in-latest-prediction-markets-push-901a32aa?st=98Z3Xk&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
The Wall Street Journal
Exclusive | Robinhood Strikes Deal With Crypto.com in Latest Prediction-Markets Push
The brokerage will add yes-or-no contracts from Crypto.com’s prediction business, and take a stake in the digital-currency exchange.
Qualcomm signs a deal with Amazon to provide "multiple generations of customized silicon" to help build AWS' AI infrastructure; QCOM jumps 6%+ (Ari Levy/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/08/qualcomm-amazon-data-center-infrastructure-deal.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/08/qualcomm-amazon-data-center-infrastructure-deal.html
CNBC
Qualcomm issues warrants to Amazon to acquire $4 billion worth of chipmaker's stock as part of AI infrastructure deal
Qualcomm is trying to move into the data center business, where Nvidia has been the dominant player in the AI boom.
Researchers say Meta ran 300+ ads with CSAM this year; some featured morphed images of real children, and many linked to "nudification" apps from China (Matt Burgess/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/meta-failed-to-catch-hundreds-of-ai-child-abuse-ads-some-included-images-of-real-kids/
https://www.wired.com/story/meta-failed-to-catch-hundreds-of-ai-child-abuse-ads-some-included-images-of-real-kids/
WIRED
Meta Failed to Catch Hundreds of AI Child Abuse Ads. Some Included Images of Real Kids
Images of real children—including a member of a European royal family—were used to create some of the 350 ads containing child sexual abuse. Lawmakers say they plan to investigate.
Google Cloud and Accenture form the Accenture Gemini Enterprise Business Group to train up to 1,000 Accenture forward deployed engineers for Gemini Enterprise (Isabelle Bousquette/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/cio-journal/google-cloud-accenture-launch-unit-to-put-ai-engineers-on-site-with-customers-698a8628
https://www.wsj.com/cio-journal/google-cloud-accenture-launch-unit-to-put-ai-engineers-on-site-with-customers-698a8628
The Wall Street Journal
Exclusive | Google Cloud, Accenture Launch Unit to Put AI Engineers On-Site With Customers
The new group will be made up of 1,000 forward-deployed engineers.
Poseidon Aerospace, which plans the first test flight of its pilotless cargo plane by year-end, raised a $60M Series A led by TQ Ventures, after an $11M seed (Sean O'Kane/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/08/poseidon-aerospace-lands-60m-ahead-of-first-pilotless-test-flight/
https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/08/poseidon-aerospace-lands-60m-ahead-of-first-pilotless-test-flight/
TechCrunch
Exclusive: Poseidon Aerospace lands $60 million ahead of first pilotless test flight | TechCrunch
The startup is trying to rethink the economics of cargo aircraft by removing pilots from the equation entirely.
Runway co-CEO Anastasis Germanidis says the startup's annual recurring revenue hit $200M in September; source: it expects ARR to cross $350M by the end of 2026 (Rachel Metz/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-08/ai-startup-runway-hits-200-million-in-annual-recurring-revenue
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-08/ai-startup-runway-hits-200-million-in-annual-recurring-revenue
Bloomberg.com
AI Startup Runway Hits $200 Million in Annual Recurring Revenue
Runway AI Inc.’s annual recurring revenue hit $200 million in September, underscoring growing demand from companies using the startup's image- and video-generating software to make marketing materials and ads.
Celero, which is developing a chip to enable long-distance connections between AI data centers, raised $275M at a $3B+ valuation (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)
https://www.techmeme.com/260908/p22#a260908p22
https://www.techmeme.com/260908/p22#a260908p22
Techmeme
Celero, which is developing a chip to enable long-distance connections between AI data centers, raised $275M at a $3B+ valuation
Dina Bass / Bloomberg: Celero, which is developing a chip to enable long-distance connections between AI data centers, raised $275M at a $3B+ valuation
Google DeepMind releases AlphaGenome Atlas, a 1PB dataset of predicted molecular effects for all ~9B possible single-letter DNA changes in the human genome (Google)
https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-deepmind/alphagenome-atlas/
https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-deepmind/alphagenome-atlas/
Google
AlphaGenome Atlas: a high-resolution map of human DNA
We’re introducing AlphaGenome Atlas, a database predicting the effects of every possible single nucleotide variant in the human genome.
Circle agrees to acquire Singapore-based cross-border B2B payments company Tazapay for $400M, in one of its largest publicly disclosed acquisitions to date (Francisco Rodrigues/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/09/08/circle-agrees-to-buy-cross-border-payments-firm-tazapay-for-usd400-million
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/09/08/circle-agrees-to-buy-cross-border-payments-firm-tazapay-for-usd400-million
Coindesk
Circle agrees to buy Tazapay for $400 million in one of its largest acquisitions to date
The deal could grant Circle vital, regulated "last-mile" infrastructure, bridging the gap between stablecoins and traditional local banking systems.