AI Industry Development & Policy Dynamics

According to a venture investor, DeepSeek aims to expand its team to around 1,000 people this year. The company announced in June that all departments would at least double in size, and this week opened approximately 150 backend and Agent infrastructure positions. The expansion extends beyond

According to ChainCatcher, OpenAI plans to begin deploying Broadcom's AI chip Jalapeño by the end of 2026, working in parallel with accelerators from Nvidia, AMD, and other partners.

OpenAI has launched a multi-faceted support program for the news ecosystem for the 2026-2027 academic year, providing over 400 ChatGPT Edu subscriptions to graduate students and faculty at two partner institutions: the City University of New York's Newmark School of Journalism Tow-Knight Center and

According to OpenAI, the company's products reached over 1 billion weekly active users and serve 2.5 million businesses.

According to Livewire, the New York-based gaming media company launched an AI software platform on Canva today (September 8), combining creative tools, audience targeting, campaign activation, and measurement. Through Canva's App Marketplace, marketers can turn designs into in-game ads and launch ca

According to BlockBeats citing BIT trading data, Qualcomm (QCOM) surged nearly 10% in premarket trading on September 8 following an announcement of a multi-generation collaboration agreement with Amazon. The partnership aims to produce customized chips at scale for AI data centers and advance

According to an announcement, Google Cloud and Accenture have established the Accenture Gemini Enterprise Business Group to train and deploy up to 1,000 front-line deployment engineers (FDEs) directly into client workplaces. The teams will assist enterprises in planning, developing, and deploying

According to Bitcoin News on X, publicly listed bitcoin miners have been withdrawing ASIC machines and renting their power capacity to AI and HPC tenants since January 2026. The estimated AI/HPC contract scale in the industry has exceeded $70 billion. Bitcoin News identified 10 publicly listed

According to PRNewswire, Tom Lee, chairman of Bitmine, stated that Ethereum outperformed major macroeconomic assets in Q3 2026, gaining 5,430 basis points against the S&P 500 as of late last week. Lee attributed ETH's strength to growing on-chain utility and suggested that asset tokenization

According to Fortune, on Sept 8, artificial intelligence startup Sapien closed a funding round led by Ali Partovi (founder of Neo), valuing the company at $180 million. Sapien, founded in October 2024, initially focused on financial planning and analysis (FP&A) software and is now expanding into

Oracle shares climbed to $166.25 on Tuesday premarket, up 4.7% in a single session and extending a three-session rally of over 12%, as investors bet on surging AI infrastructure demand tied to OpenAI's newly launched GPT-6 Astra. The two companies are linked through a reported $300 billion cloud

According to analysts, Apple CEO John Ternus will host the company's first product keynote on September 9 (US time) / September 10 (Taiwan time), with a foldable iPhone designed to fold inward like a passport expected as the centerpiece. The device is projected to carry a price tag

According to Korean Economic TV, the AI Infrastructure Summit will take place Sept. 15-17 in Santa Clara, California, bringing together major tech companies, chipmakers, and infrastructure providers to address data bottlenecks in AI systems. The event features keynotes from Nvidia's Ian Buck on inf

According to CNYes, on September 6, U.S. President Trump posted over 37 messages on Truth Social featuring AI-generated images, claiming he has earned the United States billions of dollars in stocks and other assets. One controversial image showed Trump operating four screens displaying Intel stock

According to CNBC, OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar announced on August 19 that the company will be a public company in 2027, or sooner only if business growth continues to accelerate. The announcement marked the end of a September 2026 listing window that market observers had anticipated after The Wall

Palantir Technologies and Nebius Group announced a strategic partnership Tuesday making Nebius Palantir's preferred sovereign AI infrastructure partner. After integration, Nebius compute and inference endpoints will operate inside Palantir's enterprise environment, allowing eligible customers to

On Tuesday, Palantir Technologies and Nebius Group announced a strategic partnership, making Nebius Palantir's preferred sovereign AI infrastructure partner. After integration, Nebius compute and inference endpoints will operate within Palantir's enterprise environment, enabling customers to run AI

According to Guru Club, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs recently lobbied credit rating agencies on behalf of OpenAI and Anthropic, seeking investment-grade ratings immediately following their initial public offerings. The move aims to reduce financing costs and support AI infrastructure expansion p

According to Climate and Energy Environment Minister Moon Sung-hwan, South Korea's government plans to update its long-term energy roadmap next month, extending the planning horizon to 2040 and considering new nuclear reactor construction. The move comes as artificial intelligence data centers and c

According to Beating AI, Addy Osmani, a 14-year veteran at Google, recently joined Anthropic to work on Claude Code with a focus on improving developer experience. Osmani previously led developer experience initiatives for Chrome and Google Cloud AI, and has been researching coding