AI Industry Development & Policy Dynamics

According to ChainCatcher, Forefront Tech Holdings Acquisition Corp completed a $100 million IPO pricing on April 30, set to list on Nasdaq under ticker FTHAU. The proceeds will be used to explore merger and acquisition opportunities in blockchain, artificial intelligence, fintech, and other

According to Bloomberg, Thomas Reardon, former Meta executive who led work on Meta's Neural Band, is raising funds for Flourish, a new AI startup focused on low-power AI systems. Lux Capital and Google Ventures have agreed to be major investors, with backers already committing $500 million at a $2.5

Japan Airlines announced that starting May 2026 it will test humanoid robot ground staff at Haneda Airport’s apron, responsible for loading and unloading cargo containers and baggage. A single charge lasts about 2–3 hours. There will be no layoffs as part of the trial, which will run through 2028. In the future, it is expected to expand into cabin cleaning and operation of ground-handling equipment; due to labor shortages driven by an aging population and a surge in inbound travelers, robots are seen as a long-term solution.

According to Nvidia's latest blog analysis, Blackwell GPUs cost nearly double per hour compared to Hopper generation, yet deliver 35-fold lower per-token inference costs. Using DeepSeek-R1 as a test model, Blackwell (GB300 NVL72) rents at $2.65 per GPU per hour versus Hopper's $1.41, but single GPU

According to Reuters, LinkedIn announced on April 29 that its AI recruiter tools are projected to generate $450 million in annual sales over the next year. The tools use AI agents to search LinkedIn's 1 billion member profiles and identify candidates based on recruiter

According to OpenAI, the company identified the root cause of the "goblin" problem that plagued GPT models from GPT-5.1 onwards. A reward signal used to reinforce the "Nerdy" personality trait encouraged outputs containing fantasy creature references, with 76.2% of the training dataset showing

Crypto exchange OKX introduced its Agent Payments Protocol (APP) on Wednesday, an open standard designed to enable AI agents to conduct full business cycles including payments, negotiations, and dispute resolution. The protocol follows similar offerings from competitors including x402, incubated by

According to Kite’s official announcement, Kite, a payment infrastructure for the AI Agent economy, officially launched its mainnet on April 30. During the mainnet launch period, Kite Treasury will cover network fees, so users do not need to worry about gas. Kite also opens Kite Agent Passport to the public, serving as the authorization and payment control layer for agents.

At Sessions 2026, Stripe announced 288 new features, laying out AI-native business infrastructure end-to-end: partnering with Google on AI shopping integration, enabling autonomous payments with AI agents, protecting payment information with Link Wallet using one-time virtual cards, and requiring users to approve each transaction individually; Stripe Treasury has been newly upgraded, supporting multiple currencies, global transfers, free same-day transfers, stablecoin rewards, and 2% cash back, aiming to become the core payments layer of the AI economy era.

According to TechCrunch, Parallel Web Systems, an AI startup founded by former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, raised $100 million in a series B led by Sequoia at a $2 billion valuation. The round brings the company's total funding to $230 million, five months after its $100 million series A. Parallel

BitMart held an 8th anniversary gala dinner at the Regent Taipei Hotel in Taipei, with more than 150 guests in attendance. The event reviewed eight years of development and announced localization and AI automated trading strategies. BitMart Skill integrates Blave, allowing users to execute AI-powered automated trading without programming and gain real-time data insights. The platform has surpassed 13 million global users, more than 4,800 listed projects, and trading volume of over $1 trillion. The gala featured a live “God of Wealth” character and generous giveaways, demonstrating a strong commitment to deepening its presence in Taiwan.

According to an exclusive report by the Financial Times (FT) on April 30, SoftBank is planning to split in the United States and set up a brand-new independent company, named Roze, whose business covers AI robots and data center infrastructure, with the goal of completing an IPO as early as 2026 and a targeted valuation of $100 billion. The Financial Times also reported that there are internal concerns at SoftBank about the valuation target and the IPO timetable.

According to a report by Bloomberg on April 29, AI company Anthropic is seriously evaluating a new funding round offer, with a potential valuation of more than $900 billion; Anthropic’s valuation in February this year was about $380 billion. Bloomberg cited sources familiar with the matter, saying Anthropic’s board of directors will make a decision as early as May 2026.

According to The Verge on April 30, Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI—jury trial—opened in federal court in Oakland this week, where the court sequentially presented emails and founding documents from 2015 to 2017. The materials include: a proposal from Musk to name the company Freemind, and a 2017 capitalization table showing his claimed ownership stake at as high as 51.2%.

According to Featherless.ai, on April 30, the Singapore-based startup raised $20 million in Series A funding co-led by AMD Ventures and Airbus Ventures. The company plans to use the funds to expand its infrastructure, launch a marketplace for specialized models, and improve support for different

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According to BlockBeats, Kite, a payment infrastructure for AI agents, launched its mainnet on April 30, introducing the Agent Passport authorization layer. During the initial phase, the Kite Treasury covers network fees for users. The Passport allows users to authorize agents with defined

According to BBC’s report on April 30, researchers at the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) analyzed more than 400k responses from 5 artificial intelligence systems that were “fine-tuned” to be friendlier, warmer, and more empathetic when interacting with users. The study found that the probability of incorrect responses from the friendly-trained models rose by an average of 7.43 percentage points, and the likelihood of reinforcing users’ incorrect beliefs was about 40% higher than in the unadjusted original models.

According to Bloomberg, Apple plans to add a Siri-branded AI mode to the iPhone camera app in iOS 27, moving its Visual Intelligence tool from the Camera Control button into the main camera interface. The mode would appear alongside Photo and Video options, allowing users to point the camera at

According to Press Trust of India, UK-based Gorilla Technology Group expanded its AI infrastructure deal with Yotta Data Services on April 29, with the project valued at about $2.8 billion. The expanded agreement covers 20,736 B300 GPUs for deployment in India by September 30, 2026, adding to an