How Did A Quiet Sunday Move **$2B** In AI? 💰🤖🌍

TL;DR

• Apple snapped up audio AI Q.ai, nearly $2B bet on ambient computing
• New AI startups raised fresh capital, targeting procurement and clean energy
• AI infra costs keep climbing fast, from H200 chips to memory prices
• States and budgets pivot to AI, with massive data-centre and compute plans

HEADLINES

Apple & Google bring Gemini AI to Siri travel 🧳🔗

Nvidia–OpenAI $100B mega-investment plan reportedly stalls ⏸️🔗

Meta wins Wall Street backing for surging AI capex 💹🔗

Moltbook AI agents’ social network goes viral 🦾🔗

Economic Times questions “AI‑washing” behind fresh tech layoffs ⚠️🔗

FROM THE BIG PLAYERS

Apple invested $2B acquiring Q.ai 🎧🔗

Nvidia planned up to $100B for OpenAI 💵🔗

US Pentagon eyed $200M partnership with Anthropic 🛡️🔗

Chinese Regulators cleared DeepSeek to buy 400,000 H200 chips 🇨🇳🔗

RAISES

EarthSync raised $1M in a pre-seed round led by Theia Ventures 🌱🔗

1Buy.AI raised Rs 32.5 Cr in a seed round from 100Unicorns 📦🔗

MENA AI Startups landed multi‑round funding across January deals 🌍🔗

RAISING

SpaceX seeking FCC nod for AI satellite data‑center buildout 🛰️🔗

India Inc pushing for bigger AI, data‑centre allocations 📑🔗

Tech Industry lobbying for de‑risking India’s AI growth strategy 📣🔗

NEW LAUNCHES

NeophyteID unveiled as AI invasive‑species detection app 🌿🔗

Apple Intelligence adds Gemini‑powered trip planning in Siri 🗺️🔗

Moltbook launched as social network for AI agents 🌐🔗

TRY THESE TOOLS

EarthSync models renewable projects with AI TEIP simulations ⚡🔗

1Buy.AI optimises electronics procurement with AI intelligence 📊🔗

Moltbook AI hosts autonomous AI‑agent discussions 🤖🔗

NeophyteID crowdsources biodiversity mapping with YOLOv11 vision 🪴🔗

METRICS

DeepSeek cleared to buy 400,000 Nvidia H200 chips 📈🔗

Suzhou TFC Optical stock jumped 10.9% on AI‑optics rally 📊🔗

EarthSync pre‑seed brings total clean‑energy AI funding to $1M 💨🔗

1Buy.AI seed totals roughly $3.9M equivalent 💼🔗

Moltbook attracted around one million AI agents in hours 📡🔗

BENCHMARKS

CRISIL Ratings sees India data‑centre revenues hitting Rs 20,000 Cr FY28 📘🔗

CRISIL Ratings projects capacity doubling to 2.3–2.5 GW by 2028 📊🔗

Jefferies estimates India data‑centre capex at $30B by 2030 🏗️🔗

Industry Analysts say India holds 16% of global AI talent 📉🔗

INFRA & COSTS

SpaceX proposed up to 1M satellites for AI data centres 🚀🔗

DeepSeek approval implies multi‑billion‑dollar H200 GPU procurement 💽🔗

Korea JoongAng Daily reports smartphone memory costs up 40% near‑term 💾🔗

Meta signals continued “very significant” AI infra investment 🖥️🔗

VALUATIONS

Apple–Q.ai deal reportedly near $2B purchase price 🏷️🔗

Waabi funding lifts total capital to $1.28B 🚚🔗

India Data‑Centre Operators expected to see 20–22% annual revenue growth 💡🔗

POLICY

Colorado AI Act enforcement delayed from Feb 1 to June 30, 2026 ⚖️🔗

Global Privacy Watchlist flags accelerating AI‑related data regulation worldwide 📜🔗

Virtual & Digital Health Digest tracks SB 205 impact on high‑risk health AI 🏥🔗

Vocal Media warns EU AI Act could ban non‑compliant apps after Aug 2, 2026 📆🔗

SOVEREIGN

Chinese Government greenlights massive DeepSeek H200 chip imports 🏛️🔗

India’s Finance Ministry weighs ₹50,000 Cr Bharat AI Mission allocation 🇮🇳🔗

Tech Industry Leaders urge Budget 2026 to treat AI infra as national asset 🌐🔗

Moneycontrol Analysis highlights AI‑driven data‑centre buildout as sovereign priority 🏙️🔗

SECTORS

Healthcare deployed AI to boost breast‑cancer scan detection 🩻🔗

Biodiversity & Conservation deployed NeophyteID for invasive‑species monitoring 🌱🔗

Renewables adopted EarthSync’s AI for project planning 🌞🔗

Consumer Electronics embedded AI, driving higher Galaxy device prices 📱🔗

Autonomous Vehicles scaled Waabi’s AI trucking and robotaxi roadmap 🚛🔗

COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

Matt Schlicht built viral Moltbook AI‑agent social network 🦞🔗