How Did AI Deals Hit **$505M** In A Day? 📊🤖🚀

TL;DR

• ClickHouse secured $400M to scale AI infrastructure
• GenAI drug startup Converge Bio raised $25M
• Higgsfield added $80M to AI video war chest
• OpenAI ads move spotlights AI monetization pressure

HEADLINES

ClickHouse doubled valuation with $15B AI data bet 🧮🔗

Converge Bio raised $25M to accelerate genAI drug discovery 🧬🔗

OpenAI will start serving ads inside ChatGPT 📢🔗

Higgsfield added $80M for genAI video expansion 🎬🔗

Palantir slid 11%, stoking fears of “software winter” 📉🔗

AWS named 39 AI-heavy Imagine Grant winners 🤝🔗

FROM THE BIG PLAYERS

Dragoneer Investment Group invested $400M in ClickHouse 🏦🔗

Bessemer Venture Partners led $25M into Converge Bio 💉🔗

Accel backed $80M extension for Higgsfield 🎥🔗

Amazon Web Services committed over $21M to AI-driven nonprofits ☁️🔗

RAISES

ClickHouse raised $400M in a Series D led by Dragoneer 📊🔗

Converge Bio raised $25M in a Series A from Bessemer 🧪🔗

Higgsfield raised $80M in a Series A extension including Accel 📺🔗

NEW LAUNCHES

Google Workspace unveiled Flow AI filmmaking for HD video 🎞️🔗

Flowtica launched its CES-famous AI Recording Pen 🖊️🔗

ScaleLogix AI launched investor-grade AI infrastructure and consulting platform 🌐🔗

TRY THESE TOOLS

Flow turns scripts into HD marketing videos 🎬🔗

Flowtica Pen captures, transcribes, summarizes conversations on-device ✍️🔗

ScaleLogix AI packages “AI client acquisition systems” for agencies 📈🔗

PixVerse Studio lets teams prototype AI-generated video content 🎨🔗

ComplyBridge offers AI-assisted regulatory workflow automation ⚙️🔗

METRICS

ClickHouse hit 250% YoY ARR growth in cloud 📊🔗

Higgsfield reached 15M users, 4.5M daily video generations 📹🔗

Higgsfield hit $200M annualized revenue run rate 💵🔗

AWS Imagine Grant applicants were 87% exploring AI use cases ☁️🔗

India reported 80% of new startups are AI-led 🇮🇳🔗

BENCHMARKS

AI Healthcare Frenzy tallied multi-hundred-million AI health investments 📘🔗

Asia Daily noted Chinese AI firms raised $4.3B via HK IPOs 🌏🔗

US–Taiwan trade pact tied tariff cuts to AI capacity investments 🤝🔗

AWS Imagine FAQ set 2025–2026 AI grant timelines 📄🔗

INFRA & COSTS

ClickHouse earmarked $400M to expand AI data infrastructure 🖥️🔗

Jereh Oilfield won $106M turbine order from US AI datacenter ⚡🔗

India–Japan launched AI dialogue on chips, critical minerals ⛏️🔗

Asia Cable highlighted US incentives for Taiwan AI fabs 🏭🔗

VALUATIONS

ClickHouse hit a $15B valuation post-Series D 🏷️🔗

Higgsfield reached $1.3B valuation nine months post-launch 🎥🔗

Palantir fell 11%, sparking talk of AI “software winter” ❄️🔗

Apple–Google Gemini pact estimated at $1–5B annually 📱🔗

POLICY

PM Modi warned AI-leading countries gain decisive advantage ⚖️🔗

New York’s governor proposed banning election deepfakes within 90 days 🗳️🔗

Germany pressed platforms to stop AI Holocaust deepfakes 🚨🔗

India–Japan AI Dialogue launched working group on AI, minerals 📜🔗

CERIS hosted “A.I. for Policymakers” governance session 🏛️🔗

SOVEREIGN

Korea Startup Alliance beat LG, SKT in national AI project 🇰🇷🔗

India framed AI-led startups as core growth strategy 📈🔗

India–Japan coordinated on AI and critical mineral security 🤝🔗

US–Taiwan pact tied trade to semiconductor and AI investment 🇺🇸🔗

New York State moved to expand Empire AI initiative 💡🔗

SECTORS

Biopharma deployed genAI platforms for antibody design 🧬🔗

Marketing scaled AI video for social campaigns 📣🔗

Nonprofits deployed AI tools via AWS Imagine Grants 🤲🔗

Financial Compliance adopted agentic AI for regulatory workflows 📑🔗

Creative Industries explored AI video at no-code hackathons 🎭🔗

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