How Did AI Funding Hit $121B While Korea Built 500B-Parameter Model? 🚀📊🤖
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TL;DR
- US AI funding hit $121B across 765 rounds
- India AI startups raised $643M in 100 deals
- Korea unveiled a 519B-parameter sovereign AI model
- China and Korea tightened AI rules impacting deployment
HEADLINES
India Startup Ecosystem logged $11B funding with $643M AI 📈🔗
China Cyberspace Regulator proposed tighter oversight for chatty human-like AI ⚖️🔗
Korean National Assembly left tech scrambling before sweeping AI law 📜🔗
Taiwan Security Officials warned of Chinese AI-driven election interference 🛡️🔗
Asia-Pacific Economies leaned on AI for 2025 growth 🌏🔗
NEW LAUNCHES
SK Telecom unveiled A.X K1 519B-parameter hyperscale AI model 🧠🔗
UP Police, India launched Yaksh AI crime-watch and analytics app 🚓🔗
Samsung Electronics introduced AI-tuned 2026 Q-Series soundbars, speakers 🎧🔗
METRICS
Indian Startups raised $11B in 2025, down 17% 📊🔗
Indian AI Startups raised $643M across 100 rounds 🤖🔗
US AI Investments hit $121B in 765 rounds 🇺🇸🔗
India Deal Count slipped 39% to 1,518 startup rounds 📉🔗
BENCHMARKS
India AI Share reached 30–40% of 2025 startup deals 📘🔗
India Early-Stage Funding grew 7% to $3.9B 🌱🔗
India Seed Capital fell 30% to $1.1B 🧪🔗
India Tech IPOs hit 42, up 17% year-on-year 🏛️🔗
INFRA & COSTS
SK Telecom Consortium framed A.X K1 as national AI infrastructure 🏭🔗
India Deep-Tech Push redirected capital toward manufacturing, robotics, AI ⚙️🔗
Samsung Audio Lineup used AI tuning, room-aware Q-Symphony optimization 🔊🔗
POLICY
China CAC issued draft rules for AI with human-like interaction 📜🔗
China Regulators demanded socialist values in human-like AI systems 🚨🔗
South Korea finalized first sweeping AI law effective January ⚖️🔗
Taiwan Authorities flagged AI-driven foreign disinformation targeting 2026 elections 🗳️🔗
SOVEREIGN
Korean Government backed Sovereign AI Foundation Model via SKT consortium 🏛️🔗
India Government announced $1.15B fund-of-funds for startups 💰🔗
India RDI Program committed $12B to AI, quantum, robotics 🧪🔗
SECTORS
Public Safety deployed Yaksh AI app for crime intelligence 🚓🔗
Policing, Maharashtra adopted AI surveillance and analytics statewide 👮🔗
Higher Education experimented with agentic AI teaching assistance 🎓🔗
Asia-Pacific Enterprises scaled AI across finance, logistics, manufacturing 🏭🔗
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