How Did Today’s AI Moves Reprice **$20B**? 💸🤖📈
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TL;DR
- Korea backs 120 deep-tech startups across AI
- Nvidia–Groq licensing signals high-stakes chip dominance
- Governments tighten AI rules and procurement guardrails
- Samsung accelerates AI startup launches ahead of CES
HEADLINES
MSS Korea funds 120 deep-tech Super-Gap startups 🚀🔗
Nvidia and Groq strike $20B AI chip deal 💰🔗
Italy Antitrust Authority orders Meta to open WhatsApp AI ⚖️🔗
Samsung C‑Lab sends AI startups to CES 2026 🎪🔗
China’s AI titans battle for digital gateways, capital 🐉🔗
NEW LAUNCHES
LiuGong launched E‑Intelligence green machinery solutions 🏗️🔗
Samsung Electronics announced Google Photos on AI TV lineup 📺🔗
Samsung C‑Lab Inside unveiled EZ Reco generative electronics recommender 🛒🔗
CYFIRMA showcased DeCYFIR AI threat-intel impact recap 🛡️🔗
TRY THESE TOOLS
Stress Solution AI-personalized mental care soundscapes 🎧🔗
Deepscent AI-powered adaptive digital scent experiences 🌸🔗
Univa on-device multimodal large language model 📱🔗
10kM.ai enterprise AI video generation and monetization 🎬🔗
EZ Reco generative AI product recommendation engine 🔍🔗
METRICS
ByteDance Doubao reached 172M monthly active AI users 📱🔗
China MaaS market grew 421.2% to 1.29B yuan 📊🔗
India mutual funds hit ₹29,000 crore monthly SIPs 🇮🇳🔗
Korea Super‑Gap nurtured 604 startups and 3 unicorns 🦄🔗
GenAI Fund platform scaled to 2,500 active AI startups 🌐🔗
BENCHMARKS
GenAI Fund targeting 10,000 AI startups by 2026 📘🔗
Super‑Gap Project offers up to KRW 1.2B per startup 💴🔗
Enterprise AI budgets allocate about 10% of profit 🏦🔗
ByteDance Volcano Engine leads China MaaS with 37.5% share 🔥🔗
INFRA & COSTS
Nvidia licenses Groq inference tech in $20B agreement 🖥️🔗
Indian fabless startups design edge‑AI surveillance SoCs 📹🔗
LiuGong pivots to electrified, intelligent machinery platforms ⚙️🔗
Türkiye doubles down on domestic compute and chips 🔌🔗
VALUATIONS
Groq effectively priced around $20B in licensing 🏷️🔗
Groq previously raised $750M at $6.9B value 📈🔗
Anything AI startup valued around $100M after $11M 💡🔗
POLICY
Italy Competition Authority compels WhatsApp access for rival AI bots 🧾🔗
Australian government backs “light-touch” national AI regulation 🦘🔗
U.S. OMB sets Dec 29 deadline for AI governance 📜🔗
Federal agencies must update AI acquisition rules today 🏛️🔗
Waymo robotaxis outage fuels calls for stricter AV rules 🚕🔗
SOVEREIGN
Ministry of SMEs and Startups Korea launches ₩2.2B Super‑Gap deep-tech push 🏛️🔗
Türkiye government advances AI‑enabled defense and chip autonomy 🛰️🔗
Asian governments tap GenAI Fund to manage AI partnerships 🌏🔗
SECTORS
Surveillance & Security deployed edge-AI video analytics chips 📹🔗
Mental Health deployed AI-personalized therapeutic soundscapes 🧘🔗
Smart Homes & TV deployed AI TV photo curation features 🏠🔗
E‑commerce & Electronics deployed generative AI product recommendations 🛍️🔗
Cybersecurity deployed AI external threat-intelligence platforms 🛡️🔗
COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
Dr Rush Khan hosted AI-for-business creator meetup in Tampa 🤝🔗
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