How Will $500M Moonshot Funding Reprice AI Risk? 💸🚀🧠
TL;DR
- Moonshot AI raised $500M Series C, fueling China’s compute race
- Mega-IPOs near $3T valuations could redefine public AI exposure
- New AI launches span tourism, ERP, and CES hardware
- Fresh regulation from Texas to Poland tightens AI guardrails
HEADLINES
SK Group chief urges aggressive push into global AI era 🌏🔗
Tata Consultancy Services hits $1.5B in AI revenues 💼🔗
Korea Times flags AI bubble risk in Seoul’s 2026 market 📉🔗
Asean Tech Column highlights ASEAN’s “quiet upside” in AI boom 📈🔗
NEW LAUNCHES
Samsung unveiled Freestyle+ portable projector with AI OptiScreen 📽️🔗
Trango Tech launched Intelligent ERP Assistants with Microsoft Copilot 🏭🔗
China Daily launched China Bound smart-tourism AI platform 🧳🔗
Honda confirmed 2027 rollout of AI-equipped autonomous hybrids 🚗🔗
TRY THESE TOOLS
CallGPT 6X filters sensitive data client-side before AI calls 🛡️🔗
Vasco Audience streams real-time translated talks to attendees’ phones 🎧🔗
Microsoft Copilot adds seasonal Rotten Eggnog Mode persona 🎭🔗
Alexa+ offers ChatGPT-style Alexa for $19.99/month 📢🔗
METRICS
Global AI Boom minted 50 new billionaires in 2025 💰🔗
AI Startups attracted $200B, half of 2025 VC funding 📊🔗
TCS reports $1.5B annualised AI services revenue 📈🔗
US Banks see 80% institutions boosting AI spending 🏦🔗
BENCHMARKS
Figma Make becomes benchmark prompt-to-prototype UI engine 🎨🔗
UiPath Maestro sets “agentic AI” orchestration benchmark 🤖🔗
ASEAN Analysis positions region as next AI adoption wave 🌏🔗
INFRA & COSTS
Baidu Kunlunxin files Hong Kong IPO for AI chips 🖥️🔗
OpenAI Retrospective underscores 2025 hyperscale GPU buildout ⚙️🔗
US Air Force RFI seeks $5–25M AI dev contract ✈️🔗
POLICY
Texas TRAIGA AI law takes effect January 1, 2026 ⚖️🔗
Poland Sandbox plans first AI sandbox aligned with EU Act 🧪🔗
US States roll out AI rules on deepfakes, employment 🛑🔗
Medicare WISeR Model launches AI-driven prior-authorization pilot in six states 🏥🔗
SOVEREIGN
Global Sovereign Funds poured $66B into AI, digitisation 🏛️🔗
China’s Local Governments form dedicated AI bureaus nationwide 🇨🇳🔗
El Salvador commits nationwide Grok rollout to 5,000 schools 📚🔗
COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
Yang Zhilin scaled Moonshot AI to $500M Series C 🚀🔗
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