How Will One AI Fund Command 18% Of VC Cash? 💸🧠🚀

TL;DR

• Andreessen Horowitz raised $15B for AI, defense focus
• Asia tech stocks surge on AI chip optimism
• Governments ramp AI capital, from Taiwan to Korea
• AI infra race spans nuclear power, India data centers

HEADLINES

Andreessen Horowitz raised $15B across five AI funds 💰🔗

Bloomberg says Asia leads 2026 AI stock rally 📈🔗

Microsoft rolls out Copilot Checkout for conversational shopping 🛒🔗

President Lai pledges NT$100B AI venture fund push 🏛️🔗

Taipei Times reports Taiwan AI usage hits 28.4% 🌐🔗

BSS/AFP spotlights CES AI toys’ safety backlash 🧸🔗

NEW LAUNCHES

Microsoft launched Copilot Checkout for end‑to‑end chat commerce 🤖🔗

Anker / eufy unveiled CleanMind AI robot vacuum S2 system 🧹🔗

Rokid integrated Alipay+ GlassPay into AI glasses 👓🔗

LG Electronics showcased LG CLOiD AI home robot platform 🏠🔗

TRY THESE TOOLS

Meyka AI Assistant offers AI‑driven public market research 📊🔗

Copilot Checkout lets users buy directly inside chats 🛍️🔗

GPU Trader aggregates enterprise GPUs for AI workloads 🖥️🔗

METRICS

Andreessen Horowitz $15B raise equals ~18% 2025 US VC 📈🔗

Slack Workforce Index finds daily AI use up 233% 📊🔗

Slack Workforce Index shows AI users 64% more productive ⚙️🔗

Taipei Times reports global AI usage at 16.3% 🌍🔗

Saudi Vision 2030 notes APIs now 40% of revenue 🔌🔗

BENCHMARKS

Microsoft AI Economy Institute ranks Taiwan 23rd in AI use 🏅🔗

Microsoft AI Economy Institute shows UAE AI usage at 54% 📌🔗

Slack / MuleSoft report finds 93% IT leaders planning agents 🤝🔗

Saudi Arabia Vision 2030 analysis shows AI models in use doubled 📚🔗

INFRA & COSTS

Meta signed nuclear deals powering 6.6GW clean energy ⚛️🔗

Global Indian Times tallies $68B+ US AI infra in India 🏗️🔗

Cato Digital undercuts AWS by 70% on GPUs 💾🔗

Runcrate lists NVIDIA A100 at $0.98/hr 🎛️🔗

Compute.Exchange claims 38% average GPU cost savings 🧮🔗

POLICY

Indonesia government blocked Grok over deepfake abuses 🚫🔗

AI toy safety advocates renew calls for stricter AI regulation ⚖️🔗

Buckingham Palace warns staff on responsible AI communications 📜🔗

SOVEREIGN

Taiwan Government plans NT$100B AI venture fund 🏛️🔗

Korean Government expanding Fund of Funds to KRW1.6T 🇰🇷🔗

India AI Impact Summit preps subsidies atop $68B AI buildout 🇮🇳🔗

Saudi Vision 2030 pushes agentic AI across megaproject sectors 🕋🔗

SECTORS

Retail deployed AI conversational checkout agents 🛒🔗

Consumer Electronics launched AI‑driven home cleaning robots 🏡🔗

Toys adopted generative AI companions with safeguards 🧸🔗

Wearables enabled on‑device AI payments in glasses 👓🔗

Home Robotics showcased physical AI for household chores 🤖🔗

COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

Mohamad El‑Charif helped build sovereign regulatory AI platform Qadi 🌍🔗