Insider Brief Helsing raised $1.8 billion in Series E funding at an $18 billion valuation and announced plans to establish its first U.S. manufacturing base in West Virginia. The West Virginia facility will produce the HX-2, an AI-enabled strike drone that Helsing said has been deployed in Ukraine and tested by allied armed forces, including…

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Insider Brief Impossible Metals plans to open an Advanced Marine Robotics Hub in Pittsburgh to develop autonomous underwater systems for critical-mineral collection. The hub will support ocean science, dual-use naval technology and work tied to its Eureka autonomous underwater platform and Smart Launch and Recovery Systems. Impossible Metals said the hub will create more than…

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Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, published a blog post arguing that companies using proprietary AI models are effectively paying twice, once financially and again by surrendering valuable proprietary business knowledge to model makers through everyday usage. Nadella wrote that AI models learn from user interactions, including corrections and prompts, allowing model providers to absorb institutional knowledge that…

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Nous Research, the startup behind the open-source AI agent Hermes, is finalizing a new funding round of at least $75 million led by Robot Ventures, with significant participation from USV, at a $1.5 billion valuation, according to sources familiar with the deal. The company declined to comment, and neither Robot Ventures nor USV responded to…

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Anthropic has begun rolling out localized rupee pricing for Claude in India, its largest market outside the U.S., though the company has not yet enabled payments through India’s widely used Unified Payments Interface, requiring users to pay by card or app store billing instead. India accounts for 5.8% of global Claude usage, according to Anthropic,…

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Insider Brief Storika, an AI-native platform automating end-to-end influencer marketing for D2C brands, closed a seed funding round on undisclosed terms with a strategic investment from Amorepacific, alongside Schmidt, Hustle Fund, BonAngels Venture Partners, and Krew Capital. The platform’s AI orchestrator directs specialized agents through the full campaign workflow, from discovery and outreach to content…

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Read Online | Sign Up | Advertise Good morning, {{ first_name | AI enthusiasts }}. The Industrial Revolution gave the world generations to catch up to its economic disruption. A new Stanford-organized statement argues the AI version could land on a much tighter schedule. “We Must Act Now” puts 16 Nobel winners and 200+ signatories…

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AWS (Amazon Web Services) has explained how Bluesight developed Prism, an AI layer that connects hospital pharmacy and compliance data across its product suite. Prism Assistant for ControlCheck has reached general availability and operates across 20 health systems, according to AWS vendor statements. Meanwhile, a multi-product agent for 340B Group Purchasing Organisation (GPO) compliance remains…

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A policy analysis from July 2026 In November 2018, the German Federal Government launched its first National Artificial Intelligence Strategy, a joint effort by the education and research, economic affairs, and labour ministries that set out an ambition simple enough to fit on a banner: make Germany and Europe a leading centre for AI. Backed…

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Arca, a New York-based wealth management fintech, has emerged from stealth with $64 million in combined seed and Series A funding to develop an AI-powered financial advisory platform. The funding includes a $15.5 million seed round led by Venrock and a $48.5 million Series A led by General Catalyst, with participation from Index Ventures. Founded…

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