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A profile of Grubhub parent Wonder, which has raised about $2B and is rolling out robotic meal-assembly tech acquired from Sweetgreen for $186M in November 2025 (www.bloomberg.com)
29 days ago Robot

Xreal co-founder and CEO Chi Xu says the smart glass maker, which has a $1B+ valuation, recently raised $100M from “supply chain partners” and other backers (www.bloomberg.com)
29 days ago

Chinese short-video app Kuaishou's stock has surged 88% over the past year, driven by the success of its Kling AI video generator, which has amassed 60M users (www.bloomberg.com)
30 days ago China AI

Source: OnePay, the fintech firm behind Walmart's “super app”, recently bought back shares from employees at a price that values the startup at more than $4B (www.bloomberg.com)
30 days ago Fintech Startup Walmart

OpenAI and SoftBank says they will each invest $500M in SB Energy to support the infrastructure company's growth as a data center developer and operator (www.bloomberg.com)
30 days ago Energy

Chinese humanoid robotics companies dominated CES 2026, but a wide gap remains between choreographed demonstrations and real-world deployment (www.bloomberg.com)
30 days ago China Robot

Omdia: global humanoid robot shipments rose more than 5x YoY in 2025 to ~13K units; China accounted for the vast majority, led by AgiBot shipping ~5,168 units (www.bloomberg.com)
30 days ago China Robot

Artemis Analytics: total stablecoin transaction volumes rose 72% YoY to a record $33T in 2025, led by Circle's USDC at $18.3T and Tether's USDT at $13.3T (www.bloomberg.com)
30 days ago

Chinese AI startup MiniMax jumped as much as 54% in its Hong Kong debut on Friday, after raising ~$619M in its IPO priced at ~$21.17 per share (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-9 China Hong Kong IPO Startup AI

Docs: xAI had a net loss of $1.46B in Q3, up from $1B in Q1; sources: xAI told investors it plans to build AI that will eventually power Optimus humanoid robots (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-9 AI Robot

Filings: Meta has hired Bill McGinley, a veteran Republican operative and the former top lawyer for DOGE, as a lobbyist (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-9 Republican

OpenAI is rolling out a HIPAA-compliant version of ChatGPT for clinicians to assist with medical reasoning and administrative tasks, at Cedars-Sinai and others (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-9

Sources: UK-based cloud provider Nscale is in talks to raise about $2B, after raising more than $1.5B across a pair of rounds in September and October (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-9

Chinese AI startup MiniMax raises $619M in its Hong Kong IPO, at the top of the range; sources: its institutional offering was oversubscribed by 70x+ (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-9 China Hong Kong IPO Startup AI

Samsung appears to have shelved Ballie, a robot it announced six years ago but never released, calling it an “active innovation platform” within the company (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-9 Samsung Robot

A profile of VC firm Index Ventures, which saw billions in gains from exits in 2025, including Figma, Scale AI, and Dream Games, as it looks ahead to succession (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-8 AI

Sources: China plans to approve some imports of Nvidia's H200 chips as soon as Q1 2026 while still barring them from military use and critical infrastructure (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-8 China Nvidia

Samsung says Ballie, a robot announced six years ago but never released, is an “active innovation platform” within the company helping inform other products (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-8 Samsung Robot

Samsung expects Q4 operating profit up 208% YoY to ~$13.8B, vs. ~$12.3B est., and revenue up 23% to ~$64.2B, as demand for AI servers lifted memory chip prices (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-8 Samsung AI 4Q

Lux Capital raised $1.5B for its ninth fund, the largest in its history, to back companies focusing on fields like breakthrough science and national security (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-8

Polymarket agrees to its first media partnership to supply Dow Jones outlets, including the WSJ and Barron's, with real-time prediction market trading data (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-8 Dow Jones

Researcher: Grok generated ~6,700 sexually suggestive or “nudifying” images per hour on X between January 5 and January 6; 85% of all Grok images are sexualized (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-8

Researcher: Grok generated ~6,700 sexually suggestive or “nudifying” images per hour on X between January 5 and January 6; 85% of Grok images are sexualized (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-7

Samsung says it expects memory chip supply shortages to raise prices across the electronics industry, including potentially among its own consumer products (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-7 Samsung

Chinese AI startups Zhipu and MiniMax are set to go public in Hong Kong on January 8 and 9, respectively; MiniMax has 210M+ users, and Zhipu has 8,000+ clients (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-7 China Hong Kong Startup AI

Sources: Discord files confidentially for a US IPO, working with Goldman and JPMorgan; Discord was valued at $15B in 2021, and rejected a $12B Microsoft offer (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-7 Microsoft IPO JPMorgan Goldman

A look at Kalshi and Polymarket's lucrative shift toward sports, as high-profile real-world bets raise questions about access, integrity, and US CFTC regulation (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-7 CFTC

Dutch fintech Bunq applies to become a US bank; the OCC conditionally approved national trust bank charters for several crypto firms in 2025, including Circle (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-7 Fintech Netherlands

China unveils rules banning major platforms like Alibaba from forcing merchants into discounts or practices seen as disrupting market order, effective February (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-7 China Alibaba

Motorola unveils the Razr Fold, its first book-style foldable phone, with a 6.6" front display and an 8.1" 2K LTPO inner screen, expected to launch this summer (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-7

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