How $20B AI Bonds And 19% Growth Collide 🧠📈💸

TL;DR

• Alphabet taps century bonds to fund massive AI infrastructure
• Fresh seed and Series A rounds fuel vertical AI tools
• New AI models and credentials launch across regions and industries
• Markets reprice AI risk, wiping billions yet opening entry points

HEADLINES

Amazon plans marketplace linking media and AI firms 🤝🔗

Brooklyn Tech Expo spotlights AI at TECH4LIFE conference 🏙️🔗

AI Tinkerers Raleigh gathers builders for live AI demos 🛠️🔗

xAI co-founders depart amid mounting talent exodus 🚪🔗

FROM THE BIG PLAYERS

MGX invested up to $20B in Anthropic 🏛️🔗

Altered Capital invested NZ$4.1M in Contented 📝🔗

Blackbird Ventures invested A$9.9M in Adora 🧭🔗

RAISES

Newo raised $25M in Series A led by Ratmir Timashev 📞🔗

Qureos raised $5M in Seed from regional investors 🌍🔗

Evogene raised $3.4M via warrant inducement financing 🧪🔗

NEW LAUNCHES

Alibaba DAMO Academy unveiled RynnBrain embodied-robotics model 🤖🔗

CENIA Chile launched Latam-GPT open-source regional language model 🌎🔗

Osa Commerce launched AI-Powered Retail Compliance module 📦🔗

EC-Council launched Enterprise AI Credential Suite 🎓🔗

TRY THESE TOOLS

Adora auto-maps product journeys with AI insights 🧩🔗

Newo AI Receptionist handles 24/7 omnichannel customer conversations 📱🔗

Contented turns meetings into structured insights and content 🗣️🔗

Qureos offers AI-powered hiring and job-matching suite 💼🔗

METRICS

Google Gemini visits up 19.2% to 2.07B 📊🔗

Wealth managers plunge 7%+ after AI tax tool launch 📉🔗

MEXC AI trading suite hits 2.35M users 📈🔗

Software sector loses $2T market cap on AI fears 💥🔗

BENCHMARKS

ETtech highlights AI startups scaling with lean teams 🧮🔗

Primary Ventures closes $625M seed-focused Fund V 📘🔗

AI Future Summit 2026 codifies playbooks for moving AI to production 📋🔗

Steptoe Roundtable distills 2025 AI regulatory lessons 📑🔗

INFRA & COSTS

Cisco debuts Silicon One G300 for AI clusters 🖥️🔗

NVIDIA updates partners on next-gen data center readiness ⚙️🔗

Vertiv pushes 10MW MegaMod HDX AI modules 🏗️🔗

FERC convenes on AI-driven load growth and affordability ⚡🔗

VALUATIONS

Palantir trades near 229x earnings perfection multiple 🏷️🔗

Microsoft drops 16%, erasing $400B AI premium 🧨🔗

C3.ai rebounds 14% from $10.19 52-week low 📈🔗

Alphabet slips 1.77% on $20B AI bond sale 💹🔗

POLICY

India IT Ministry forces platforms to label all AI content ⚖️🔗

Indian Government tightens AI rules, shortens takedown windows 📜🔗

Grand Traverse County proposes AI Center of Excellence oversight 🏛️🔗

Georgia Bar CLE debates AI innovation without formal regulation ⚖️🔗

SOVEREIGN

Abu Dhabi’s MGX backs Anthropic’s targeted $20B fundraising 🏦🔗

Saudi Arabia pursues global leadership in AI token exports 🕌🔗

US policymakers weigh tariff carve-outs for advanced AI chips 💼🔗

ASEAN governments fund AI-driven smart tourism infrastructure 🌴🔗

SECTORS

Tourism deployed AI-powered destination and demand orchestration 🧳🔗

Automotive Retail deployed generative AI ad journeys for car sales 🚗🔗

Supply Chain deployed Maestro-style AI orchestration platforms 🚚🔗

Education deployed AI ethics and leadership degree programs 🏫🔗

COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

Hannah Hardy-Jones led Contented to a NZ$4.1M AI seed win 🌟🔗