How Did $500B AI Deals Reshape Capital Flows? 🧠💸🌍

TL;DR

• DeepSeek paused its next mega funding round
• Chinese models undercut US AI pricing power
• Retail investors now heavily rely on AI tools
• Sovereign capital pivots harder into AI infra

HEADLINES

DeepSeek paused second funding round after backlash ⏸️🔗

Associated Press reports cheap Chinese AI models gaining ground 🐉🔗

Advisor Magazine finds 62% US retail investors use AI 📊🔗

YourStory says VC inflows into Indian startups slump 📉🔗

Yonhap News highlights Korea–US push for AI startups 🌐🔗

NEW LAUNCHES

OpenAI launched Presence to manage enterprise AI agents 🤖🔗

HamGPT unveiled personal AI copilot for amateur radio 📡🔗

ShopBrain listed as AI shopping assistant app 🛍️🔗

CoreAgents launched AI store copilot for Shopify 🧾🔗

TRY THESE TOOLS

Braintrust AI observability for production LLM apps 🧪🔗

Cursive: AI Email Cofounder automates ecommerce email campaigns with AI 📧🔗

Convolyn offers 24/7 AI store assistant 💬🔗

METRICS

Investing.com survey shows 62% US retail investors use AI 📈🔗

WSTS forecasts chips to $1.51T in 2026 💾🔗

CoinLore pegs generative AI crypto at $4.6B cap 🪙🔗

CoinLore counts AI agent launchpad tokens at $847M 🤝🔗

BENCHMARKS

ShopScan tracks 472 new Shopify apps this week 🛒🔗

IPS study finds 44% of AI systems show gender bias 📘🔗

Unstereotype Alliance released bias playbook for generative AI marketers 📚🔗

Stanford HAI brief frames DeepSeek as template for lean AI 📑🔗

INFRA & COSTS

Jason Cai notes Amkor–NVIDIA $1.5B packaging partnership 🏗️🔗

Techmeme roundup highlights $500B+ NVIDIA–SK AI infrastructure plan ⚙️🔗

Bangladesh plan targets $1B for semiconductor ecosystem 🔌🔗

Brookfield analysis flags proposed AI infrastructure funding push in Korea 🏭🔗

VALUATIONS

World Startup News details Braintrust $80M Series B observability raise 🏷️🔗

Financial Express notes Etched $300M Series C at $10.3B 💾🔗

VCBacked shows Lace AI at $40M Series A 📌🔗

VCBacked lists Pi Security $25M Series A 🛡️🔗

POLICY

Financial Express reports court backing AI system “copy-right” claims ⚖️🔗

White House releases Science: A New Golden Age blueprint 🏛️🔗

Nature covers US pivot to AI-focused research funding 🧬🔗

Ars Technica critiques venture-style AI funding model in OSTP report 📜🔗

SOVEREIGN

Aju Press details Korea pension MOU with six US VCs 🇰🇷🔗

Yonhap reports Korea–US “startup alliance” focused on AI 🤝🔗

Bangladesh government pushes national $1B semiconductor ambition 🌏🔗

White House OSTP urges full funding for Genesis Mission AI program 🚀🔗

SECTORS

AP News says US startups adopt Chinese Kimi K3 💼🔗

Life & Health / Advisor shows finance retail segment embracing AI tools 💹🔗

YourStory highlights Indian startup ecosystem stress amid AI pivot 🇮🇳🔗

Retail adopted AI agents for ecommerce personalization 🛍️🔗

COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

Saptadeep Pal driving Etched’s custom AI chips toward scale 💡🔗