Why Did GenAI Traffic Surge 890% In One Year? 📈🤖🌏

TL;DR

• Megacaps double down on India-focused AI buildouts
• Fresh AI rounds stack from pre-seed to Series B
• Governments move on AI laws and defense adoption
• Security data shows genAI traffic exploding, risks rising

HEADLINES

Vietnam National Assembly passes first national AI Law ⚖️🔗

U.S. Defense Department launches GenAI.mil with Google Gemini 🪖🔗

Quilter AI designs 843‑part Linux PC in 38 hours 🖥️🔗

Palo Alto Networks reports 890% genAI traffic surge in 2024 📊🔗

Google launches Google AI Plus subscription in India 📱🔗

FROM THE BIG PLAYERS

Khosla Ventures & SoftBank in talks on $60M Emergent round 🤝🔗

BYT Capital launches Rs 180 Cr deep-tech AI fund 💼🔗

Amazon commits $35B to India for AI, exports 🛒🔗

Microsoft unveils $23B AI and cloud buildout, $17.5B to India ☁️🔗

RAISES

Elecbits raised $5.5M in a Series A led by Nexus Venture Partners 📐🔗

SuperBryn raised $1.2M in a pre-seed round led by Kalaari Capital CXXO 🎙️🔗

Pine raised $25M in a Series A from Fortwest Capital 🧾🔗

Solve Intelligence raised $40M in a Series B co-led by Visionaries and 20VC 📜🔗

Oboe raised $16M in a Series A from Andreessen Horowitz 🎧🔗

RAISING

Emergent is looking to raise $60M in a growth round for AI infrastructure in India 🌐🔗

METRICS

Palo Alto Networks finds genAI traffic up 890% year-on-year 📈🔗

DeepSeek-related models see 1,800% traffic spike in two months 🚀🔗

GenAI incidents now make up 14% of all DLP alerts 🛡️🔗

POLICY

Vietnam National Assembly adopts eight-chapter national AI Law framework 📘🔗

Vietnam’s AI Law passes with 90.7% legislative support 🏛️🔗

Australian Government scraps planned national AI Advisory Board 🇦🇺🔗

US lawmakers Larsen & Elfreth secure AI Training for National Security Act in NDAA 📝🔗

State-level AI rules face pushback from draft federal executive order ⚖️🔗

SOVEREIGN

U.S. Defense Department rolls out GenAI.mil to 3M personnel 🪖🔗

War Department chooses Google Gemini for Government as core model 🛰️🔗

U.S. Air Force explores AI-powered “digital sandbox” for 10,000x faster wargames ✈️🔗

Pentagon picks Gemini platform for global workforce AI access 🇺🇸🔗

SECTORS

Defense deployed GenAI combat-planning tools 🛡️🔗

Education & Training deployed AI-generated course creation platforms 📚🔗

Textiles & Recycling deployed AI textile waste operating systems ♻️🔗

Legal & IP deployed AI patent drafting and claim analysis ⚙️🔗

Consumer Services deployed autonomous agents for digital chores 🧠🔗

COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

Carina Hong attracted top Meta AI researchers to Axiom Math 🧮🔗