The VectorFunding1d ago
Groq's Down Round and Stripe's OpenRouter Deal Reprice the AI Stack
Groq raised $350 million at a $3.5 billion valuation, down from $6.9 billion in September 2025. Read alongside Stripe's $7 billion-plus acquisition of OpenRouter, the week's deals sketch a market that is repric…
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IndustryDEVELOPING1d ago
AirTag Tracks Rare Book to Amazon AI Training Facility in Las Vegas
An AirTag hidden inside a rare book has been tracked to an Amazon AI training facility in Las Vegas, providing the first concrete evidence linking a major tech company to the bulk purchasing and destruction of rare books for AI model traini…
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Industry1d ago
Baidu Revenue Falls for Fifth Straight Quarter as Ad Weakness Outpaces AI Cloud Growth
Baidu posted a 4% year-on-year decline in second-quarter revenue, extending its streak to five consecutive quarterly declines as continued weakness in its advertising business outweighed growth in artificial intelligence cloud operations [S…
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