Sneak Peek into the Pre-Summit Event, ‘Paving the Path to India-AI Impact Summit 2026’ in the Gateway of South India Check out highlights from the pre-Summit event by STPI Chennai, in association with IITM Pravartak Technologies Foundation and Tamil Nadu Technology Hub
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Klarna’s US IPO Launch Marks Europe’s Tech Growth
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And finally, just before I left CNBC, I covered Klarna's long-awaited IPO: https://
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UK Fintech Week 2026: Shifting Market Sentiment in Financial Technology
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As April came around, I was tasked with covering UK Fintech Week. I'd been to many fintech events in the UK over the years – but this was the first time I got a sense that the mood music was changing..
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Zepz Fintech Cuts 200 Jobs Amid Global Workforce Restructuring
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In February, I got the scoop that British fintech Zepz had laid off 200 people – a redundancy measure impacting around 20% of its global workforce at the time:
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DeepSeek’s Low-Cost AI Model Commoditizes Language Models
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In January, DeepSeek rocked the world with an advanced AI model that cost a fraction of what Western firms have spent on their models to make. I wrote about how low-cost models like DeepSeek's could result in large language models becoming a commodity:
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Valuation Maxxing: Oldest Trick in Bad Practice Book
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i've seen this too and it's the oldest trick in the valuation maxxer bad practice book
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Global Race for AI Application Layer Continues
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The global race for the AI app layer is still on
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OpenAI’s December Code Red Not First Crisis, Says CRO
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new from me: openai's december "code red" is not its first, according to @markchen90, openai's chief research officer. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
→ View original post on X — @rachelmetz, 2025-12-18 20:55 UTC
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Figure CEO Brett Adcock launches Hark AI lab with $100M funding
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Exclusive from @theinformation by @steph_palazzolo nitter.net/steph_palazzolo/status… Stephanie Palazzolo (@steph_palazzolo) New: Brett Adcock, the CEO of robotics startup Figure AI, is starting a new AI lab called Hark, which will be funded by $100M of his personal capital. The startup aims to build "human-centric AI" and Adcock will also remain in his position at Figure. theinformation.com/briefings… — https://nitter.net/steph_palazzolo/status/2001730632339034517#m
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Brett Adcock Funds New AI Lab Called Hark with $100M
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New AI lab just dropped. Brett Adcock (founder of Figure, the humanoid robotics company valued at $39B) is reportedly self-funding $100M into the new lab called "Hark." The lab is building "human-centric AI" that can "think proactively, recursively improve and care deeply about people" 👀
→ View original post on X — @rowancheung, 2025-12-18 19:25 UTC