Anthropic Raises $65 Billion, Overtakes OpenAI as the World’s Most Valuable AI Startup
Anthropic closed a Series H round at a $965 billion post-money valuation, leapfrogging OpenAI, as its run-rate revenue reportedly crossed…
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Southeast Asia’s AI Rules Are Hardening, But the Philippines Is Still Writing Its Playbook
Vietnam became the first Southeast Asian country to pass a binding AI law in 2026, and Singapore rolled out the…
A $10-Billion AI Hub Is Taking Shape Near Clark, Backed By Washington
A US-backed plan to build an artificial intelligence supply-chain hub near the old Clark Air Base could draw an initial…
Google Scraps Gemini 3.5 Pro’s Architecture Mid-Launch as DeepMind Loses Top Researchers
Google pushed Gemini 3.5 Pro's launch to July 17 for a full architectural rebuild, days after several senior DeepMind researchers…
OpenAI Ships GPT-5.6, Then Slow-Walks Its Own Launch
OpenAI unveiled a three-tier GPT-5.6 model family led by flagship Sol, but delayed the broader public rollout after the US…
Anthropic Brings Claude Fable 5 Back Online Worldwide After Export-Control Standoff
Anthropic restored global access to Claude Fable 5 on July 1 after a brief US export-control restriction, pairing the relaunch…
The Week in Tech: SK Hynix’s Record IPO, Apple’s EU Defeat, and a Chip Trade That Can’t Decide How It Feels
A weekly briefing on the tech and startup stories that mattered most between July 4 and July 10, 2026: SK…
The Philippines Just Reopened the Door to New Online Lending Apps. This Time With Real Teeth.
The SEC will lift its nearly five-year moratorium on new online lending platforms starting August 1, but the replacement rules…
Coinbase’s Top Lawyer Just Won Its Biggest Fight and Immediately Quit
Coinbase's chief legal officer Paul Grewal is stepping down after six years spent fighting the SEC to a standstill, exiting…
Bitcoin ETFs Just Snapped a $2.73 Billion Outflow Streak. Nobody’s Calling It a Recovery Yet.
US spot Bitcoin ETFs shed a record $4.5 billion in June before staging a fragile early-July rebound, a swing that…
SK Hynix Just Pulled Off the Biggest Foreign IPO in US History. Memory Chips Are Now the Center of the AI Trade.
SK Hynix raised $26.5 billion in a Nasdaq debut on July 10, the largest foreign listing in US history, as…
Same Region, Four Different Funding Realities: What Vietnam, Indonesia, and Singapore Do Differently From the Philippines
The Philippines' funding gap isn't just about where capital lands domestically, it's about four structural levers, deal density, regulatory friction,…