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Mini Max is bringing its AI listing story back to Shanghai
1+ hour, 8+ min ago (348+ words) Mini Max has started early preparations for a possible STAR Market listing in Shanghai after a sharp rally in its Hong Kong shares. The move would give the Chinese AI company deeper access to mainland capital while raising new questions…...
Step Fun proves efficient AI models are becoming serious competitors
1+ hour, 55+ min ago (569+ words) Step Fun's Step 3. 7 Flash is drawing attention because it pairs open weights with strong claimed benchmark performance and lower active compute. The release shows how Chinese AI labs are competing on inference efficiency, local deployment and practical agent workflows. Step…...
Rivian says AI will make Car Play less important in its EVs
12+ hour, 32+ min ago (539+ words) Rivian is doubling down on its refusal to support Apple Car Play and Android Auto, arguing that AI agents can create a better in-car experience. The bet could strengthen Rivian's software strategy, but only if drivers trust voice control more…...
Open AI's Codex limit reset shows coding agents are entering costly scale
6+ hour, 1+ min ago (777+ words) Open AI's Codex usage reset points to rapid adoption of agentic coding tools and the infrastructure pressure behind them. The move gives developers more room to work, but it also shows why usage limits are becoming central to AI business…...
Alibaba's voice AI cracks global top 5
10+ hour ago (518+ words) A Chinese-built voice model just proved it can handle regional dialects better than anything from the US. A Chinese-built voice model just pushed into the global top five for speech AI. The point is not only the ranking, it is…...
Asian AI startups are becoming the next stop for Silicon Valley windfalls
7+ hour, 57+ min ago (603+ words) Capital gains from Space X, Open AI and Anthropic are beginning to reshape investor interest in Asian AI. The strongest opportunities may sit in infrastructure, components, power and applied software rather than another wave of pure model companies. Money made…...
Microsoft's AI cost warning makes automation math harder
10+ hour, 15+ min ago (336+ words) Microsoft's reported pullback from direct Claude Code access shows how quickly enterprise AI costs can outrun early expectations. The next phase of adoption will depend less on hype and more on disciplined use cases that prove measurable returns. AI is…...
AI still has not solved software pricing, and Snowflake knows it
12+ hour, 9+ min ago (530+ words) Snowflake's latest quarter shows why AI is forcing enterprise software companies to rethink seat-based pricing. Its consumption model looks better suited to variable AI workloads, though investors still need proof that usage growth can stay predictable. Snowflake's latest quarter puts…...
Robotaxis are learning that city streets are political terrain
10+ hour, 37+ min ago (612+ words) Startup Fortune Robotaxis are moving from novelty to infrastructure, and that is where the fight begins The harder part may not be the driving software, but winning permission to operate at scale The robotaxi industry wanted 2026 to look like the…...
The SEC's latest crypto fraud case shows AI hype still sells
11+ hour ago (356+ words) The SEC has charged Texas resident Nathan Fuller over an alleged $12. 3 million crypto scheme built around fake AI trading bots and guaranteed returns. The case shows that even as U. S. crypto policy turns more permissive, enforcement against retail fraud is not…...