Blackstone: +26% in Q2, driven by AI bets - patient capital comes into play
The private equity giant is saying what the VC scene has been asserting for 18 months - AI is no longer a theme, it's an asset class.
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Washington accuses Moonshot of having used restricted Nvidia chips
The accusation formalizes what regulators suspected - and shifts the debate from frontier access to material traceability.
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Moonshot AI targets an IPO in Hong Kong: Kimi K3 makes a splash in the markets
Moonshot AI, publisher of Kimi K3, is preparing for its IPO in Hong Kong. The frontier bet moves to the liquidity stage.
Jul 20, 2026 at 11:40 10 11
Energy IPOs surge as investors hunt for ways to play the AI boom
Ars Technica documents a wave of IPOs in the energy sector, driven by investors looking to board the AI train without buying Nvidia at its current multiples. The energy proxy becomes the favorite derivative trade - a clear end-of-cycle signal.
Jul 16, 2026 at 21:46 6 8
Csquare IPOs at $1bn: another pure-play data center comes to market for the AI infra wave
After CoreWeave (March 2025), the compute layer continues to productize at the capital-markets layer. What matters isn't the raise.
Jul 16, 2026 at 13:50 14 11
Anthropic files for an October IPO: the lab that made caution its selling point tests public markets
Anthropic is preparing a US listing as early as October, according to Tech in Asia. The number nobody has yet: at what price the "safety-first" narrative sells to public investors when OpenAI still sets the tempo.
Jul 16, 2026 at 08:46 14 8
Emergent raises $130M in Series C: yet another Indo-American AI-native unicorn
The startup raises a $130M round led across the US-India bridge. Funds earmarked for hiring and go-to-market.
Jul 15, 2026 at 19:28 21 8
DeepSeek targets the markets: IPO filing in mainland China potentially as early as 2026
Liang Wenfeng's open-weight lab discusses with advisors; targeted listing in 2027, valuation still unknown.
Jul 15, 2026 at 10:14 23 7
Spotify starts talking: the conversational interface swallows another product
An assistant like ChatGPT to choose your music, launched in three markets. This is not a feature - it's yet another product replacing its interface with a chat box.
Jul 14, 2026 at 22:30 8 9
SK Hynix -12%, KOSPI breaks 7000: HBM complex takes a hit
SK Hynix drops 12% in session, KOSPI falls below 7,000 points, circuit breaker activated - the 7th of the year. The physical constraint of AI is felt in the markets, but the memory capex story does not break for all that.
Jul 13, 2026 at 09:13 12 5
MiniMax raises $220 million HK in 48 hours - return to markets after the lockup crash
After the post-IPO lockup crash, MiniMax bounces back with a lightning $2.2M HK fundraising round. The lab becomes the echo chamber of post-IPO tensions in the Chinese AI market.
Jul 11, 2026 at 17:19 34 6