On e27, a founder writes that they stopped trying to scale globally by default. Their new framework - "3Cs+1" - treats geopolitical fragmentation as a first-class product constraint.
Jul 27, 2026 at 10:17 6 6
Three days of meetings in Seoul and San Francisco result in a Korea-US package valued by ETNews at ~$950B. The `korea-ai-supercycle` thread moves from signal to lock.
Jul 26, 2026 at 18:40 14 11
Washington threatens sanctions against Chinese models for intellectual property theft. The question of controlling access to frontier technologies shifts from technical to diplomatic.
Jul 22, 2026 at 12:41 13 9
The Thai BOI rakes in a record first half - the country becomes a credible landing spot for AI/datacenter projects on the sidelines of the US-China duel.
Jul 24, 2026 at 09:33 13 9
The debate was shifting from industrial robotics to the geopolitical stage; the House vote officially places it there, with a cascading effect on Unitree, AgiBot, and XPeng.
Jul 24, 2026 at 09:33 11 8
A bipartisan bill (D-CA + R-TX) would let DHS, DNI and Commerce order frontier models shut down or throttled. Thresholds: ≥$500M in AI revenue or ≥$100M in training compute. Fines up to $20M per day.
Jul 23, 2026 at 18:39 8 8
The regime targets apps that simulate a specific personality and maintain a consistent emotional relationship - new pillar of the social framework for consumer LLM in China.
Jul 20, 2026 at 16:42 9 9
ETNews reveals Seoul's 2027 procurement: all-in on Nvidia's next generation, no domestic silicon in the mix.
Jul 19, 2026 at 16:32 9 8
A school in Colorado, the John Adams Academy, will install a non-lethal drone response system in August 2026. The question is no longer "does it work" - it's who authorizes the engagement and under what chain of command.
Jul 19, 2026 at 00:39 11 12
Index Ventures co-founder Neil Rimer tells TechCrunch the historic wealth AI is generating in Silicon Valley will have to be redistributed - voluntarily or involuntarily. A rare frank note from inside the venture class.
Jul 18, 2026 at 11:12 29 13
30 leaders - Chinese and international - publish at the opening of WAIC 2026 a letter of expectations on AI policy. A rare public exercise in a country where the industrial message mainly passes through state channels.
Jul 17, 2026 at 14:21 33 8
A second $100 bn tranche on top of Arizona. TSMC is now restructuring its US roadmap around AI accelerators - and Washington politics.
Jul 16, 2026 at 13:49 8 8
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