Miami-based Indigo, which uses AI-powered underwriting tech to provide medical liability insurance to physicians, raised a $50M Series B led by Rubicon Founders — Indigo, which provides liability insurance to physicians, raised $50 million in a Series B funding round, CEO Jared Kaplan tells Axios Pro exclusively.
Q&A with AMD CTO Mark Papermaster, who says AMD is the first customer for TSMC's 2nm process, on AMD's rise since he joined in 2011, AI in chip design, and more — The Future is Faster Than Anyone Expected — If you rewind the clock ten years, AMD 0.00%↑ was not the company it is today.
Global Energy Monitor: over 97 GW of gas-fired power in the US pipeline were explicitly earmarked for data centers in 2025, compared with just 4 GW in 2024 — Gas projects in the US pipeline explicitly linked to data centers increased by almost 25 times over the past two years, according to new research from Global Energy Monitor.
The Netherlands' consumer protection regulator launches an investigation into Roblox under the DSA over potential risks to underage users in the EU — The Netherlands' consumer protection regulator ACM has launched an investigation into U.S. gaming platform Roblox (RBLX.N) …
Sources: China has given DeepSeek approval to buy Nvidia's H200 AI chips but imposes regulatory conditions, which are still being finalized — China has given its top AI startup DeepSeek approval to buy Nvidia's (NVDA.O) H200 artificial intelligence chips with regulatory conditions …
Jones Lang LaSalle projects Malaysia's operational data center capacity to increase from ~1,025 MW at the end of 2025 to ~2,100 MW by the end of 2026 — KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia's data center capacity is set to more than double by the end of the year, new industry research released on Tuesday shows …
Momentum Works: the GMV of the online food delivery market in Southeast Asia's six biggest economies grew 18% YoY to $22.7B in 2025, and Grab accounted for 55% — SINGAPORE — Grab Holding's share of the Southeast Asian food delivery market rose to 55% last year, cementing its position …
Moonshot says Kimi K2.5 builds on K2 with “pretraining over ~15T mixed visual and text tokens” and “can self-direct an agent swarm with up to 100 sub-agents” — Today, we are introducing Kimi K2.5, the most powerful open-source model to date.
Chinese startup Moonshot updates its Kimi model, saying K2.5 can process text, images, and videos simultaneously and beats its open-source peers in some tests — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.-backed Moonshot AI released an upgrade of its flagship model, heating up a domestic arms race ahead …
Chinese autonomous trucking company DeepWay raised ~$173M ahead of its planned Hong Kong IPO, filed in November 2025; DeepWay reported ~$215M in H1 2025 revenue — DeepWay Technology Co., a Chinese company that makes technology for heavy-duty trucking, has raised about 1.2 billion yuan …
Sources: SoftBank halts talks about a ~$50B acquisition of US data center operator Switch, a setback to Masayoshi Son's goal to roll out Stargate infrastructure — SoftBank Group Corp. has halted talks about an acquisition of US data center operator Switch Inc., a setback …
London-based enterprise AI video startup Synthesia raised a $200M Series E led by GV at a $4B valuation, up from $2.1B after raising $180M in January 2025 — W — hile AI video generators like OpenAI's Sora, Google's Veo, and Kling are best known for creating “AI slop” …
Power prices surge in Virginia, home to the world's largest data center hub; record demand is expected during the winter storm, partly due to data center needs — Power prices in the largest U.S. grid rose sharply on Sunday as demand in a region with the world's largest concentration …
Meta's decision to deprioritize VR in favor of AI and internet-connected glasses has chilled the VR industry, leading to concerns about its future — Meta's deprioritizing virtual reality in favor of artificial intelligence and Internet-connected smart glasses has chilled the industry, leading to concerns about its future.
A deep dive into Apple's AI strategy reset, as it prepares to announce a Gemini-powered personalized Siri next month and a reimagined chatbot-like Siri at WWDC — Apple shakes up its AI efforts with a Google partnership, management changes and two new versions of Siri.
Q&A with David Liu, CEO of PlusAI, which is slated to go public next month, on the ongoing commercial trial of its autonomous truck driving software, and more — With his company set to hit the public markets in February, Liu envisions a future where most vehicles, commercial or not, are driving themselves.
Microsoft confirms it does provide BitLocker recovery keys for encrypted data if it receives a valid legal order and the user has stored the keys on its servers — The tech giant said it receives around 20 requests for BitLocker keys a year and will provide them to governments in response to valid court orders.
Sources: the EU's executive arm is drafting new legislation aimed at promoting tech sovereignty and openly discussing the security risks posed by US tech — Trump's Greenland threats inject urgency into region's efforts to reduce its reliance on American technology
Elliptic: ruble-backed stablecoin A7A5 surpassed $100B in transactions in under a year, but demand cooled and daily volume fell from a peak of $1.5B+ to ~$500M — The ruble-backed stablecoin created to circumvent sanctions on Russia has surpassed $100 billion in transactions in less …
Counterpoint: India smartphone shipments were flat YoY at ~153M; Apple shipped 14M iPhones, raising its share of shipments to a record 9%, up from 7% in 2024 — Apple's iPhone is gaining ground fast in India, shipping about 14 million units in 2025, based on market data shared exclusively with TechCrunch.
How Chinese tech companies navigate geopolitical tensions: TikTok and Manus adopted a “China shedding” strategy, while Shein and Meituan seek non-US growth — Chinese firms must contend with geopolitical tensions and mistrust to do business in the United States.
Sources: UBS plans to make cryptocurrency investing available for some private banking clients in Switzerland, starting with bitcoin and ether — UBS Group AG plans to make cryptocurrency investing available for some private banking clients, in what could become a significant move …
Malaysia lifted its temporary ban on Elon Musk's Grok AI chatbot after xAI added safety measures; Grok remains subject to continuous monitoring by authorities — Malaysia lifted its temporary ban on Elon Musk's Grok artificial intelligence chatbot after the company behind it added safety measures …
Israeli startup Claroty, which makes security tech for hospitals, manufacturing, and industrial systems, raised a $150M Series F, sources say at a $3B valuation — Israeli cybersecurity firm cites rising attacks on hospitals and industrial systems. — Israeli cybersecurity unicorn Claroty …
South Korea's Kospi stock index breaks through the record 5,000 level, driven by chip stocks, led by Samsung, up ~3X, and SK Hynix, up ~4x, in the past year — Kospi is up almost 20% in 2026 as reforms to woo investors spur market — South Korea's Kospi benchmark has broken through …
US colleges like Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech are using AI to streamline admissions; Virginia Tech says AI that scores essay questions saved ~8,000 hours — Some schools have even used AI to guard against AI. — Thousands of students will get their college decisions faster this year because of artificial intelligence.
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