The rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence infrastructure received a shot of momentum in early 2025 with the announcement that cloud computing provider Nebius has secured a $3 billion AI infrastructure partnership with Meta Platforms Inc. This joint venture, revealed amidst Nebius’ Q3 2024 earnings report, underscores the escalating demand for advanced compute resources needed…

In the world of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), deal velocity and success rates can hinge on understated yet strategic elements—one of the most influential being the founder’s visibility. A new data study published in January 2025 by Crunchbase (Sagie et al., 2025) found that startups whose founders demonstrate higher public visibility achieve significantly faster and…

India’s ambitious stride into the Artificial Intelligence (AI) era took a significant turn with the release of its AI advisory guidelines in March 2024. Unlike some global regulatory crackdowns, India’s approach opts for what’s been dubbed a “softer” regulatory framework, favoring innovation with guardrails over rigidity. The Entrepreneur India article from April 2024 details how…

Google has made a groundbreaking stride in artificial intelligence by unveiling “HOPE”—Hierarchical Out-of-order Planner with Execution—a model architected to revolutionize continual learning and task execution capabilities in AI systems. Announced in April 2025, this innovation is not merely an incremental upgrade but a fresh paradigm shift in how AI systems integrate memory, decision-making, and adaptability…

In early 2025, a troubling incident rocked Minnesota’s legal landscape: two licensed attorneys submitted courtroom filings that cited numerous fictitious court cases, all generated with the use of artificial intelligence. The origin of the erroneous citations? A widely used AI chatbot, presumably powered by large language model (LLM) technology—most likely OpenAI’s ChatGPT—which fabricated entirely nonexistent…

The global venture capital landscape saw a dynamic shake-up this past week, with notable funding flowing into the crypto and urban infrastructure spaces. As the tech world adapts to new fiscal realities amid emerging competitive pressures—especially within generative AI and Web3—investor attention is sprawling in strategic directions. Led by a $285 million Series D funding…