Miles Wang, an OpenAI researcher, is in talks to raise $200M at a $2bn valuation for an AI drug-discovery startup that has no name or product yet.

ChatGPT now displays Kalshi prediction market odds for 2026 World Cup matches, marking OpenAI's first partnership with a regulated betting exchange.

Lu Yaxiang's sodium battery charges in 4 minutes and retains 90% capacity after 2,000 cycles. Gotion hit 261 Wh/kg. China imports 75% of its lithium.

Thinking Machines Inkling is Mira Murati's first model: an open-weight 975B system the lab admits is not the best, built for firms to fine-tune.

The CXMT IPO has priced at $8.5bn in Shanghai, China's biggest chip listing yet, valuing the memory maker at $85bn as a US blacklist looms.

Neko Health, Daniel Ek's body-scanning startup, raised $700M at nearly $7bn and is opening its first US clinic in New York, backed by A-listers.

Bliq.ai won approval to run driverless cars on Finnish public roads, its second EU market after Estonia, starting with a Helsinki winter test.

Amazon Leo will launch in South Africa in 2027, beating Starlink in Elon Musk's birth country over Black-ownership rules he has refused to meet.

Reflection has signed a $1bn AI compute deal with Nebius for Nvidia's newest chips, its second big capacity grab in a month as open-model demand rises.

The UK social media curfew would switch off apps overnight for 16 and 17-year-olds and limit infinite scrolling by default, from spring 2027.

Premium users can now type or speak to Spotify to control playback, explore listening history, and learn about music. Managed accounts for kids also go free.

Oppo is shutting down OnePlus in the US and Europe amid financial challenges, geopolitics, and the memory crisis that killed budget phones. India exit follows in 2027.