The four-year partnership will fund vaccine research for neglected diseases, AI tutoring in sub-Saharan Africa, and public benchmarks. It dwarfs OpenAI's $50M Gates Foundation deal.

Xi bilateral, US Trade Rep Jamieson Greer told Bloomberg, even as Washington cleared Nvidia H200 sales to China.

London-based Eighteen48 Partners has closed EUR175M for its debut PE fund targeting EUR350M. The firm backs mid-market buyouts sourced through independent sponsors across Europe.

Bill Ackman said on Friday that Pershing Square has taken a new stake in Microsoft after the stock's 16% year-to-date decline. The 13F filing disclosing the size is expected later in the day.

Donald Trump said on Air Force One on Friday that he and Xi Jinping discussed AI guardrails and Nvidia H200 chips in Beijing. No framework was signed; H200s to the ten cleared Chinese buyers have not ...

Alibaba integrated Qwen AI with Taobao's 4 billion products. Alipay processed 120 million AI-agent transactions in one week. China is rewriting how e-commerce works.

Gemini Space Station shares surged in premarket trading after Winklevoss Capital paid $100m in bitcoin, at 2.5x the market price, for 7.1m new Class A shares, alongside a Q1 beat.

British precision-liquid-cooling company Iceotope has raised $26m in a Series B led by Two Seas Capital and Barclays Climate Ventures.

X has agreed with Ofcom to review illegal hate and terror posts within 24 hours on average and report quarterly. A separate UK investigation into X, including Grok, remains open.

Closing arguments in Musk v. Altman wrapped on Thursday in Oakland, with jury deliberations beginning Monday. Up to $134bn in disgorgement and OpenAI's structure are at stake.

Multiverse raised $70m at a $2.1bn valuation in a Schroders Capital-led round, citing 50% YoY revenue growth, its January StackFuel acquisition and an ambition to become Europe's AI adoption platform.

RoseBernard Studio co-founder Robert Polacek explains how AI boosts creative output without replacing designers, and why smaller studios have the agility edge.