Here are the 17 US-based AI companies that have raised $100m or more in 2026
Three U.S.-based AI companies raised rounds larger than $1 billion so far in 2026 with 14 others raising rounds of $100 million or more.
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India bids to attract over $200B in AI infrastructure investment by 2028
India is ramping up shared AI compute, adding 20,000 GPUs as part of a broader push to attract global AI investment.
Just 8 months in, India’s vibe-coding startup Emergent claims ARR of over $100M
Indian vibe-coding platform Emergent was launched just eight months ago, and it now says it’s generating annual recurring revenue of more than $100 million, thanks to surging demand by small businesses and non-technical users.
Adani pledges $100B to build AI data centers as India seeks bigger role in the global AI race
Adani’s plan targets up to 5 gigawatts of capacity, with data centers planned alongside partnerships with Google, Microsoft, and Flipkart.
Laurie Spiegel on the difference between algorithmic music and ‘AI’
In 1986, electronic music pioneer Laurie Spiegel created Music Mouse, a way for those with a Mac, Atari, or Amiga computer to dabble in algorithmic music creation. Music Mouse is deceptively simple: Notes are arranged on an XY grid, and you play it by moving a mouse around. Back in 1986, the computer mouse was […]
As AI jitters rattle IT stocks, Infosys partners with Anthropic to build ‘enterprise-grade’ AI agents
Under the partnership, Infosys plans to integrate Anthropic’s Claude models into its Topaz AI platform to build so-called “agentic” systems.
Samsung is slopping AI ads all over its social channels
After cramming AI into every inch of its smartphones, appliances, and other devices, Samsung is now increasingly slapping it across social media. Several videos posted to the company’s YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok accounts in recent weeks were made or edited using generative AI tools, including its latest teaser for the upcoming Galaxy S26 series. The […]
Cohere launches a family of open multilingual models
Cohere’s Tiny Aya models support over 70 langauges
How Ricursive Intelligence raised $335M at a $4B valuation in 4 months
The reason why this nascent startup had VCs lining up is the founders.They are so famed in the AI world, everyone tried to hire them.