Sources: Tencent is developing a top-secret AI agent for WeChat, and has tested using models from Zhipu, Alibaba, and DeepSeek, to compete with Qwen and Doubao
Tencent Holdings is secretly building a new AI agent for its hugely popular WeChat messaging app, in hopes of leapfrogging rivals …
Sources: Kalshi and Polymarket are each eyeing valuations of ~$20B in fundraising talks; Kalshi was valued at $11B in December and Polymarket at $9B in October
Prediction market rivals are speaking to investors about roughly doubling their previous valuations
Meta agrees to let rival “general purpose AI chatbots” access WhatsApp for a fee in Europe for a 12-month period to avoid potential interim measures from the EU
Artificial intelligence rivals will be allowed on WhatsApp for a year, Meta Platforms (META.O) said …
TikTok says it won't add E2EE to DMs because it would prevent police and its safety teams from reading messages when needed and it wants to protect young users
TikTok will not introduce end-to-end encryption (E2EE) - the controversial privacy feature used by nearly all its rivals - arguing it makes users less safe.
Alibaba releases its open-weight Qwen3.5 Small Model Series in 0.8B, 2B, 4B, and 9B sizes, claiming the 9B model rivals OpenAI's gpt-oss-120b on some benchmarks
Earlier today, e-commerce giant Alibaba's Qwen Team of AI researchers, focused primarily on developing and releasing to the world …
Alibaba releases the open-weight Qwen3.5 Small Model Series in 0.8B, 2B, 4B, and 9B sizes, claiming the 9B model rivals OpenAI's gpt-oss-120b on some benchmarks
Shanghai-based MiniMax reports 2025 revenue up 159% YoY to $79M, above $71.4M est., and a $1.87B net loss, up from a $465.2M net loss in 2024, after its IPO
MiniMax Group Inc. reported a better-than-expected 159% surge in revenue in 2025, reflecting the torrid growth that's drawn investors to China's leading OpenAI rivals.
Multiple AWS developers say they are asked to take on new roles with AI tools' assistance, and engineers are now required to complete technical writing tasks
Drive for ‘leaner’ operations piles pressure on employees but could be a playbook for rivals — Amazon's HR chief last month sought …
Sources: Nvidia plans to unveil a new AI inference chip at its GTC conference in March; the system will have a Groq-designed chip and OpenAI is a customer
Under pressure from rivals, the chip giant is set to offer a new product focused on rapid processing of AI queries for ‘inference’ demand
Analysis: super PACs for and against AI regulation have raised $265M ahead of the midterms, with pro-AI groups significantly outraising pro-regulation groups
Silicon Valley rivals in spending blitz for control of Congress and state capitols — Alex Bores was on the way to his wedding …