AI 芯片初创公司 Tenstorrent 收到 Intel、高通收购意向
AI 芯片初创公司 Tenstorrent 正吸引早期收购兴趣，恰逢初创企业挑战 Nvidia 与 AMD 的窗口期再度打开，行业竞争格局出现新变量。
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Anthropic 限制优先股交易引发市场震动——投资者担忧「上车」窗口关闭
Anthropic 宣布扩大对热门优先股购买方式的限制后，全球投资者社群炸锅。在 WhatsApp 家族办公室群、家办 Reddit 讨论区以及中文社交媒体上，普遍弥漫着「我们被排除在外了」的焦虑情绪。
OpenAI世纪官司落幕，钢铁侠创业机器仍在高速运转
马斯克与奥特曼的世纪诉讼本周尘埃落定，但庭审揭示的深层问题始终围绕一个核心：我们能否信任AI掌控者？与此同时，SpaceX正推进可能是美国史上最大IPO之一，整整一代创始人已从马斯克系裂变而出开始新一轮创业。
Cerebras融资55亿美元，上市首日股价暴涨108%，点燃2026科技IPO市场
Cerebras以55亿美元融资额和108%的上市首日涨幅，宣告了2026年科技IPO市场的正式开启。这家芯片公司一年前几乎不被看好，如今已成为AI算力战争中最有力的搅局者。
法律SaaS巨头Clio营收突破5亿美元，就在Anthropic加码法律AI之际
法律科技公司Clio宣布年度经常性收入突破5亿美元大关，用户基数与生态规模持续扩大。值得注意的是，就在Clio这一里程碑达成的同时，Anthropic也宣布推出全套法律AI工具，市场竞争格局正在快速改写。
倒计时两周：Startup Battlefield 200报名5月27日截止
TechCrunch主办的Startup Battlefield 200报名进入最后两周，申请截止日期为5月27日，入选者将获得VC对接、全球曝光、媒体覆盖及10万美元无偿资金支持。
数据公司Wirestock融资2300万美元，为AI实验室供多模态创意数据
素材版权公司Wirestock宣布完成2300万美元A轮融资，将用于扩充其覆盖图片、视频、3D资产的多模态数据资产库，以满足AI实验室日益增长的高质量训练数据需求。
Anthropic正洽谈融资，估值有望突破9000亿美元
据彭博社报道，Anthropic正在洽谈新一轮融资，估值可能超过9000亿美元。同时Anduril也以610亿美元估值完成最新一轮融资，AI赛道持续火热。
Anthropic正洽谈融资300亿美元，估值跃升至9000亿美元
据知情人士透露，Claude背后的公司Anthropic正与投资者初步接触，计划融资至少300亿美元，若完成将成为其史上最大规模融资，届时估值将超过9000亿美元，逼近万亿美元大关。
Origin Lab融资800万美元，帮视频游戏公司向AI大模型厂商出售数据
初创公司Origin Lab获800万美元融资，建立视频游戏数据与AI训练数据买家之间的交易市场，帮助游戏公司将自己拥有的数据资产变现。
AI语音公司Vapi估值达5亿美元，从40家竞争对手中赢得亚马逊Ring合同
Vapi企业业务自2025年初增长十倍，多家企业将客户支持与销售电话全面转向AI代理，公司估值突破5亿美元大关。
Anthropic严正警告：二板平台擅自转让股份的行为一律无效
Anthropic发布官方声明，明确警告投资者通过二手平台购买或转让其股份的行为不具法律效力，公司将不承认任何未经授权的股份转让记录。这表明AI头部公司的股权管理正在收紧。
英伟达今年已承诺投入 400 亿美元用于 AI 股权投资
英伟达持续加大对 AI 生态系统的投资力度。
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「人民航空公司」与企业的AI淘金热
企业AI市场争夺战本周全面升温。Anthropic和OpenAI宣布成立瞄准企业AI部署的新合资公司，SAP则豪掷10亿美元收购德国AI创业公司Prior Labs。各路玩家纷纷入局，这场企业AI的圈地运动正在加速。
中国 Moonshot AI 完成 20 亿美元融资，估值达 200 亿美元
中国 AI 实验室 Moonshot AI 在最新一轮融资中筹集约 20 亿美元，公司估值达到 200 亿美元。本轮由美团旗下创投 Long-Z Investment 领投，参投方包括清华资本、中国移动和中移元丰等。该公司今年 ARR 已超 2 亿美元，其 Kimi K2.5 开源模型备受关注。
Startup Battlefield 200申请5月27日截止：一次VC入场券
Startup Battlefield 200申请持续开放，但仅剩三周。5月27日前提交申请，即有机会获得VC入场券、全球曝光、TechCrunch报道、10万美元无偿股权，以及更多规模化发展的重要机会。
Voi创始人新AI创业公司Pit崛起，a16z领投1600万美元种子轮
欧洲电动滑板车巨头Voi的联合创始人创立了AI创业公司Pit，并获得a16z领投的1600万美元种子轮融资，成为当前最炙手可热的创业新星之一。
AI boom pushes Samsung to $1T
Samsung crossed the $1 trillion valuation mark after shares surged on AI-driven chip demand, making it only the second Asian company after TSMC to hit the milestone.
Anthropic Inks Computing Deal With SpaceX to Meet AI Demand
Anthropic PBC has signed an agreement with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to bolster computing resources and meet surging demand for its Claude artificial intelligence software.
Barry Diller trusts Sam Altman. But ‘trust is irrelevant’ as AGI nears, he says.
Barry Diller defended OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, while warning that AGI remains an unpredictable force needing guardrails.
DeepSeek could hit $45B valuation from its first investment round
The Chinese AI lab came to prominence in early 2025 after launching a large language model that trained on a fraction of the compute power and at a fraction of the cost of the big U.S. models like those from OpenAI and Anthropic.
Ethos raises $22.75M from a16z for its expert network with voice onboarding
Ethos says it is onboarding 35,000 experts per week.
How Elon Musk left OpenAI, according to Greg Brockman
Cutthroat negotiations between startup founders are rarely shared so publicly, especially when a company becomes as world-changing as OpenAI.
SpaceX may spend up to $119B on ‘Terafab’ chip factory in Texas
The project would be a "multi-phase, next-generation, vertically integrated semiconductor manufacturing and advanced computing fabrication facility," according to the proposal.
As workers worry about AI, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says AI is ‘creating an enormous number of jobs’
The Nvidia CEO seems to feel that claims of AI's job-killing potential have been greatly exaggerated.
Brockman Says Musk’s Lack of AI Knowledge Was Concern at OpenAI
OpenAI President Greg Brockman testified that Elon Musk called a ChatGPT predecessor “stupid,” and told the researchers developing the model that “kids on the internet could do a better job of it,” raising concerns among his co-founders that the billionaire lacked the patience to run the company.
CopilotKit raises $27M to help devs deploy app-native AI agents
The Seattle-based startup's Series A round was led by Glilot Capital, NFX, and SignalFire, TechCrunch has exclusively learned.
ElevenLabs 获 5 亿美元 ARR，黑石、杰米·福克斯、伊娃·朗格利亚参投
语音 AI 独角兽 ElevenLabs 宣布 Series D 融资新投资者名单，包括黑石、Jamie Foxx、Eva Longoria 等，ARR 已突破 5 亿美元，估值达 110 亿美元，企业客户包括德意志电信、Revolut 和 Klarna。
Etsy launches its app within ChatGPT as it continues its AI push
Etsy's new native app within ChatGPT aims to be a conversational shopping experience for users.
OpenAI releases GPT-5.5 Instant, a new default model for ChatGPT
The company said the model reduces hallucination in sensitive areas such as law, medicine, and finance, while maintaining the low latency of its predecessor.
SAP bets $1.16B on 18-month-old German AI lab and says yes to NemoClaw
SAP plans to buy German AI startup Prior Labs and invest heavily in it. It is also prohibiting customers' agents use to a select few like Nvidia's NemoClaw.
Thoma Bravo Is `Model Agnostic,' Says Boro
Thoma Bravo is model agnostic when it comes to AI models and has relationships with OpenAI and Anthropic as well as Google, says the company’s managing partner Seth Boro. Boro discusses AI cybersecurity and deployment costs with Bloomberg’s Dani Burger at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Lo
Anthropic and OpenAI are both launching joint ventures for enterprise AI services
Both Anthropic and OpenAI have partnered with asset managers to more aggressively market their enterprise AI products.
Elon Musk sent ominous texts to Greg Brockman, Sam Altman after asking for a settlement, OpenAI claims
Musk texted OpenAI's president and co-founder saying that he and CEO Sam Altman "will be the most hated men in America" if OpenAI doesn't settle the suit.
Elon Musk’s only AI expert witness at the OpenAI trial fears an AGI arms race
Stuart Russell is a long-time AI researcher who thinks governments need to restrain frontier labs.
GameStop’s $56 Billion Bid for eBay | Bloomberg Tech 5/4/2026
Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde discusses GameStop's $56 billion offer to buy eBay, a company four-times its size. Plus, AI chipmaker Cerebras is looking to raise as much as $3.5 billion in its upcoming IPO. And, OpenAI raises more than $4 billion for a new joint venture that aims to help businesses adopt
Image AI models now drive app growth, beating chatbot upgrades
Appfigures finds visual model launches generate 6.5x more downloads — but most don’t convert that spike into revenue.
Musk’s Lawyer Pushes OpenAI’s Brockman to Give Back $29 Billion
OpenAI co-founder and President Greg Brockman testified that his stake in the startup is now worth almost $30 billion, prompting an attorney for Elon Musk to ask why he had not donated the bulk of his earnings to the ChatGPT maker’s nonprofit foundation.
OpenAI Finalizes $10 Billion Joint Venture With PE Firms to Deploy AI
OpenAI and Anthropic PBC are both forming joint ventures with some of world’s most recognizable financial institutions in a race to drive more adoption of their artificial intelligence tools.
OpenAI’s cozy partner Cerebras is on track for a blockbuster IPO
AI chip maker Cerebras is heading for a blockbuster IPO that could value it at $26.6 billion or more. It's relationship with OpenAI is deep and rich.
Sierra raises $950M as the race to own enterprise AI gets serious
The raise gives Sierra more than $1 billion to work with — capital the company says it will use to become the "global standard" for AI-powered customer experiences.
软银创立 Roze AI：机器人建数据中心，目标千亿美元 IPO
软银正在创建一家名为 Roze AI 的新公司，目标是用 autonomous 机器人实现美国数据中心建设的自动化，让机器人来建造服务器农场。《金融时报》和《华尔街日报》报道，软银已在为 Roze 的 IPO 做准备，部分高管希望在 2026 年下半年完成上市，期望估值达千亿美元。软银此前曾重金押注 Zume Pizza 等失败案例，公司内部对其估值和时间表存在疑虑。
据传 Anthropic 正洽谈新一轮 500 亿美元融资，估值飙升
多方消息显示，Anthropic 正在洽谈新一轮大规模融资，金额可能达到 500 亿美元，使该公司估值再创新高，显示投资人对 AI 安全赛道持续高度看好。
AI 共诊时代：如何在医疗领域构建可信赖的 AI 系统
医疗 AI 创业公司 BioticsAI 创始人在访谈中分享了 FDA 审批真实路径、融资策略以及在强监管医疗环境中构建 AI 产品的核心挑战与经验。
据传 Anthropic 新一轮融资估值或超 900 亿美元
知情人士透露，Anthropic 的最新一轮融资谈判估值可能超过 900 亿美元，若达成将使该公司成为全球估值最高的 AI 初创企业之一，投资人反应积极。
Firestorm Labs 融资 8200 万美元：把无人机工厂装进集装箱，送上战场
国防科技公司 Firestorm Labs 完成 8200 万美元 B 轮融资，用于将其 xCell 集装箱化无人机制造平台部署至冲突地区。该平台可在 24 小时内 3D 打印完整无人机系统，并可根据任务需求配置为侦察或电子战用途，CEO 丹·马吉确认平台具备杀伤能力。公司最初是无人机制造商，因客户要求将生产前移至前线而转型。投资方包括华盛顿港合伙基金、NEA、Ondas、美国情报投资机构 In-Q-Tel、洛克希德·马丁、博兹艾伦Ventures 等，累计融资达 1.53 亿美元。
ChatGPT 卸载率飙升 413%，增长神话褪色：OpenAI 上市计划蒙上阴影
ChatGPT 正在经历增长失速。市场研究机构 Sensor Tower 数据显示，ChatGPT 四月份卸载率同比激增 132%，前一个月更是暴涨 413%，背景是 OpenAI 二月与五角大楼签署合作协议。每月活跃用户增速从一月的 168% 降至四月的 78%。与此同时，Claude 下载量同期增长 11 倍，将 ChatGPT 的 14% 同比增速远远甩在身后。首席财务官莎拉·弗里亚尔已被曝对 IPO 计划表达担忧，公司近期在新用户和收入目标上均未达标。
OpenAI 回应增长焦虑："所有气缸都在运转"，反驳 IPO 担忧
OpenAI 周二反击外界对其销售增长的质疑，声明消费者和企业业务均"所有气缸全力运转"，业务和广告需求持续增长，内部情绪"极其积极"。《华尔街日报》此前报道 OpenAI 多个内部目标未达标，首席财务官莎拉·弗里亚尔和公司高层担心，若收入增速不足，可能无法支付未来算力合同费用。OpenAI 将该报道定性为"顶级点击诱饵"。
DeepMind 元老 David Silver 11 亿美元创办新公司，押注「无需人类数据」AI
AlphaGo 与 AlphaZero 的核心架构师 David Silver 离开 DeepMind 创办 Ineffable Intelligence，仅几个月就以 51 亿美元估值完成 11 亿美元融资，目标是构建从零自学习的 AI。
前DeepMind研究员David Silver创立AI公司，估值51亿美元融资11亿美元
前谷歌DeepMind研究员David Silver创立的新公司Ineffable Intelligence完成11亿美元种子轮融资，估值达51亿美元，由红杉资本和Lightspeed领投，Nvidia、谷歌、Index Ventures及英国政府均参与投资。
OpenAI 与微软达成 500 亿亚马逊交易，结束法律纠纷
OpenAI 从最大股东微软手中获得重大让步：可在 AWS 上销售产品，对应交换微软获得更高比例的收入分成。这意味着 OpenAI 的云分发不再受限于 Azure。
AI主屏应用Skye未发先火：iPhone迎来智能桌面时代
Signull Labs开发的Skye应用将AI能力深度融入iPhone主屏，在尚未正式发布前即获得投资者青睐，显示出市场对更智能的手机交互体验的强烈需求。应用即将向等待名单用户开放。