A Chinese AI chipmaker backed by Tencent saw its shares triple on its Shanghai stock exchange debut, reflecting intense domestic investor appetite for homegrown semiconductor alternatives as China accelerates efforts to reduce reliance on Nvidia hardware.
The US Department of Defense has opened discussions on a $5 billion loan facility aimed at strengthening domestic data centre supply chains, as military and commercial AI infrastructure demand strains critical hardware and construction capacity.
Oracle has disclosed a $664 billion cloud order backlog even as founder Larry Ellison adopted a trading plan to sell up to $7.5 billion worth of company stock, developments that have drawn intense scrutiny from investors tracking the AI infrastructure boom.
Microsoft has outlined plans to reach 38 gigawatts of AI computing capacity, after bringing 88 data centre sites online in fiscal 2026 including 31 in a single quarter, as the company races to meet surging demand for AI training and inference.
OpenAI has ruled out pursuing an initial public offering this year, as leading AI figures including Sam Altman, Elon Musk and Dario Amodei jointly cautioned that the pace of AI development is outstripping the industry's ability to manage its risks.
Women's health technology continues to command significant consumer attention and demand, yet FemTech startups still capture only about 3% of global digital health investment, according to sector analysis released this month.
New data on the Netherlands' startup ecosystem shows women represent 38% of entrepreneurs yet receive only 13.7% of business funding and less than 2% of venture capital, highlighting a persistent gap despite a capable founder pipeline.
The European Union's Women TechEU programme plans to distribute €12 million in equity-free grants of €75,000 each to 160 women-led deep-tech startups between 2026 and 2028, alongside expert mentoring and business support.
Noida-based beauty brand Peep Beauty has raised undisclosed funding backed by actor Triptii Dimri, part of a growing wave of celebrity investment flowing into India's fast-expanding direct-to-consumer beauty category.
RentoMojo's initial public offering was subscribed 72.87 times overall, with the qualified institutional buyer portion leading demand at 177.3 times bids, as India's IPO market continues its robust run through September.