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Andreessen Horowitz raises $15 billion across five funds for tech startup investments
Jan 9 (Reuters) - Andreessen Horowitz has raised more than $15 billion across five new funds, the venture capital giant said on Friday, as investor appetite for tech startups surges with the rapid ado...
Jan 09, 2026
Factbox-Elon Musk's Grok faces global scrutiny for sexualised AI photos
Jan 9 (Reuters) - Governments and regulators from Europe to Asia have condemned and some have opened inquiries into sexually explicit content generated by Elon Musk's xAI chatbot Grok on X, putting pr...
Jan 09, 2026
Stablecoin firm Rain valued at $1.95 billion in latest fundraise
Jan 9 (Reuters) - Stablecoin firm Rain said on Friday it has raised $250 million in a funding round led by ICONIQ, valuing the company at $1.95 billion, as investor interest in the crypto sector conti...
Jan 09, 2026
China's GigaDevice Semiconductor locks top-end pricing in $600 million Hong Kong listing
Jan 9 (Reuters) - China's GigaDevice Semiconductor has set an offer price of HK$162 per H share in its Hong Kong listing, raising HK$4.68 billion ($600.40 million), according to an exchange filing on ...
Jan 09, 2026
Schrodinger to offer Eli Lilly's AI drug discovery platform on its software
By Sneha S K Jan 9 (Reuters) - Schrodinger said on Friday it is collaborating with Eli Lilly to offer the pharmaceutical major's AI-based platform, TuneLab, on its drug designing software. Integration...
Jan 09, 2026
Musk's AI bot Grok limits image generation on X to paid users after backlash
Jan 9 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's startup xAI has restricted the image generation function on its Grok chatbot on social media platform X to paid subscribers, after the tool's use of AI to create sexualiz...
Jan 09, 2026
EU considers designating WhatsApp as very large platform, spokesperson says
BRUSSELS, Jan 9 (Reuters) - The European Commission is actively considering to designate Meta's WhatsApp as a very large platform under the Digital Services Act, a spokesperson for the commission said...
Jan 09, 2026
Physical AI dominates CES but humanity will still have to wait a while for humanoid servants
By Max A. Cherney LAS VEGAS, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Just four years after the launch of ChatGPT, the chatbot that brought artificial intelligence into the mainstream, and it seemed like almost every exhibi...
Jan 09, 2026
Meta strikes nuclear power agreements with three companies
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms said on Friday it struck 20-year agreements to buy power from three Vistra nuclear plants in the U.S. heartland and develop projects wit...
Jan 09, 2026
Nvidia and auto suppliers roll out partnerships to rekindle self-driving push
By Abhirup Roy LAS VEGAS, Jan 9 (Reuters) - The short history of the self-driving car industry has been littered with expensive failures and endless delays, but tech suppliers, chipmakers including Nv...
Jan 09, 2026
