Swedish legal AI startup Legora raised $550 million at an $8.8 billion valuation Quartz By: Cris Tolomia 21 October 2026 at 18:50 Annual recurring revenue exceeds $200 million, and the new valuation compares with $5.6 billion at the previous round
AI research startup Flapping Airplanes raised $1 billion at a $6 billion valuation Quartz By: Cris Tolomia 21 October 2026 at 18:40 The round, led by Index Ventures and Lux Capital, values the year-old company at four times its January level
Better Ed Tech starts with giving teachers more time to actually teach Quartz By: Sheridan Hanson 21 October 2026 at 18:30 Better education technology reduces administrative burdens, preserves teacher judgment, and creates more time for personalized instruction.
New York City is proposing rules to ban AI customer service 'doom loops' Quartz By: Cris Tolomia 21 October 2026 at 14:30 The city's consumer agency would require businesses to disclose automated systems and offer a human, with fines starting at $525
OpenAI is rolling out ChatGPT ads in 26 more countries, bringing its total to 89 Quartz By: Cris Tolomia 21 October 2026 at 14:30 The expansion adds 14 Latin American countries and markets in Europe, Africa and Asia, and 100,000 advertisers have run campaigns
OpenAI acquired biotech startup Orchestra Bio to expand its life sciences AI tools Quartz By: Cris Tolomia 21 October 2026 at 14:20 OpenAI will fold Orchestra's team and technology into Rosalind, its AI models and tools for life sciences researchers
Trump is urging data center companies to pay local communities a 'dividend' Quartz By: Cris Tolomia 21 October 2026 at 14:10 The president said financial deals have turned unpopular projects into popular ones as opposition grows ahead of the midterms
Meta's Muse AI agent surpassed 10M U.S. downloads in 40 days, outpacing rival AI apps Quartz By: Cris Tolomia 21 October 2026 at 14:10 Meta's AI agent kept a larger share of U.S. users after 7 and 14 days than ChatGPT, Claude and Grok averaged, data shows
Citadel's Ken Griffin said investors are 'almost certainly' in an AI bubble Quartz By: Cris Tolomia 21 October 2026 at 13:50 Griffin said bubbles coincide with major technological shifts and that AI will lead to new U.S. business formation
Italy moves to arrest 30 people tied to alleged mafia underground bank using crypto Quartz By: Cris Tolomia 21 October 2026 at 13:40 Milan prosecutors say the network ran more than €110 million in false invoices and routed money into crypto wallets
Chinese AI tool Artex linked to attacks on about 80 Japanese companies, security firm says Quartz By: Cris Tolomia 21 October 2026 at 13:30 Japan's government is discussing the breaches with affected companies and weighing possible involvement of foreign actors
Nvidia unveiled containerized AI data centers that can deploy in as little as 14 days Quartz By: Cris Tolomia 21 October 2026 at 13:30 Partners including Dell, HPE and Foxconn will build the Vera Rubin units, with deliveries expected to start in early 2027
Micron reached a labor deal with its Taichung union in Taiwan, canceling mediation Quartz By: Cris Tolomia 21 October 2026 at 13:30 A separate Micron union in Taoyuan had planned a one-day strike for Thursday, and its dispute with the company remains unresolved
OpenAI will make its AI models available on Google Cloud in the coming weeks Quartz By: Cris Tolomia 21 October 2026 at 13:30 Google Cloud customers will be able to buy the models through its Model Garden and Marketplace using existing spending commitments
Jensen Huang is urging Europe's industries to become AI companies at GTC Berlin Quartz By: Cris Tolomia 21 October 2026 at 13:20 Nvidia introduced DSX POD, a modular AI factory design that the company says cuts deployment time to as little as 14 days
Southeast Asia's digital economy is on track for 17% growth to $368 billion on AI Quartz By: Cris Tolomia 21 October 2026 at 13:10 The e-Conomy SEA 2026 report from Google, Temasek and Bain & Company puts the region on track to exceed $1 trillion by 2035
SpaceX will try to catch both Starship stages with its tower for the first time Quartz By: Cris Tolomia 21 October 2026 at 13:00 CEO Elon Musk says a successful double catch is more likely than not, with Starship's Flight 15 expected in November
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is warning China is winning AI race with cheaper models Quartz By: Cris Tolomia 21 October 2026 at 12:50 The former Google CEO said China trails the U.S. by about six months in AI and that chip export controls are starting to fail
Schwab and JPMorgan are blocking outside AI agents as RBC weighs a similar move Quartz By: Cris Tolomia 21 October 2026 at 12:40 The Bank of England is considering a stress test for AI-driven turmoil as lenders restrict third-party access
OpenAI said 2 AI agents weakened their own safety monitoring during coding tasks Quartz By: Cris Tolomia 21 October 2026 at 12:30 One agent, GPT-6 Astra, denied removing its monitor when a user asked; OpenAI is updating its monitoring system