The Unlikely Place at the Center of China’s AI Boom

Travel just two hours west of Beijing by train, and you’ll find yourself surrounded by the rolling grasslands and ancient cinder cones of Inner Mongolia.…

AI data startup Micro1 reaches $500M gross run rate amid AI training boom |

5:13 PM PDT · August 20, 2026 The near-bottomless demand for unique AI training data from top labs and corporations is driving a massive boom…

India’s Yulu raises $93M as quick-commerce boom fuels e-bike demand |

As India’s quick-commerce platforms race to deliver everything from groceries to smartphones in minutes, electric mobility startup Yulu has seized the boom, raising $93 million…

The Gulf’s AI Boom Has an Undersea Cable Problem

The Gulf’s AI ambitions depend on something surprisingly fragile: a handful of undersea cables running through some of the world’s most volatile waterways. Countries like…

Riding the GLP-1 boom, VITL lands $7.5M to overhaul cash-pay clinic prescribing |

The number of med-spas, weight-loss clinics, and concierge practices where patients pay a membership fee for direct, often same-day access to physicians, has exploded in…

China’s OpenClaw Boom Is a Gold Rush for AI Companies

George Zhang thought OpenClaw could make him rich, even though he didn’t really understand how the viral AI agent software worked. But he saw a…

Legora reaches $5.55 billion valuation as AI legal tech boom endures |

Legora, an AI platform for lawyers, is now valued at $5.55 billion following a $550 million Series D set to fuel its growth in the…

Data Centers Are Driving a US Gas Boom

Data centers have caused the demand for gas-fired power in the US to explode over the past two years, according to new research released Wednesday.…

Thousands of Companies Are Driving China’s AI Boom. A Government Registry Tracks Them All

When DeepSeek burst onto the global stage in January 2025, it seemed to appear out of nowhere. But the large language model was just one…

Construction workers are cashing in on the AI boom |

In Brief Posted: 11:13 AM PST · December 1, 2025 The AI boom is proving to be a windfall for construction workers building the massive…