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Reuters reports DeepSeek has hired CITIC Securities for IPO preparations
Reuters reports that DeepSeek has engaged CITIC Securities to prepare for a possible initial public offering on Shanghai's STAR Market. The September 9 report cites two people familiar with the matter.Reuters via Investing.comInnovation
Take on your most ambitious work with GPT-6 Astra on Amazon Bedrock
GPT-6 Astra from OpenAI brings greater depth and judgment to your most demanding tasks and runs on the Amazon Bedrock inference engine built for high performance, security, and scale.aws.amazon.comIndustry
Mistral AI reaches $24 billion valuation in €3 billion funding round
Reuters reported that Mistral AI raised €3 billion at a valuation of about €21 billion, with Samsung Electronics and the EU-backed Scaleup Europe Fund joining existing investor PSG Equity as co-leads.m.economictimes.comIndustry
Samsung leads €3 billion funding round for Mistral AI
Seoul Economic Daily reports that Samsung led Mistral AI’s €3 billion Series D, valuing the French startup at more than €21 billion.en.sedaily.comIndustry
DeepSeek seeks 150 backend engineers amid infrastructure strain
The South China Morning Post reports that DeepSeek is recruiting about 150 senior backend engineers to overhaul systems strained by rising users, data volumes and AI-agent workloads.scmp.comIndustry
Mistral raises €3 billion to expand AI infrastructure
CNBC reports that Mistral raised €3 billion in a Samsung-led round to expand computing capacity and build data centers.pluang.comIndustry
Mistral raises €3 billion at a €21 billion valuation
CTech, citing Reuters, reports that French AI company Mistral has raised €3 billion at a valuation of about €21 billion, with the funds earmarked for model development and frontier research.calcalistech.comIndustry
Mistral raises €3 billion in record European funding round
The Business Times reports that French AI startup Mistral raised €3 billion in Series D funding at a valuation above €21 billion, led by Samsung Electronics and other investors.businesstimes.com.sgProduct
Jensen Huang says AGI has arrived after GPT-6 Astra launch
Firstpost reports that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang declared AGI had arrived after OpenAI launched GPT-6 Astra, while noting that the claim is not independently confirmed and lacks a universally accepted technical definition.firstpost.com
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