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Friday 2 October 2026
Anthropic aims for mid-November IPO as it juggles relationship with Trump administration
Anthropic is reportedly eyeing an IPO as early as mid-November that could become the biggest IPO to date. The AI startup's run-up to the listing coincides with a shaky relationship...
Friday 2 October 2026
LG Energy Solution and GM bet LMR can bridge the gap between LFP cost and high-nickel range
For years, automakers have grappled with an underlying paradox stemming from persistent EV raw-material pressures, as supply chains worldwide have been constrained by a familiar battery-chemistry...
Friday 2 October 2026
Bull's France factory doubles capacity to capture growing orders as EU pushes AI sovereignty
Supercomputer maker Bull will double its production capacity using an expanded factory that reopened on October 1. The French creator of Europe's fastest supercomputers described unprecedented...
Friday 2 October 2026
OpenAI fires 3 safety researchers for sharing confidential information
OpenAI fired three safety researchers after they shared confidential information with a third-party artificial intelligence safety group, according to The Wall Street Journal,...
Friday 2 October 2026
BMW to make 20% of senior management redundant with AI
BMW AG said at its capital markets day on September 30 that it plans to use artificial intelligence (AI) to help streamline one-fifth of management roles by mid-2027. As BMW pushes...
Friday 2 October 2026
Stellantis to pause four French plants amid EV battery shortages
Stellantis said it will suspend operations at four auto assembly plants in France in October, citing shortages of long-range electric vehicle batteries and the need to control dealer...
Friday 2 October 2026
Hitachi and Fanuc launch Physical AI partnership for factory automation
Hitachi and Fanuc announced on September 30, 2026, that they have formed a strategic partnership on Physical AI, with internal testing beginning immediately and customer promotion...
Friday 2 October 2026
Inside Volantis's photonic bid to break AI's memory wall after US$88 million raise
Semiconductor startup Volantis has raised US$88 million in Series A funding to develop an AI inference architecture that uses photonic interconnect technology to address memory bottlenecks...
Friday 2 October 2026
Amazon weighs US$8B chip sale-leaseback to support credit rating
Amazon is considering moving about US$8 billion worth of high-end Nvidia chips off its balance sheet through a sale-leaseback structure, according to the Financial Times and...
Friday 2 October 2026
Qbic expands edge AI on Arm, lifts smart access control above 60%
Industrial computer (IPC) maker Qbic held its pre-IPO presentation for the over-the-counter market on October 1, 2026, highlighting a strategy that differs from that of most Taiwanese...
Friday 2 October 2026
Life after Meta: Manus regains independence, debuting Manus 2.0 and 'Cue' AI agent
Following its return to independent operations, AI startup Manus unveiled two new products in late September 2026: Manus 2.0 and "Cue," a personal agentic AI application. The product...
Friday 2 October 2026
Nidec impairment loss far exceeds estimates as auditor withholds opinion
Japanese motor and electronic components maker Nidec said on September 30 that its long-delayed consolidated financial report for fiscal year 2025 (from April 2025 to March 2026) showed...
Friday 2 October 2026
Hiroca targets Tier 1 shift, global capacity overhaul
Auto components maker Hiroca posted a pre-tax loss of NT$146 million (US$4.57 million) in the first half of 2026, owing to weak demand in China's auto market and a number of one-time...
Friday 2 October 2026
California tech exec arrested in US$300M Nvidia AI server smuggling case
US federal prosecutors on October 1 arrested a 38-year-old California man accused of violating US export controls by smuggling computer servers containing US$300 million worth of Nvidia...
Friday 2 October 2026
AMD bets on AI demand by buying World Labs
Under Lisa Su's 12-year tenure at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), the company has gradually moved beyond its role as Intel's challenger in the CPU market. But in the accelerator market...