ByteDance to Boost Employee Pay, Lifting 2025 Bonus Pool by 35%

CNOOC Starts Production at Xijiang 24 Block Offshore Project in Pearl River Mouth Basin

OpenAI Reportedly Seeks $100 Billion at $830 Billion Valuation as SoftBank Races to Complete $22.5 billion Investment Pledge

OpenAI is expected to recruit sovereign-wealth funds to participate its latest funding round, having previously secured backing from United Arab Emirates-based MGX. SottBank has already sold its entire $5.8 billion stake in Nvidia Corp. and offloaded $4.8 billion of T-Mobile U.S. shares to finance its OpenAI bet.

ByteDance 2025 Profit Set to Hit $50 Billion as New Record, Nearing Meta's Revenue Scale

ByteDance's financial strength has reportedly propelled its valuation to $480 billion in recent secondary market transactions, placing it as the second-most valuable startup globally after OpenAI.

Small AI, Big Returns: How a Nine-Person Team Turned an Overlooked Writing Tool Into a $10 Million Business

Crucially, the platform emphasized traceable citations, allowing users to link generated text back to specific passages in original documents. The feature addressed growing concerns about academic integrity and plagiarism in AI-assisted writing.

China’s Rino.ai Raises Over $100 Million in 2025 to Expand Self-Driving Delivery Vehicle Business

Microsoft, Google, Nvidia Among 24 Companies Joining U.S. 'Genesis Mission' AI Initiative

The partnerships are designed to leverage private sector AI capabilities alongside federal computing resources at Energy Department national laboratories.

Exclusive: Chinese AR Glasses Maker Viture Faces Sales Ban in Germany Amid Patent Dispute

Due to infringement of European patents held by a competing company in the same industry, the VITURE Pro, an AR glasses product under the VITURE brand, has been banned from sale in Germany.

Meta Reported to Develop New AI Image and Video Model Mango while Exploring World Models

The move signals a potential shift from Meta's long-standing open-source strategy toward proprietary models.

ByteDance Signs Deal to Form JV to Operate TikTok in the United States

Under the deal, a new entity, TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC, will operate TikTok’s U.S. business. American and global investors will collectively hold an 80.1% stake, while ByteDance will retain 19.9%, following the divestiture of control required under a 2024 U.S. law, TikTok said.