5 days ago · Dear Financial Samurai Readers, Happy Lunar New Year! We’ve entered the Year of the Snake—a symbol of wisdom, strategy, and transformation. ... The WSJ and CNBC reported that OpenAI is in talks to raise another $40 billion at a $340 billion valuation—double its October 2024 valuation! Investors, including SoftBank ($15-$25 billion), are ...

1 day ago · As everyone from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to US President Donald Trump took notice of DeepSeek, the start-up’s profile rose significantly at home during the week-long Lunar New Year holiday.

Jan 29, 2025 · China’s AI-powered robots are playing a prominent role as the country rings in the 2025 Lunar New Year. The People’s Republic is kicking off the Year of the Snake with plenty to celebrate. As the West assesses the fallout from DeepSeek’s new open-source AI model that reportedly matches OpenAI’s capabilities with a lot less computing ...

4 days ago · An AI-themed temple fair in Beijing, China attracted crowds during Lunar New Year celebrations on January 30. The Haidian Spring Festival Technology Temple Fair brought humanoid robots from many local tech companies with a variety of abilities, from household chores and conversations to music-playing.

Jan 29, 2025 · DeepSeek, the Chinese startup that shook the world of technology this week with its groundbreaking artificial intelligence models, has taken a break for the lunar new year holiday.

2 days ago · Alibaba Cloud’s Qwen2.5-Max, launched during the Lunar New Year holiday, ... (LLMs) – the technology underpinning chatbots such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Rankings are determined by users voting ...

Jan 31, 2025 · Not only does the Alibaba Qwen 2.5 launch come just days after DeepSeek’s launch, but it also comes on the first day of the Chinese New Year. This strategic launch allows Chinese residents to enjoy the Lunar New Year holiday time and try out this new AI model from a firm they are familiar with.

4 days ago · SoftBank Chief Masayoshi Son and OpenAI Chief Sam Altman appeared at an event in Tokyo, talking up their collaboration and inviting Japanese companies to join. ... Celebrate Lunar New Year with a ...

Jan 28, 2025 · Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) start-up DeepSeek has gone quiet this week as it enters “holiday mode” for Lunar New Year while its recent technological developments continue to send ...

Jan 29, 2025 · The firm rocked the industry and global stock markets – wiping off around a trillion dollars in value from US stocks on Monday – by releasing cost-effective and open-source AI models rivalling the most advanced models of American tech giants OpenAI, Google and Meta.