University of Cambridge researchers say they have developed the first vaccine with a key component entirely designed by AI and subsequently trialed it in humans (James Gallagher/BBC)
Apple-funded study: the App Store had $1.4T in billings and sales globally in 2025; apps with consumer-facing AI saw 4x more billings growth than other apps (Ryan Christoffel/9to5Mac)
Starlink says that it has 12M+ "active customers" across 160+ countries, territories, and other markets, up from 9M in December 2025 (@starlink)
Taiwan and South Korea's stock market capitalizations overtake India's as global investors favor markets with companies positioned to benefit from the AI boom (Krishn Kaushik/Financial Times)
Sources: DeepSeek is set to raise ~$7.4B in its first funding round from investors including Tencent and CATL at a valuation of between ~$52B and ~$59B (Reuters)
OpenAI says it has not donated to any super PACs and does not have an employee-funded PAC, and that Greg Brockman's support for Leading the Future is personal (OpenAI)
LG shares jumped 300%+ this year, after largely sitting out South Korea's chip-rally in 2025, as LG seeks to expand into physical AI businesses such as robots (Sangmi Cha/Bloomberg)