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Yushu Technology’s third-quarter report for 2026 should not be interpreted merely as a “report card” showing a “sharp rise in revenue.” Revenue continued to grow rapidly in the third quarter, but net profit attributable to shareholders fell year-over-year; while net profit attributable to shareholders rose significantly in the first three quarters, net profit excluding non-recurring items actually declined. These seemingly contradictory sets of data actually point to the same issue: the business...

On October 29, 2026, Serval, an enterprise automation company, announced the completion of a $150 million Series C funding round, valuing the company at $3 billion, led by Sequoia Capital. Funding Announcement: What’s noteworthy is what the company aims to manage: employee requests, equipment assets, permission approvals, and cross-departmental workflows...

Before a code change is submitted to a colleague for review, who writes the first draft? The answer on GitHub is changing rapidly. The Octoverse report released on October 28, 2026, shows that in September, there were over 40% pull requests (PRs, i.e., commits...) on GitHub...

When a robotics company secures funding, people typically think of more powerful robotic arms, more dexterous movements, or new models. Foundry Robotics has chosen a different business path: building and operating its own factories to provide customers with assembly capabilities for complex electromechanical products. October 2026...

On October 28, 2026, Upwind announced the completion of a $400 million Series C funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners. The company disclosed that its total funding to date exceeds $800 million, and the funds from this round will continue to be invested in product development and engineering for its cloud and AI security platform...

How far is a machine-generated, lengthy proof from making it into a textbook? The academic collaboration initiative announced by OpenAI on October 26, 2026, has brought this question to the forefront. It involves three areas of research—harmonic analysis, computational complexity, and quantum field theory—and attempts to use various methods of public disclosure to enable the field...

The world of enterprise AI isn’t limited to writing code, marketing, and generating reports. There are other tasks that rarely take center stage at tech conferences, yet are consumed daily by mountains of paperwork, repetitive communication, and complex rules. Employee benefits management is one such area: employees want to know what benefits they’re eligible for, while companies need to track where their money is going, to...

“The most common perception of a ”one-person company” is that a single individual uses AI to write code, create designs, and handle sales. But when that company is researching drugs, the story cannot be understood solely in terms of miracles of efficiency. Experiments rely on real equipment and professionals, and conclusions must stand up to scrutiny; reducing the size of the organization does not eliminate scientific risks...

Create a video set at the beach where the viewer walks along the shore, turns around, changes the weather, and continues exploring. While it may seem like just a few extra buttons, there are actually two very different product requirements behind them. The former can tell a complete story within a fixed timeframe, while the latter must constantly respond to the viewer’s choices and ensure that what has already happened influences subsequent scenes...

If an AI generates a sentence at half the cost but requires you to spend more time correcting it, it may not actually save you money. As models begin to process documents, interact with user interfaces, and complete multi-step tasks across applications, the criteria for evaluating them should shift from individual responses to complete deliverables. On October 26, OpenAI launched G...

What a model can do determines a product’s appeal; why customers continue to pay and how many resources growth requires determine how far a company can go. Anthropic’s move toward going public has brought these two sets of questions to the table. On October 26, Anthropic...

Once a company connects the Agent to its documents, code repositories, and customer systems, a new issue arises: The fact that an account can log in merely indicates that the credentials are valid; whether a subsequent read, modify, or delete operation complies with business authorization must be determined separately. On October 22, 2026, Berlin Security...

A model can generate many molecules, but scientific research still needs to answer more specific questions: Can it be synthesized? Is purification reliable? Are the test results reproducible? And what changes should be made for the next round of experiments? On October 22, 2026, Lightspeed announced that it had led an investment round in Warp...

AI in the enterprise is evolving from answering questions to executing tasks. However, a simple request like “Help me process this order” may simultaneously involve customer credit, inventory criteria, pricing authority, and approval responsibilities. Just because a model can read this sentence doesn’t mean it understands all these conditions. October 23, 2026, S...

Filming routine work tasks is just the first step in the robotics data chain. Maxinsights’ funding round raises a more pressing question: What kind of data is worth customers’ continued investment, and can quality control create a replicable cost advantage? October 23, Beijing time ...

This adjustment pertains to the training and evaluation of internal state-of-the-art models; it does not eliminate ChatGPT’s ability to access the internet. It brings a fundamental question to the forefront: When AI can use tools and explore alternative paths, what should define the boundaries of its permissions? On October 23, OpenAI ...

Kimi has focused this round of updates on programming, 3D creation, and financial research. For users, it will be worth observing whether long tasks can be delivered consistently, and how the system balances speed, cost, and manual review. In its official research update on October 24, Kimi explained...

As AI companies continue to showcase what their models can do, Sarah Friar must answer another question: How can these capabilities be turned into a service that can be provided on an ongoing basis? On October 21, 2026, Friar, OpenAI’s chief financial officer, spoke at Masters of S...

On October 22, 2026, Tractian announced the completion of a $130 million Series D funding round, valuing the company at $1.4 billion. The round was led by Sapphire Ventures, with Catalyst—a subsidiary of M&G—co-leading, along with N47, General Cat...

On October 23, 2026, Pathos AI announced the completion of a $237 million Series E funding round, bringing its post-investment valuation to approximately $3 billion. The round was led by Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) with participation from existing investors. The funds will be used to expand F...