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SoftBank & China: Massive AI Infrastructure Boom

Global investment is surging as SoftBank pledges €75B for French AI clusters and China's tech boom creates a new wave of AI tourism. This marks a historic shift toward physical AI hardware and massive compute capacity.

• SoftBank pledges to invest up to €75B in AI computing clusters in France
• China's tech boom is creating a new kind of tech tourism where visitors pay for curated robotaxi rides
• PitchBook: VC investment in global robotics and physical AI jumped to $26B in 2025

Arm Launches Metis: New AI Security Framework

Arm has open-sourced Metis, a groundbreaking AI security framework that outperforms traditional tools, ensuring safer deployment of agentic systems across the industry.

• Arm Open-Sources Metis, an AI Security Framework Outperforming Traditional SAST Tools
• How we contain Claude across products

SpaceX & OpenAI Fuel Next Wave of Asian AI Winners

Windfalls from SpaceX and OpenAI are driving a new era of investment, fueling bets on the next generation of Asian AI champions and expanding global tech ecosystems.

• SpaceX, OpenAI Windfall Fuels Bets on Next-Wave Asian AI Winners
• PitchBook: VC investment in global robotics and physical AI jumped to $26B in 2025