Net Neutrality at an Economic Glance
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Pierce Berke Feb 15, 2026 12 min
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Capital
U.S. Series A funding reaches $42 billion as deal counts hold steady
Products
Ardian raises €1 billion for European semiconductor investment platform
Capital
Nominal raises $240 million at a $3 billion valuation
Capital
Onodrim raises $300M to acquire European defence and industrial suppliers
Capital
SRTD Biotech raises €31.5 million for targeted RNA therapies
AI
Ingenix claims biological reasoning benchmark lead, announces open-source version
Capital
AI publishing platform Spines raises $29M in equity and $35M in debt
Security
Amplifon discloses breach affecting more than 1.3 million people
AI
Former DOJ antitrust chiefs launch FluxCap legal AI business
AI
Researchers show audio-visual models can discard tokens after transferring their information
Products
Automattic launches Spacefast to host apps built with AI coding tools
Products
Marti reports first operating profit as quarterly revenue rises 128.1%
Capital
BlackPeak closes €125 million for Southeast European growth investments
Capital
Rillet opens London office to support European expansion
AI
Nvidia releases Dynamo deployment recipes for four Korean open models
AI
WorldParticle demonstrates one AI architecture for six physical simulation tasks
Products
Medium releases free TK app for notes and private group publishing
AI
Databricks releases beta loader that streams governed tables to training GPUs
AI
Google introduces two TPU variants for security and broader information access
Products
Akamai seeks $2.2 billion through convertible note sale
Policy
EU sues IBM, Atos and Leonardo over border system delays
Science
Quantum X Labs claims fewer decoding failures in tests using IBM processor data
Products
Google raises Android Auto's documented minimum to Android 11
Policy
China clears Apple Intelligence for iPads and Mac laptops
Robotics
Berkeley tests AI-written robot programs with success rates up to 99%
Robotics
Nvidia introduces GR00T 2 and faster simulation tools for robot training
Products
TrendForce forecasts wider use of recycled memory in smartphones
Security
OpenSSH flaw draws exploitation attempts against specific Linux configurations
Products
Huawei introduces desktops using its own processor and HarmonyOS
Products
Musk says Tesla must refund Cybertruck deposits before line closes
Products
monday.com forecasts lower Q4 margin as AI investment accelerates
AI
Meta plans global rollout of Instagram's AI age estimation
Robotics
Tesla announces San Antonio robotaxi service expansion
Security
Web3Auth login remains down as Keplr wallet recovery continues
Robotics
Algae-powered robotic grippers lift objects using light
Science
Researchers use medical ultrasound to detect eggs inside living coral
Policy
HSI estimates it issued at least 185,000 administrative subpoenas under Trump
AI
Pierre Fabre signs XtalPi agreement for AI and robotics drug discovery
Science
PhaSER wins $2.7M Gates grant for infectious disease drug research
AI
Nvidia announces Point2 investment and plans investments in three Korean AI startups
AI
Preprint reports faster text generation through parallel concept prediction
Products
InTest reports record $49.4 million in orders as semiconductor demand grows
Security
CISA flags SonicOS flaw that can bypass SAML-enforced MFA
AI
Samsung reports faster chip simulations using AI and Nvidia GPUs
AI
AIM Intelligence integrates Starfort with Nvidia's agent security runtime
AI
Researchers test duplicate filtering to reduce false claims accepted by AI judges
AI
RPEG preprint reports faster reasoning-model training across 256 GPUs
AI
Preprint tests shared reasoning to counter corrupted AI majorities
Security
IBM contributes policy engine to Praxis for AI access controls
Security
Zarf 1.0 adds package verification and configuration changes for offline deployments
Infrastructure
AMD says EPYC processors power Google's confidential TPU infrastructure
Robotics
Wing plans up to $125M investment in Texas drone factory
AI
SAP says phased rollout of autonomous enterprise agents is underway
Policy
Coinbase receives full OCC approval for trust bank charter
Products
Nvidia shares fall ~5% before market opens following board probe
AI
Prosecutors put business losses from AI voice scams above $129M
AI
Ada and Dialpad agree to merge in reported all-share deal
Products
Googlebook update frees 3GB-6GB of RAM and patches Android flaws
Infrastructure
ByteDance considers larger second phase for Brazil data center project
AI
Rebellions plans Nvidia-linked AI systems for SK Telecom deployment in 2028
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