Net Neutrality at an Economic Glance
The ISP gamble.
Pierce Berke Feb 15, 2026 12 min
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AI
Fal raises $1.3 billion at $16 billion valuation
Infrastructure
Pure Data Centres raises $780 million for regional build-out
Infrastructure
I Squared Capital closes $3 billion infrastructure credit fund
Robotics
Chinese embodied AI companies raised approximately $13B in first half of 2026
Products
Eagle Point Software buys Global eTraining
Science
MIT-led team receives up to $38 million for disease-monitoring patch
Security
Singapore Airlines affected by software provider breach
Capital
EloElo raises $80M Series C at $500M valuation
Capital
Crediflow AI raises €1.8 million to expand loan processing automation
Capital
EIC Scaling Club reports €4.06bn raised by member companies
Policy
US export approval hold complicates Solidigm's New York chip plant plans
Capital
JawBuddy raises €818k to fund jaw therapy study and reimbursement efforts
Security
CISA adds exploited WordPress upgrade flaw to vulnerability catalog
Capital
Karnataka tech funding rises as fewer startups secure first investment
Infrastructure
SatPort buys Speedcast ground infrastructure across 11 countries
Security
Chainstack discloses breach affecting customer data and password hashes
Products
Apple extends confidential-information ban to prediction market bets
Capital
Ballistic Ventures seeks $490 million across two new funds
Products
Meta enters euro bond market to finance AI investment
AI
Apple opens developer testing of China AI platform and listening tools
Capital
Biograil closes €20 million round for oral drug delivery development
Infrastructure
Google plans $15 billion expansion of Malaysian data centers and cloud operations
AI
Fireworks opens faster inference preview and adds half-price background tasks
AI
Anthropic releases FlashProve code to verify which model produced a response
AI
Apple opens Siri app skills to third-party developers
Products
Canva restructuring affects 1,271 staff through role changes, moves and layoffs
Products
Ubisoft and other bidders reportedly offer to buy Arkane from Microsoft
AI
AMD forecasts $17 billion in fourth-quarter revenue
AI
Sarvam releases Prism decision model through API and Apache-licensed weights
Security
Thai opposition leaders seek answers after phone spyware alerts
Infrastructure
California accepts $1.42 billion for broadband while challenging net neutrality demand
Robotics
Chinese robotics fundraising slows to $1.6 billion in October
AI
Chinese AI developers expect only a small share of Nvidia chip orders
Security
Vercel opens automated code security reviews to Pro and Enterprise teams
AI
Super Micro raises annual sales outlook
AI
UCB partners with Cradle to use AI in antibody research
Robotics
US Army flies hybrid drone with air-cooled heavy-fuel engine
AI
Qualcomm says AI250 memory chips pass laboratory tests
Security
OpenAI employees raised repeated internal security warnings
Security
Researchers link mobile browser attacks to Russian group APT29
Security
Russian authorities arrest three suspected VasyGrek members
AI
MEMENTO study improves book question answering with a 20K-token context
Science
CheXPoT study improves AI radiology reports by removing unsupported findings
Security
OpenAI increases bug bounty rewards to a maximum of $172,000
AI
Salesforce says Slack handles 127 million automated tool calls weekly
Products
LendingTree rolls out voice AI and staged lender contact
AI
Anthropic's compute bill rises to $9.86 billion as discounts offset growth
AI
Apple adds GitHub Copilot to Xcode 27.3 beta
Science
Researchers cut superconducting qubit errors with a preliminary measurement
AI
Apple adds four Siri AI languages in iOS 27.3 beta
AI
DreamX preprint reports 300× compression of video action representations
Robotics
GUILD preprint reports more efficient collection of robot training data
Security
mSecure warns customers of suspicious activity and suggests credential resets
Products
SUSE plans to cut one in 10 jobs, citing AI and automation
Policy
European Commission seeks evidence for advertising library guidelines
Infrastructure
Dutch defense ministry signs SAP agreement for sovereign cloud
AI
Oracle reportedly scraps ~$7B AI chip lease deal with Tencent
Policy
Google says schools can enable Search and Gemini services separately
AI
Revolut says self-hosted models cut AI coding inference costs by roughly 90%
AI
Apple puts camera-based movement assessments in redesigned Health beta
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