United Ventures backs Beelzebub's €3m AI cyber defence bet

• DeepSeek raised ¥50B and NEURA Robotics secured $1.4B in funding, highlighting the flow of capital into AI and robotics. • Ramp closed a $750M funding round, demonstrating the large scale of investments in key sectors like infrastructure.

• The week ending 7/25/26 saw notable startup funding rounds for companies like Neo Security, Vikk AI, and Glow. • A total of $3.1B in new funding was raised across twenty-three deals.

• NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang has launched the Open Secure AI Alliance in response to an OpenAI testing incident that raised concerns about AI cybersecurity. • The alliance includes over 35 major tech companies, such as Microsoft, IBM, and Cisco, aiming to address AI security issues.

• The AI industry is at risk of an economic bubble due to sky-high valuations and soaring costs. • Despite this, AI is expected to transform the global economy and create new applications.

• Asian financial markets experienced a sharp decline on Tuesday, led by a selloff in semiconductor and technology stocks. • The Nikkei 225 in Japan fell 3.61% to 62,584.24, while the KOSPI in South Korea dropped 7.60% to 6,221.81, with companies like Tokyo Electron, Advantest, Samsung Electronics, and SK Hynix facing heavy selling.

• DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup, has suspended its $71 billion funding round due to controversy sparked by its founder and CEO, Liang Wenfeng. • The controversy began after Wenfeng's comments during private meetings with investors were made public on Chinese social media platforms.

• The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has identified a potential boom in AI investments as a key risk to global financial stability. • To address this, MAS and the Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) have set up a task force to enhance cyber and technology resilience against AI-driven threats.

• Global markets experienced a shift in momentum in AI, leading to a slump in chip stocks, with South Korea's stocks falling over 10%. • Oil prices continued to tumble, but had little impact on stocks or bonds, with a 38% chance of a U.S. rate hike expected this week.

• Chip stocks plummeted across US and Asian markets on Tuesday, leading to a temporary trading pause on South Korea's Kospi index after it slid by 8%. • The sell-off is driven by growing investor "jitters" regarding the long-term profitability of artificial intelligence.

• The European Union is shifting its approach to artificial intelligence, moving beyond digital regulation to focus on strategic development and competitiveness. • While the EU produces top-tier research and talent, it currently lacks the large-scale computing infrastructure and growth-stage capital necessary to compete with non-EU frontier AI development.

• Starting this Sunday, new European Union transparency rules will require companies to clearly label deepfakes and other AI-generated content. • The mandate aims to combat misinformation by ensuring users can easily distinguish between human-created and synthetic media.