Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI: Revenue Surpassed $20 Billion In 2025

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 19, 2026

OpenAI announced annualized revenue topped $20 billion in 2025 as compute capacity scaled from 0.2 GW in 2023 to 0.6 GW in 2024 and about 1.9 GW in 2025, with revenue rising in parallel from $2 billion ARR in 2023 to $6 billion in 2024. The company argues ChatGPT has moved from experimentation to everyday use at home and at work, embedding into workflows across engineering, marketing, finance, and management.

A47: $2 Million Pre-Seed Funding Raised To Build AI-Native News Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 18, 2026

A47 has raised $2 million in pre-seed funding to accelerate the development of an AI-native news platform that helps audiences discover, understand, and trust information amid a growing flood of misinformation, fragmented feeds, and engagement-driven noise.

YouMail: Interview With CEO Alex Quilici About Fighting Against Robocalls And AI-Based Fraud

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 18, 2026

YouMail protects consumers, enterprises, and carriers from harmful phone calls. Best known for its mobile apps that protect users from unwanted calls, texts, and voicemails, YouMail also powers robocall-mitigation intelligence used by carriers and enterprises to detect and stop illegal calling campaigns at the source. Pulse 2.0 spoke with YouMail CEO Alex Quilici to discuss how the company is using AI and large-scale call data to combat robocalls and the growing threat of phone-based fraud.

Fundera Network Launches AI-Powered Platform Built for Clarity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 18, 2026

Fundera Network announced it has launched an AI-powered, non-custodial decentralized finance platform aimed at helping users navigate multichain activity with greater structure, risk awareness, and execution support. The company also opened a presale for its $FDR token, positioning the offering as an on-ramp to its broader ecosystem.

Micron To Buy PSMC’s Tongluo Fab Site For $1.8 Billion, Adding 300,000-Square-Foot Cleanroom And Expanding Taiwan DRAM Capacity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 17, 2026

Micron Technology has signed an exclusive letter of intent to acquire Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp.’s P5 fabrication site in Tongluo, Taiwan, in a deal valued at $1.8 billion in cash. The transaction would give Micron an existing 300mm cleanroom footprint of roughly 300,000 square feet, providing additional space to equip and ramp DRAM production as the company seeks to meet rising global demand for memory.

Plume Buys Sweepr To Build AI-Orchestrated Customer Experience Platform For ISPs Worldwide

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 16, 2026

Plume announced it has acquired Sweepr, an AI-powered customer-care orchestration platform, in a deal aimed at turning real-time home-network intelligence into guided and automated support actions across digital and assisted channels for internet service providers globally.

Instinct Science Acquires ScribbleVet To Build An Intelligence-Native Veterinary Practice Management Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 16, 2026

Instinct Science, an animal health technology company best known for its Instinct EMR veterinary practice management system and clinical tools including Standards of Care, Plumb’s and Clinician’s Brief, has acquired ScribbleVet, an AI scribing platform for veterinarians. The companies say the combination is intended to create what Instinct describes as the industry’s first “clinical intelligence platform,” integrating AI documentation, workflow automation and point-of-care clinical decision support into a single system for veterinary teams.