Yves Mulkers

Yves Mulkers is an AI, data and analytics expert and the founder of 7wData. He started out cataloguing his vinyl records on a Commodore 64 and ended up in enterprise architecture and analytics leadership. Every morning he reads the data and AI market for business leaders in Ins7ghts and The AI Beat, and builds Ins7ghts, the market-intelligence product behind them.

Biohub Commits $1.8B to AI-Ready Biological Data

AI Revolution: $1.8B Biology Data Bet, Model Matchmaking, & Agent-Powered PCs

Dell Unleashes AI Data Platform with 500-Tenant Support

AI Acceleration Unleashed: ModelOp & AHEAD Partner, Google’s EmbeddingGemma 2, Dell’s AI Data Platform Expansion, and More!

🏠 $150M Raised: Valon’s AI Mortgage Servicing Platform Expands

AI breaks new ground: FSU’s numerical reasoning model advances cancer treatment, Reflection AI’s Beam takes on Chinese open models, and Utah authorizes AI acne prescriptions without doctor oversight. Plus, Valon raises $150M, legal leaders become AI governance architects, and more.

$42 Billion for Anthropic’s AI Infrastructure 🚀

AI Safety in the Spotlight: $60M for Recruiting Agents, $42B for Infrastructure, and a Former OpenAI Engineer’s Warning on Layered Safeguards

$300M AI-Tech Smuggling Scheme Uncovered: What’s Next?

AI geopolitics heat up: NVIDIA’s Arabic speech breakthrough, Ibero-American AI alliance, US-China AI hotline, and more in this week’s AI newsletter

$255.5M for AI-Powered Cybersecurity: What’s Next?

AI Breakthroughs: Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, and Cybersecurity Get a Boost | $2B Deals, $700M Funding Rounds, and More

OpenAI Sued Over AI Agent Hacking: The $489M Question Nobody’s Asking

AI Under Scrutiny: Investor Probes, Federal Roadblocks, and New Rules for Lawyers and Developers

$30B AI Cockpit Revolutionizes In-Car Experience

AI Cockpits in Cars, Multimodal Models in Enterprise, and Autonomous Agents Get Payment Rails - Catch the latest AI trends and innovations that are transforming industries!

💸 Venn Acquires Zuma for $50M: Agentic Leasing Expertise for Multifamily Tech

AI policy simulators, enterprise agents, and vector search advancements: Catch the latest signals in AI-powered population planning, customer research, and data management from PCN, MongoDB, Salesforce, Microsoft, and Databricks.

💰 AMD Bets $8.2B on AI Research Lab World Labs

AI Breakthroughs: $8.2B Acquisition, Autonomous Labs, and Conversational Commerce

🛡️ AI Agents Inflate Security Fix Rates by 183%

AI Breakthroughs & Safety Concerns: Stanford’s Self-Organizing Teams, AI Pain Relief, and Global Governance

₹20,000 Crore Bet: India’s Sovereign AI Fund Takes Shape

India eyes ₹20,000 crore sovereign-AI fund, China-US leaders open AI-risk channel, and Europe tightens scrutiny of data-centre resources. Catch the signals that matter in this week’s AI newsletter.

$3.36 Billion AI Financing: The Capital-Intensive Race Begins

AI infrastructure heats up: Nscale lands $3.36B, Biolevate raises €30M, and Nutanix acquires Ryax. Plus, Bessemer raises $5.75B for AI-era investing and more in this week’s newsletter!

$11.6 Billion Akamai Deal Signals AI Infrastructure Shift ☁️

AI governance takes center stage: Oregon sets procurement rules, Australia reviews AI security, and Anthropic commits $11.6B to Akamai cloud capacity. Catch the latest signals that matter.

$85M for Regulated-Industry AI Infrastructure 💰

AI Agents Revolutionize Workflows: OpenAI & Anthropic Launch New Models, Xiaomi Unveils Multimodal Reasoning, and More

OpenAI Cuts GPT-6 API Prices by 50% ☀️

AI Breakthroughs: Confidential Computing, 50% Cheaper Models, and $400M Acquisitions

🧩 $350M Nasdaq Ventures Bet on Governed Market AI

AI Shake-Ups: Huawei’s Fintelligent AI, ProCap’s Silvia Outperforms, & Denmark’s First AI Agent Payment

$3.9B AI “Factories” Are Coming: Crusoe’s Mega-Round

AI “Kill Switch” in California, $3.9B Crusoe Funding, & Frontier AI Safety Debates Heat Up

🚨 China’s $350B AI Bet: What It Means for Global Tech

AI geopolitics heats up: China bets on domestic chips and open models, India prioritizes sovereignty and guardrails, and the EU introduces Chips Act 2.0 to reduce foreign dependence. Plus, Microsoft doubles down on $17.5B+ AI infrastructure and Satya Nadella pushes for sovereign-ready access.

$1B+ Valuation: Arcee AI’s Open-Weight Frontier Models

Arcee AI hits $1B+ valuation, Alibaba’s Qwen3.8 pushes 1M-token omni-context, and Crusoe raises $3.9B for AI data centers. Plus, Manus AI eyes $4B valuation, Anthropic acquires biotech AI startup, and more!

Free for 1 Week: Union Alpha’s Frontier-Level Coding Capabilities

Agentic AI converges: Cisco’s Splunk AI POD, ThinkingAI’s Agentic Engine, and Tuskira’s Vector agent raise the stakes for infrastructure, growth, and security leaders. Plus, edge AI moves into the living room, Union Alpha lands free for a week, and more.

⚙️ Ambarella’s X7 Shrinks Edge AI to a 2-5W Co-Processor

Secure AI stacks, edge inference breakthroughs, and AI-infused risk management: catch the latest signals shaping the future of AI

Mecka AI Nears $500M Valuation in Robot Data Deal

AI breaks into core operations: Mayo Clinic, LG, and banks adopt AI, while Crusoe scales AI hardware manufacturing and Mecka AI nears $500M valuation. Dive into the latest signals that matter.

💸 IBM’s Time-Series Forecasting Breakthrough: $11B Problem Solved?

Microsoft opens MAI model to public input, IBM advances time-series forecasting, and frontier models face a reality check. Plus, Obama elevates AI safety in politics, and BRICS eyes shared open-source AI infrastructure.

66% More Accurate: MatBrain Revolutionizes Materials Prediction

AI Breakthroughs, Geopolitical Tensions, and Cyber Threats: Catch the Latest Signals in AI Research, Infrastructure, and Security