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Four student-founded AI startups won $100,000 investments at the Cornell Tech Startup Awards, addressing AI exam fraud, financial AI safety, medical device regulation, and automated contract reasoning.

DeepSeek secured a $7 billion funding round, the largest in Chinese AI history, backed by government funds and its founder, alongside massive integration into Chinese government, healthcare, and public services under national policy.

a16z's Charts of the Week highlights a surge in Codex installs and analyzes how hyperscalers like Amazon and Google are generating massive 'other income' through tech investments, notably in Anthropic.

Yuetjie and Kimi have officially announced securing funding, with a significant involvement of state-owned capital.