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From analyzing investment accounts to placing orders on ChatGPT… Scalable Capital Usher in the Era of AI Investing

Scalable Capital Bank: Invest & Borrow—Generative AI is moving beyond simply answering questions to actually performing the functions of real-world services. German fintech company Scalable Capital has unveiled “Agentic Investing,” which allows customers to link their investment accounts to AI services like ChatGPT and Claude. The company is the first European bank to integrate its investment platform with major third-party AI assistants.

Aug 25, 20267 min read

Semiconductors & infrastructure

Chinese AI GPU company Enflame to launch an IPO in Shanghai worth approximately $890 million… Subscription period begins September 2

Chinese AI semiconductor companies are rapidly expanding not only in technology development but also in the capital markets. Enflame Technology (燧原科技), a Chinese AI GPU company, has set September 2, 2026, as the subscription date for its initial public offering (IPO) on the Shanghai STAR Market. The target fundraising amount is 6 billion yuan, or approximately $892 million. The funds raised through this IPO are scheduled to be invested in next-generation AI chips and AI hardware and software businesses. China’s efforts to develop its own AI semiconductors

Aug 25, 20268 min read

Semiconductors & infrastructure

RUM Group Secures $13.7 Billion AI GPU Contract… Challenges Remain After Massive Order

As AI models grow in scale, there’s been an increase not only in the direct purchase of GPUs but also in contracts to secure the necessary computing power from large-scale data centers over the long term. RUM Group has signed a GPU service contract worth approximately $13.7 billion with a private U.S. cloud customer. While this is one of the largest AI infrastructure contracts announced recently, challenges related to facility construction and financing remain. | $13.7 billion over 6 years, three Supplied in stages by RUM Gro

Aug 25, 20266 min read

Industry & policy

UK and Ukraine Sign AI Defense Partnership… Joint Development of Battlefield Data and Low-Power Chips

International cooperation on artificial intelligence is rapidly expanding beyond industry and public services into the fields of defense and national security. The governments of the United Kingdom and Ukraine have signed an official partnership to jointly research AI technology and apply it to actual defense and security systems. The key aspect of this partnership is that it goes beyond mere technical support to combine Ukraine’s on-the-ground data with the UK’s research and industrial base. | The partnership signed by the UK and Ukraine AI Partnership: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Andy Burnham of the United Kingdom

Aug 25, 20266 min read

IT guides & reviews

Hearing Aids Interpret Ambient Sounds: How Phonak EON Demonstrates the Use of Real-Time AI

When people hear “AI,” they often think first of chatbots or image-generation services. However, the area where you can most directly experience the benefits of AI in everyday life might actually be small, specialized devices like hearing aids. Phonak, a brand of the Swiss hearing solutions company Sonova, has unveiled its next-generation hearing aid platform, “EON.” EON analyzes ambient sounds in real time to distinguish between speech and background noise, and Flat, which automatically selects features suited to the location

Aug 24, 20266 min read

Industry & policy

Taiwan Indicts 9 People on Charges of Illegally Exporting NVIDIA AI Servers to China

The conflict between the U.S. and China over AI semiconductors has led to an actual criminal case. The Jilong District Prosecutor’s Office in Taiwan announced that it has indicted nine people—including local employees of NVIDIA and Super Micro—on charges of illegally exporting high-performance AI servers equipped with NVIDIA chips to China. This case demonstrates that export controls on cutting-edge AI chips extend beyond government regulations and internal corporate guidelines to include criminal liability for individuals involved in the distribution process. Given that this is extending to the realm of responsibility, the main...

Aug 24, 20265 min read