Davos 2026 AI Summit: Physical AI Revolution, $480M Seed Round & OpenAI Pinterest Talks | January 25, 2026
đź“‹ Quick Takeaways
- Humans& raises $480M seed round at $4.5B valuation—one of the largest seed rounds ever for human-centric AI startup founded by ex-Anthropic, xAI, Google researchers
- OpenAI reportedly evaluating Pinterest acquisition to access 200 billion images for visual AI training and shopping integration
- Elon Musk predicts robotaxis “very widespread” in US by end of 2026; claims AI could surpass human intelligence this year
- Physical AI declared “next major wave” at Davos—executives predict 5-6x larger market than agentic AI within five years
- Micron’s HBM memory completely sold out through 2026 as AI chip demand continues explosive growth
- Prosus reveals 30,000 AI agents currently running; CEO predicts companies could be run entirely by agents in 5 years
- Yoshua Bengio warns current AI training approaches are problematic; calls next few years “critical” for regulation
đź’° Major AI Funding & Investments
Humans& Raises Historic $480M Seed Round at $4.5B Valuation
Landmark Investment: Human-centric AI startup Humans& has secured a staggering $480 million seed round, valuing the company at $4.48 billion—making it one of the largest seed rounds in venture capital history.
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read moreChatGPT Ads Launch & OpenAI Device Reveal: Major AI Industry Shifts | January 24, 2026
đź“‹ Quick Takeaways
- ChatGPT launches advertising with $1M minimum spend beta testing for select brands, marking major monetization shift
- OpenAI confirms first consumer device targeting H2 2026 launch—voice-first, screenless AI interface
- Davos 2026 consensus: AI industry pivots from capability hype to demanding measurable ROI and profitability
- Thinking Machines implosion: Mira Murati’s $12B startup loses multiple co-founders to OpenAI in talent war escalation
- Healthcare AI race intensifies: OpenAI and Anthropic both launch medical AI platforms with record integration capabilities
- Elon Musk predicts AGI arrival within 1-2 years at Davos, accelerating timeline expectations
- Trump announces AI energy expansion requiring more than double current US capacity for data center buildout
- NVIDIA CEO forecasts trade job boom from AI infrastructure, predicting six-figure salaries for electricians and plumbers
đź’° Monetization & Business Models
ChatGPT Launches Advertising Beta with $1M Minimum Budgets
Major Monetization Shift: OpenAI began testing advertisements on January 21, 2026, with select advertisers committing minimum budgets of $1 million each, representing a fundamental pivot in the company’s revenue strategy.
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read more$410M+ AI Funding Surge & Davos 2026 AI Predictions | January 23, 2026
đź“‹ Quick Takeaways
- $410M+ in major AI funding including Inferact ($150M seed at $800M valuation) and Neurophos ($110M Series A for photonic chips)
- Elon Musk at Davos 2026 predicts AI smarter than any human by end of 2026, warns electrical power is limiting US AI deployment
- OpenAI introduces ads to ChatGPT, surprising Google DeepMind CEO who says Google is thinking through monetization “very carefully”
- Apple reportedly training next-gen Siri on Google Cloud TPUs, signaling major shift in Big Tech compute partnerships
- Anthropic CEO criticizes H200 chip sales to China, comparing decision to “selling nuclear weapons to North Korea”
- Jensen Huang declares AI creates trade jobs rather than destroying employment, with plumber/electrician salaries nearly doubling
🚀 Major AI Funding & Infrastructure Investment
Inferact Raises $150M Seed at $800M Valuation for AI Inference Platform
Breakthrough Funding: The commercial startup behind open-source vLLM secured $150 million in seed funding on January 22, 2026, co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and Lightspeed Venture Partners.
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