TREE NEWS update: Dataline, a decentralized data network for AI agents, has raised $10.6 million in a seed funding round, with Coinbase Ventures and Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev among the investors. The project plans a public token sale through Uniswap’s auction platform and intends to launch its token before the end of the year, with details expected next week.
TREE NEWS update: US senators have asked Google to explain the cognitive effects of artificial intelligence on school-age children, following an earlier probe into the matter. The lawmakers are pressing the company for details as part of that inquiry. No further specifics of the request or Google’s response were disclosed.
TREE NEWS update: Kling 4.0 API service launched on the evening of October 21, opening gradually to enterprise clients and developers worldwide. The upgrade focuses on realism, controllability and professional-grade output, with more stable large-motion and complex camera work, richer reference inputs, native generation of up to 30 seconds per clip, and support for 10 keyframe inputs. The API is live simultaneously on platforms including iQIYI Nadou Pro, Higgsfield, LibTV, Magnific (Freepik), Meitu, OpenArt, OiiOii, TapNow, Tencent products and updream.
TREE NEWS update: The United States has made clear it wants AI companies to improve their ability to detect PHP vulnerabilities, an official said. The official added that AI firms found the problem but did not cause it. No further details, including the agency involved or any specific requirements, were provided.
TREE NEWS update: Doubao Phone Assistant has proactively limited its operational capabilities for financial applications, including banking, trust services, payments, internet finance and credit. The move follows 155 apps announcing they would refuse to integrate with the assistant. The scope of the restrictions covers, but is not limited to, those financial sectors.
TREE NEWS reports: Crusoe, the Nvidia-backed AI data center developer, is seeing GPU prices climb, including for older Nvidia chips, CEO Chase Lochmiller said. A100 prices are now higher than in 2020-21 and H100 prices exceed levels when the chip was first deployed in 2023, he said, citing strong demand as underlying model capabilities improve and users extract more value from compute infrastructure.
TREE NEWS reports: Nebius Group NV is seeing AI compute prices rise faster than anticipated, Chief Revenue Officer Marc Boroditsky said, adding that the company is not in CoreWeave’s position because “we don’t carry the same debt they do.” New compute capacity coming online in 2027 would be booked quickly, with similar supply-demand dynamics possible in 2028, supporting long-term demand as enterprises compete for compute resources.
TREE NEWS update: Nio founder, chairman and CEO Li Bin said China’s national mandatory regulations for L3 autonomous driving will be implemented on July 1 next year, requiring any automaker claiming L3 capability to comply. Speaking at the 2026 World Intelligent Connected Vehicle Conference on Oct. 21, Li said a world-model architecture combined with closed-loop reinforcement learning has markedly improved safety in intelligent driving, and that the technology is converging.
TREE NEWS reports: The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index rose more than 2% in early US trading, with the Dow up 0.3%, the S&P 500 up 0.3% and the Nasdaq up 0.6%. SpaceX climbed about 8% after third-quarter revenue reached $14.58 billion, up 161% year on year, as AI revenue surged 830% to become its largest source; Super Micro rose about 11% on preliminary first-quarter revenue well above expectations, while Netflix fell about 6% on weak fourth-quarter guidance.
TREE NEWS update: Zhang Yiming, managing director of CICC and head of its global equities management committee, said China’s AI industry trend has not changed, with only the market’s calibration of pricing logic shifting. He made the remarks on the 21st during an interview at the 2026 Financial Street Forum’s sub-forum on building a new capital market ecosystem for SMEs.
TREE NEWS update: OpenAI is expanding ChatGPT advertising to 26 additional countries, bringing the feature’s global availability to 89 countries. The company announced the rollout as part of its ongoing push to broaden ad-supported access to the chatbot. No timeline or further details on the expansion were provided.
TREE NEWS update: Vaisala Xweather has partnered with Nvidia to deliver AI-driven high-impact weather alert services. The collaboration pairs Xweather’s weather data and forecasting capabilities with Nvidia’s AI compute. No financial terms or launch timeline were disclosed.
TREE NEWS update: Supermicro and Nokia are partnering to bring Nvidia’s Aerial RAN Computer solution to the network edge to enable low-latency AI services. The collaboration pairs Supermicro’s server hardware with Nokia’s edge network infrastructure and Nvidia’s Aerial platform, which combines AI and radio access network functions. No financial terms or deployment timeline were disclosed.
TREE NEWS update: Merck, Nvidia, Microsoft and Dawn Health are developing a model for rare tumors, the companies said. The collaboration pairs the drugmaker with two technology giants and a digital-health specialist on a disease area that has drawn limited research attention. No financial terms or timeline were disclosed.
TREE NEWS update: Google Cloud and Nvidia said A5X instances powered by Nvidia’s Vera Rubin NVL72 systems will open next month, with plans to expand into European markets. The platform targets AI agent inference and reinforcement learning workloads. Google Cloud plans to deploy up to 960,000 Rubin GPUs across multiple sites, and London-based AI firm Ineffable Intelligence has already begun large-scale reinforcement learning research on A5X.
TREE NEWS update: OpenAI will make its artificial intelligence models available through Google Cloud, the company said. The arrangement gives Google Cloud customers access to OpenAI’s models, expanding the distribution of OpenAI’s technology beyond its existing partners. Further terms, including pricing and availability dates, were not disclosed.
TREE NEWS reports: Gate Research published a framework on Wednesday for a daily-run cross-asset strategy it calls GCRA, or Gate Cross-Asset Regime Allocation, which allocates across BTC, ETH, SOL, SPY, QQQ and NVIDIA with a target annualized portfolio volatility of 10%-12%. The report said BTC, ETH and SOL rose roughly 21.3%, 27.4% and 25.3% over seven days, with daily RSI above 75 on all three, while open interest fell 1.84%-3.31% in 24 hours. Orders route across Gate spot, perpetuals, direct equities, TradFi CFDs and TradFi Perps based on net cost.
TREE NEWS update: Samsung Electro-Mechanics has signed a binding multi-year supply agreement with Nvidia to provide ABF packaging substrates for AI processors and high-speed network switches, with deliveries starting in 2026. The deal covers substrates used in AI processors and high-speed network switches. No financial terms were disclosed.
TREE NEWS update: Nokia and Nvidia are deepening their partnership with a sovereign agentic AI platform for cross-domain network autonomy. The platform integrates Nvidia AI Enterprise software and Nemotron models into Nokia’s agentic platform for telecom operators. The companies announced the collaboration as a step toward autonomous network operations.
TREE NEWS update: CrowdStrike and Nvidia have expanded their AI agent security partnership to extend to the chip level, the companies said. The collaboration deepens integration between CrowdStrike’s security platform and Nvidia’s AI computing stack, bringing protection for AI agents down to the silicon layer. No financial terms or timeline were disclosed.