The Indian AI startup Sarvam has raised $234 million at a $1.5 billion valuation and earned "unicorn" status. HCLTech became the lead strategic investor, contributing $150 million. Participants include Bessemer Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, and Peak XV Partners. Sarvam aims to bring its Series B up to $300 million. In 2026, the startup released open-source models with 30 billion and 105 billion parameters, and it will direct the new funds toward developing the next generation of models and expanding its computing infrastructure.

The total value locked in DeFi protocols could grow to $2.7 trillion by the end of 2030. That is the conclusion reached by Standard Chartered's head of digital asset research, Geoffrey Kendrick, Cointelegraph writes . According to the expert's forecast, the sector will demonstrate 37-fold growth. The main drivers will be RWAs and the development of on-chain protocols. Kendrick noted that DeFi currently involves only 3% of the supply […]

The China National Nuclear Corporation has announced the launch of mass production of silicon-28 with isotopic purity above 99.99%. It was called the country's first independent large-scale production of such a material. Silicon-28 is used in silicon-based quantum computers: it reduces magnetic interference and helps improve the stability of qubits. Stay informed! Subscribe to our Telegram.

For the first time in nearly two months, Americans will see gasoline prices below $4 per gallon. The decline was made possible by the U.S. and Iran agreeing to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The White House considers this Donald Trump's achievement, but analysts point out that the global oil market is still far from a sustainable recovery. The decline has been going on for a third week now

The developer of neutral-atom quantum computers QuEra Computing plans to launch its first fault-tolerant system on the Amazon Braket cloud service in 2028. The project will be implemented as part of an expanded partnership with Amazon Web Services. The Libra quantum computer is being designed with more than 256 error-corrected logical qubits and a target logical error rate of 10⁻⁶. By QuEra's calculations, the system will be able to perform around 1 million reliable logical quantum operations.