Lovable is closing a round at $6.6 billion, more than triple its July valuation, while global edtech venture funding has fallen from $16.7 billion in 2021 to under $3 billion in 2025.
Antitrust pressure on the biggest technology companies is now coming from four directions at once: Washington, Brussels, London, Tokyo and Beijing. The clearest signal is the FTC's investigation into Microsoft, which The Verge reported on 1 June 2026 has moved into civil investigative demands, the subpoena-like requests at the centre of the case.
Lovable is now valued at $6.6 billion after a December round that more than triples its July valuation, according to CNBC, as global edtech investment collapses from a $16.7 billion peak to under $3 billion.
Mazda put a LiDAR sensor suite into its China-built CX-6e on 27 September, the same weekend a proposed class action against OpenAI, Anthropic, SpaceXAI and Google over an alleged agreement to slow AI development was still making the rounds. Neither story is a courtroom ruling, which is why this week's antitrust picture is messier than the headlines suggest.
Lovable, the Swedish vibe coding startup, has been valued at $6.6 billion in its latest funding round, more than triple the $1.8 billion it was worth after closing a round in July, according to CNBC, which cited two anonymous sources with knowledge of the deal.
The FTC is investigating whether Microsoft used unfair methods of competition in cloud and software, while Google fights a Chrome divestiture demand, China has found Nvidia in breach of its antitrust law, and four AI labs face a proposed class action over slowing development.
Apple was ordered to pay $5.7bn after a San Diego jury found it had used another company's haptic technology without permission, the BBC reported on Monday. The verdict lands in the same week European funding data and a proposed AI class action keep antitrust questions on the agenda.
A federal judge has ruled that Google does not have to sell AdX, the ad exchange at the centre of the US Department of Justice's antitrust case, preserving the company's business model while leaving the monopoly finding in place.
On 28 September, two very different AI bets landed on the same day: Alibaba Cloud put $3m behind the Omarchy Linux project, while a solo developer shipped ParkourNote, a research workspace built in a month with Claude.
A proposed class-action lawsuit accuses Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google of agreeing to slow AI development, according to a 21 September report by Tom's Hardware, as European tech leaders push back on the safety panic they say is driving the case.
Lovable's latest funding round values the Swedish vibe coding startup at $6.6 billion, two sources told CNBC, more than trebling the $1.8 billion valuation it reached in July. Meanwhile global edtech venture funding fell below $3 billion in 2025, from a 2021 peak of $16.7 billion.
Four plaintiffs who subscribe to ChatGPT, Claude, Grok or Gemini filed a proposed class-action antitrust suit accusing the leading AI labs of agreeing to slow development, according to Tom's Hardware. The case lands as European tech leaders and cybersecurity researchers argue the panic driving it is misplaced.
Alibaba Cloud is joining the Omacom Foundation as a Founding Corporate Patron with $1 million a year for three years, the foundation said on 28 September, a $3 million commitment that brings its total backing to about $21.7 million.
Microsoft is answering Federal Trade Commission civil investigative demands about its Azure cloud business and its role in AI, according to documents reviewed by The Verge. The probe could put the company back in an antitrust hot seat for the first time in more than two decades.
Alibaba Cloud is joining the Omacom Foundation as a Founding Corporate Patron with a $3 million commitment, announced on 28 September, matching DigitalOcean's backing for the Omarchy Linux project. The pledge lands in a week that also brought smaller European AI rounds and a fresh batch of developer tools for coding agents.
Swedish vibe coding startup Lovable has closed a funding round valuing it at $6.6 billion, more than triple the $1.8 billion it was worth in July, according to two sources who spoke to CNBC.
Swedish vibe coding startup Lovable has been valued at $6.6 billion in a new funding round, according to two sources who spoke to CNBC, more than tripling the $1.8 billion valuation it reached in July.
TSMC reported record fourth-quarter net income of NT$505.7 billion (about $16 billion), up 35 percent year over year, and said AI chip demand looks endless. Micron told investors it can meet only half to two-thirds of key-customer demand.