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What’s New Today: Huawei launches AI chip plan using massive clusters and faster interconnects to offset weaker chip power and challenge Nvidia.
Fast-Track Insights: Warsaw’s sun. store raised €6M seed funding to digitize solar procurement, expand across Europe, and grow into a marketplace for clean energy equipment.
Here’s a quick rundown of the biggest tech headlines making waves today. Let's dive into the day's top tech stories, from Huawei outlining an AI chip plan to challenge Nvidia to Canara Bank inviting applications for 3500 apprentice posts.
Huawei announced a three-year plan to compete with Nvidia in AI chips, focusing on large-scale Ascend chip clusters and a new UnifiedBus protocol that reportedly moves data 62 times faster than Nvidia’s NVLink144. Despite weaker individual chip performance, Huawei aims to bridge the gap through scale, improved memory architecture, and SuperPod cluster technology, signaling progress toward China’s self-reliant semiconductor ecosystem despite U.S. sanctions and ongoing manufacturing challenges.
Warsaw-based startup sun. store has raised €6 million in seed funding to digitize Europe’s solar procurement market. The platform offers structured product data, real-time pricing, logistics, and financing to simplify cross-border solar trading. Serving 35,000 users across 25 countries, sun.store has handled over €100 million in transactions and lists €1.5 billion worth of products. The new capital will support product development, hiring, and expansion beyond solar into all clean-energy equipment.
Canara Bank has announced its Apprentice Recruitment 2025 for 3500 Graduate Apprentice vacancies across India under the Apprentices Act, 1961. The 12-month program offers a stipend of Rs 15,000 per month. Eligible graduates aged 20–28 can apply online via the NATS portal and Canara Bank’s website. The selection process includes a merit list, a local language test, document verification, and a medical fitness test. Applications must be submitted online, along with the required documents and fees.
AI is transforming business operations by automating workflows, enhancing productivity, and reducing repetitive tasks. The article highlights the top 10 AI tools for 2025, including ChatGPT Enterprise, Microsoft Copilot, Salesforce Einstein, Zoho Zia, Trello with Butler AI, HubSpot AI, Notion AI, Jasper AI, Asana with AI features, and IBM Watsonx. These tools streamline processes, enhance collaboration, and facilitate informed decision-making, enabling businesses of all sizes to operate efficiently and focus on growth.
Tether Holdings is in talks to raise $15–20 billion through a private placement, potentially valuing the stablecoin issuer near $500 billion. The deal, advised by Cantor Fitzgerald, would involve issuing new equity and give investors about a 3% stake. Tether aims to utilize the capital to enhance infrastructure, compliance, and products, while pursuing a U.S.-regulated stablecoin amid a shifting policy climate and moderating the yield on its $172 billion USDT reserves.
