Alphabet(US:GOOG) 创业邦·2026-01-24 01:10Group 1 - Google has invested in Japanese startup Sakana AI to enhance the influence of its chatbot Gemini in Japan, following a $135 million Series B funding round last year, which valued the company at approximately $2.6 billion [2] - AI expert Fei-Fei Li is in talks to raise about $500 million for her startup World Labs, targeting a valuation of nearly $5 billion, after previously securing $230 million in funding in 2024 at a valuation of $1 billion [2] - OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman announced that the company added over $1 billion in annual recurring revenue (ARR) from its API business in the past month [2] Group 2 - Google has signed a non-exclusive licensing agreement with emotional voice AI company Hume AI, resulting in the departure of Hume AI's CEO Alan Cowen and approximately seven other engineers to join Google's DeepMind team [2][3] - Hume AI plans to continue providing its technology to other leading AI labs and is set to release its latest model in the coming months, with the incoming CEO Andrew Ettinger emphasizing that voice will become a primary user interface for AI [3]