AI game creation platform Verse8 completes $5 million seed funding round. The funds will be used to advance its AI system, expand creator onboarding and incentive programs, and strengthen publishing and distribution infrastructure. Verse8 allows creators to quickly generate playable games through natural language prompts.

AI gaming original platform Verse8 announces $5 million seed funding, which will be used to enhance AI systems, expand creator programs, and improve infrastructure. Since launching in 2024, Verse8 has accumulated over 3.5 million monthly active users and 25,000 games.

Meituan CEO Wang Xing emphasizes an aggressive approach in AI business, viewing AI as a strategic opportunity. Meituan is among the leading domestic companies in AI investment, dedicated to developing its own model LongCat and collaborating with top large models to enhance understanding and execution of user needs, striving to make the Meituan app the preferred platform for local life services.

Hedera launched the Hedera Agent Lab platform on March 26, aimed at helping developers build on-chain AI agents. It offers three development modes: no-code, low-code, and advanced code, with more features to be integrated in the future.

Liquid Capital founder Yi Lihua stated that the market is still waiting for clarity on the war, but there will likely be opportunities to buy the dip. He emphasized the importance of learning AI, believing that companies not using AI will be eliminated, and plans to spend half of his time working alongside AI.

CoinShares reports that Bitcoin miners are under profit and loss pressure, with mining costs rising to approximately $79,995 in 2025, while hash rate prices continue to decline. Mining companies are accelerating their shift toward AI, and it is expected that by the end of the year, revenue from AI will account for 70%. If Bitcoin's price rebounds to $100,000, hash rate prices are likely to recover.

U.S. Senator Mark Warner proposes taxing AI data centers to support workers affected by AI and fund related training programs. Due to increased unemployment caused by AI, Warner opposes bills to halt data center construction, believing the industry should take responsibility for community transformation.

The Sonic SVM Foundation announced on March 26th that it has acquired the market-making tool developer ForgeX and open-sourced its ForgeX CLI product. This tool provides Solana developers with various on-chain operation features, including token creation, cross-DEX market making, and more, outputting structured JSON format for easy AI agent integration.

MARA Holdings announces the repurchase of $1 billion convertible notes due 2030 at approximately a 9% discount, reducing convertible debt by about 30% and eliminating future dilution risk. The funds come entirely from Bitcoin sales, aiming to strengthen the balance sheet and expand strategic flexibility in digital energy and AI/HPC sectors.

Reflection AI plans to raise its funding target from $2 billion to $2.5 billion, with its valuation expected to increase from $20 billion to $25 billion. This will be one of the largest funding rounds in the open-source AI field, aiming to build a freely accessible AI model ecosystem. JPMorgan Chase and existing investors will participate in the investment.