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SpaceX reportedly showed investors a “handset-like” AI device before going public. It could be another signal SpaceX wants to expand into wireless.

Sound built its reputation on concentrated, high-conviction bets in category-leading AI labs, while Kutcher’s new fund appears to be chasing the layer underneath those companies — the infrastructure and energy that power them.

The AI neocloud provider, which specializes in hosting open source models, last raised at a $3.3 billion valuation in early 2025.

Cloudflare is giving AI companies until September 15 to separate web crawlers used for search from those used for AI training and agents, or risk being blocked by default on many publisher sites.

Honda wants in on the lucrative energy storage market. This week it began producing batteries destined for data centers, not driveways.

The autonomous vehicle space is starting to feel like a repeat of the 2016 hype cycle. Travis Kalanick is back building a robotics company, and the talent wars and capital are heating up the same way they did the first time around. The money’s flowing back, and it’s the people who lived through that first … Read more

The nine-year-old scooter and bike-share company has said it needs the funds to help pay down around $1 billion in liabilities.

Venice AI is already profitable, with annualized run-rate revenues of over $70 million, CEO Erik Voorhees said.

Google’s 24/7 agentic assistant, Gemini Spark, comes to Mac alongside other improvements, like real-time tracking and support for more apps.

Sony will stop producing physical discs for all new PlayStation games beginning in 2028, as the company embraces an all-digital future.

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Meta is developing plans for a cloud infrastructure business, selling access to AI compute power and models. The move would pit it against the big cloud providers like Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. 

Anthropic said it would begin restoring access to the Fable on July 1.

Wayve’s offering is part of a growing trend of AI startups using employee tenders as a strategic tool to attract and retain talent.

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The free open source agentic program is finally invading your phone.

EquiLibre Technologies, a Prague-based AI lab founded by three ex-DeepMind researchers, is now valued at more than $500 million.

“We can take power from a plasma,” Kieran Furlong, co-founder and CEO of Realta Fusion, told TechCrunch. The milestone shows “what’s possible,” he added.

Google is updating its image generator to make it faster and cheaper, making it a more useful tool for creators looking to make AI content.

A new video shows the final production version of the upcoming Clicks Communicator, a BlackBerry-like smartphone that runs modern apps.

Nvidia AI chip competitor Etched says it has already booked $1 billion under contract for the inference systems powered by its chip.

Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 5 brings stronger agentic capabilities, lower pricing, and improved safety, positioning the model as a cheaper alternative to Opus, GPT-5.5, and Gemini Pro.

Acti is betting the smartphone keyboard is the next home for AI assistants. The startup’s new keyboard for iOS and Android works across apps and lets users create custom AI-powered shortcuts using natural language.

The updates include translations, new tools for hosts, and more.

But the company is still claiming that New Glenn will return to flight this year.

The company may finally be ready to try to deliver on Elon Musk’s years-long promise of launching a robotaxi network of its own.

X has launched a hosted MCP server, making it easier for developers to connect AI applications with the company’s API.

Stealthy startup Arcturus uses lasers to infuse carbon nanomaterials into copper, dramatically improving its ability to conduct electricity.

Users will be able use AI to create newsletters based on their recordings.

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