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Axis Robotics raises $12M to crowdsource robot training data on-chain, Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 built on 20000-GPU Alibaba cluster amid export control allegations, Ethereum Institutional closes 100-plus-backer coalition round

Qualcomm closes $3.9B Modular acquisition and wins BMW decade-long chip deal, Microsoft Azure hits $100B annual revenue as AI capex soars, Meta earnings miss sparks selloff amid $130B+ spending plans, Cognizant Q2 beats on AI deployment work with Financial Services leading

China starts producing domestic DUV lithography machines, Meta and BlackRock announce $14B El Paso AI data center joint venture, WhatsApp Web adds full audio and video calling

Circle acquires IBM's blockchain patent portfolio to become top U.S. holder, NVIDIA launches open AI security alliance after rogue-model cyberattack, Chinese chipmaker CXMT surges 466% in landmark Shanghai IPO

OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health for all U.S. users with HIPAA gap concerns, Google raises 2026 AI capex to $195–205B as Cloud surges, Anthropic publishes $200M Economic Futures Research Fund agenda targeting AI job displacement

Glow emerges from stealth as a $1.2B cybersecurity unicorn, Palo Alto Networks acquires Embrace to expand observability platform, SpaceX launches Northrop Grumman's robotic satellite servicing mission to orbit

White House Genesis Mission expands to 15 agencies with $5B in AI research awards, Neo exits stealth with $100M to secure enterprise AI agents, Databricks raises at $188B valuation

Andera raises $37M to automate internal audit with AI agents, Natural raises $30M to build agentic payment infrastructure, Gritt exits stealth with $34M for AI-powered solar construction robots

Anduril unveils Thunder autonomous attack drone at Farnborough, Alibaba previews 2.4 trillion-parameter Qwen3.8-Max AI model with skepticism attached, DeepSeek eyes $74 billion valuation ahead of potential STAR Market IPO

Emergent AI hits $1.5B valuation with $130M Series C, India approves $15B Semiconductor Mission 2.0 targeting 2nm chips, India's $7.5B Mobile Phone Manufacturing Scheme targets domestic brands and deep supply chain

Thinking Machines Lab releases open-weights AI model Inkling, OpenAI ships its first hardware product the Codex Micro macro pad, Ather Energy closes a $295M fundraise with 8x oversubscribed QIP

Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 surfaces in unplanned soft launch targeting Claude Opus 4.8, Mira Murati's Thinking Machines releases open-weight Inkling model, India approves $15B Semicon 2.0 chip mission

Apple Intelligence clears Chinese regulators powered by Alibaba's Qwen model, AI studio Fountain O releases fully AI-generated Odyssey film at fraction of Nolan's $250M budget, Nebius launches asset-light cloud partnership model

PixVerse raises $439M and launches AI game engine, Nous Research hits $1.5B unicorn status with open-source Hermes Agent, DeepSeek eyes new funding round at $71B valuation

PixVerse raises $439M and launches AI game engine with real-time world model, DeepSeek seeks $71B valuation weeks after $7B raise, Reflection AI locks in $1B+ compute deal with Nebius for Nvidia GB300 chips

Apple files landmark trade secret lawsuit against OpenAI and io Products, Nobel laureate John Jumper leaves DeepMind for Anthropic, Microsoft routes Copilot workloads to in-house MAI models

Meta pulls Muse Image from Instagram after opt-out backlash from users and Hollywood, OpenAI launches GPT-5.6 and ChatGPT Work as a unified productivity platform, 1X Technologies reveals advanced Neo robot hands and clashes with WIRED over coverage framing

SpaceX files FCC plans for Starmind million-satellite AI compute constellation, EdVisorly closes $13.3M Series A to automate college transfer workflows, Cognition ships SWE-1.7 coding model with RL-on-RL gains

Meta launches Muse Spark 1.1 paid API model, Meta Model API opens to U.S. developers with OpenAI and Anthropic SDK compatibility, Cognition SWE-1.7 delivers near-frontier coding at $1.97 per task

Microsoft routes Copilot workloads to in-house MAI models, squeezing OpenAI and Anthropic, EU Parliament extends Chat Control 1.0 scanning measure for two years, Irish drone startup Manna opens U.S. factory in Tulsa targeting 80% metro coverage

OpenAI launches GPT-5.6 family after first-ever U.S. government safety review, Waymo expands driverless rides to Las Vegas, San Diego, Denver, and Tampa, Google quietly opts users into AI training on Lens photos and voice searches

Higgsfield AI hits $500M ARR and profitability in 14 months, Norm AI raises $120M Series C at $1.2B valuation, Meta launches Muse Image with opt-out photo policy backlash

Tesla launches AI-powered home energy management with Powerwall, Nothing Phone 4b debuts in India with cricket edition, UK biotech sends longevity lab to orbit for drug research

Tesla launches driverless robotaxi in Miami with no safety driver, Unitree Robotics wins $619M Shanghai IPO approval, Alibaba bans Claude Code calling it high-risk spyware

Even Realities raises $150M and hits $1B valuation, Unitree Robotics wins approval for $618M Shanghai IPO, Tesla launches unsupervised robotaxi service in Miami to compete with Waymo

Quantum Systems raises $1.2B Series D valuing it at $8B, OpenAI proposes 5% equity stake for U.S. government amid conflict-of-interest concerns, India investigates Tata Electronics ransomware breach exposing iPhone 18 Pro secrets

Quantum Systems raises $1.2B Series D at $8B valuation for autonomous defense tech, Together AI closes $800M Series C at $8.3B valuation for open-source AI cloud, Kling AI raises $2.8B at $15B pre-money valuation with rivals as backers

Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 5 for agentic AI at lower cost, Fable 5 returns after export control lifted, India's Skyroot Aerospace stacks Vikram-1 rocket for historic private orbital launch, Skyroot closes $60M round to become India's first space-tech unicorn at $1.1B valuation

Anthropic restores Claude Fable 5 after U.S. export control order sets AI governance precedent, Together AI raises $800M Series C at $8.3B valuation led by Aramco Ventures, Lime opens on Nasdaq at $27 in first major micromobility IPO in years

Anthropic launches Claude Sonnet 5 as free-tier default with near-flagship agent performance, debuts $150M Claude Corps fellowship amid job displacement concerns, releases Claude Science research workbench in public beta