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Business Insider reports that eight subscribers, from college students to CTOs, pay $1,200 to $2,400 annually for Anthropic's Claude Max, the company's highest-tier consumer plan. A 23-year-old subscriber, Drew Dawson, c…
AIVA, an AI-native mobility brand backed by Seres Group and launched by Saidou Technology, debuted in Beijing on June 9, 2026, with a partnership with ByteDance's Volcano Engine to co-develop in-vehicle intelligence usin…
Canada-based startup Legacy Keeper launched on June 15, 2026 as an AI-powered estate-planning platform for financial advisors and families. The platform processes wills, trusts, and insurance documents, flags risks, and …
The Kazakh government, Firebird, and NVIDIA signed a $10 billion package of agreements to develop AI infrastructure in Kazakhstan, including the Data Center Valley project in Ekibastuz. Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov ann…
Peel Hunt CEO Steven Fine said SpaceX's record $75bn IPO could reignite British retail investor interest in equity markets, citing high demand for shares allocated to UK investors and upcoming floats from AI firms Anthro…
Bank of America Securities initiated coverage on TeraWulf with a Buy rating and a $34 price target, citing the company's successful pivot from Bitcoin mining to AI data center operations. TeraWulf reported that high-perf…
Legacy Keeper, a Victoria, BC-founded platform, launched to streamline estate planning using AI agents, aiming to reduce workload for financial advisors.
Anthropic, the AI startup that has been the loudest proponent of stricter AI regulation, now faces export controls on its latest model, Fable 5, imposed by the Trump administration. The company's repeated calls for overs…
Shanghai Enflame Technology Co., a Tencent-backed AI chip maker, received IPO approval on China's STAR Market to raise approximately $830 million for next-generation semiconductor development, despite cumulative losses o…
Asia hedge funds focused on AI hardware and semiconductors achieved triple-digit returns in early 2026, with E20 Capital's Global Opportunity Investment Fund up 136% and WT Asset Management's China Focus fund up 103% thr…
SpaceX's IPO drove its shares sharply higher, making Elon Musk the first person with a net worth exceeding $1 trillion, with Reuters reporting $1.1 trillion and BBC reporting $1.11 trillion. The listing sparked debate ov…
Carmen Li, CEO of Silicon Data and Compute Exchange, said the compute market is shifting from on-demand to forward contracts as GPU price volatility rises, with fungibility challenges complicating trading. She noted that…
Consulting firms are hiring entry-level workers despite AI disruption, with salaries remaining stable. Bain & Company offers a base salary of $112,000, Boston Consulting Group $110,000, McKinsey & Company $112,000, and D…
College junior Drew Dawson spent $449 on AI subscriptions in May, including Anthropic's $200/month Claude Max plan, which he uses for side projects. Other heavy users like CTO Sterling Cobb pay over $1,000 monthly for mu…
Relativity acquired Gavel, an AI-native legal technology company, on June 12, 2026, to integrate AI-powered drafting and document automation into RelativityOne, enabling users to edit documents in Microsoft Word with syn…
Elon Musk claimed SpaceX could generate $1 trillion in annual revenue by 2030, two days after the company's record-breaking IPO valued it at over $2 trillion. The projection far exceeds underwriter estimates of $330-$474…
Cursor CEO Michael Truell, who built the AI coding startup into a potential $60 billion acquisition target for Elon Musk's SpaceX, has long harbored galactic ambitions. The 25-year-old MIT graduate, known for his humble …
French President Emmanuel Macron is promoting France as an AI hub by linking data center growth to the country's low-carbon nuclear power capacity. He persuaded SoftBank Group to consider up to €75 billion in French inve…
Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart invested over $1 billion in SpaceX through her mining company Hancock Prospecting, marking her largest non-mining bet. The investment, made after SpaceX's June 15 IPO, aims to capital…
Tech companies are laying off tens of thousands of workers at a record pace, citing AI as the primary reason, but critics including Marc Andreessen argue AI is a convenient excuse for pandemic-era overhiring. Meanwhile, …