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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, …
Shares of Chinese AI developer Zhipu surged up to 48% in Hong Kong trading after JPMorgan raised its target price to HK$1,400 and Bank of America initiated coverage with a buy rating, amid tightening U.S. restrictions on…
Dalus (YC W25), an AI-powered hardware system design software startup, is hiring a senior software engineer in Germany to lead frontend development. The role involves building intuitive interfaces for complex engineering…
ByteDance is in talks to buy at least 50,000 AI chips from Shanghai-based Iluvatar CoreX for inference workloads powering its Doubao chatbot, Reuters reports. If completed, the deal would make Iluvatar CoreX ByteDance's …
French President Emmanuel Macron, with less than a year left in office, is betting on artificial intelligence to cement his legacy, leveraging France's nuclear energy to attract AI data centers and securing a €75 billion…
A developer used Claude Mythos to build BrandLM, a startup that audits brand visibility across AI answer engines like ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Google AI Overview, in one day. The tool generates reports showing ho…
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced a new Rapid AI Delivery (RAID) taskforce during London Tech Week to accelerate AI adoption across the armed forces, aiming to improve decision-making and reduce risk. Defence foun…
Mirae Asset Securities failed to secure any SpaceX IPO shares for its clients, highlighting Korean brokerages' limited influence in global IPO allocations as AI giants OpenAI and Anthropic prepare for potential blockbust…
Banks are racing to appoint chief AI officers, with adoption surging from 26% to 76% in a year, according to an IBM survey. HSBC, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, and Lloyds Banking Group have made high-profile hires, wit…
NocoBase, an open-source no-code platform, reports doubling its revenue in the first five months of 2026 compared to the same period in 2025, with its best month alone matching its entire 2024 revenue. The company, which…
LG Energy Solution held its Battery Tech Conference in Chicago to recruit top global research talent in next-generation battery technologies, energy storage systems, and artificial intelligence. CEO Kim Dong-myung emphas…
Shares of Zhipu AI surged up to 48% on Monday after the Chinese firm announced it would open-source its latest large language model, GLM-5.2, later this week. The move aims to attract users seeking cheaper alternatives t…
Over 700 Indian AI startups applied to pitch US venture capitalists at a June 10-11 trade exhibition; 10 presented and 5 reached the final. Agentic Universe, an enterprise AI agent platform, is targeting a $10 million se…
Orbio AI, a Madrid-based HR automation startup founded by repeat entrepreneurs Sergi Bastardas, Nacho Travesi and Antonio Mele, raised $21 million in Series A funding led by Dawn Capital to deploy AI agents for hiring an…
Anthropic announced a pricing change for its Agent SDK, charging heavy async users API rates beyond a monthly credit, which may drive them to OpenAI's Codex. The move affects developers running Claude agents asynchronous…
Innocean, the marketing arm of Hyundai Motor Group, partnered with venture capital firm SBVA to launch UP 2026, a growth platform for about 10 AI and technology startups including Ohou, Blind, and Kream. The program aims…
ByteDance, TikTok's parent company, is negotiating to buy at least 50,000 AI inference GPUs from Shanghai-based Iluvatar CoreX, as US export controls push Chinese tech firms to diversify away from Nvidia. The company is …