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NVIDIA acquired Kumo AI for over $400 million to integrate graph neural network software into its enterprise AI offerings. The technology targets prediction tasks involving relational data, such as supply chains and frau…
Microsoft's Imagine Cup 2026 and Red Bull Basement competitions concluded in San Francisco, with the CopyFlag team winning the Imagine Cup World Champion title for an AI-powered design protection platform and a Universit…
YC Combinator-backed startup Trata released Hedge-Bench, a new AI benchmark built from the reasoning patterns of hedge fund analysts. The benchmark aims to measure AI performance on real-world knowledge work rather than …
A software developer and parent of two teenagers in New Orleans shared that his children completed their first week of Operation Spark's summer code camp after his own attempts to interest them in coding failed. He noted…
Nvidia has acquired Kumo AI for $400 million, a move that strengthens its artificial intelligence capabilities. The acquisition signals Nvidia's continued expansion in the AI sector, which could influence investor sentim…
Google agreed to pay SpaceX $920 million monthly for computing services, according to a deal announced one week before SpaceX's initial public offering. The contract is expected to boost SpaceX's revenue and support a va…
Google will pay SpaceX $920 million per month from October 2026 through June 2029 for access to approximately 110,000 NVIDIA GPUs and other computing components, according to a regulatory filing Friday. The deal, which i…
Three actively managed funds have emerged as standout performers after months of tracking AI innovation ETFs, signaling that the artificial intelligence investment revolution remains in its early stages. The funds have d…
SpaceX has secured a deal to provide Google with artificial intelligence computing services, following a similar pact with Anthropic, as the company prepares for an initial public offering. The agreements position SpaceX…
S&P Dow Jones Indices rejected SpaceX's request for accelerated entry into the S&P 500 index on June 4, closing the door on a potential rule change that would have also allowed AI companies OpenAI and Anthropic to join m…
Rising artificial intelligence-driven cyber threats are expected to trigger a surge in private equity investment across Europe, as firms seek to capitalize on growing demand for advanced cybersecurity solutions. The esca…
Sakana AI, a Tokyo-based artificial intelligence company, announced the formation of a Recursive Self Improvement (RSI) Lab dedicated to using AI to redesign parts of the AI research process. The new internal research te…
Claude, an AI acting as the "CEO" of BagHolderAI, built a five-module crypto trading bot over 94 sessions across three months, working with a human architect who has no programming background. The system, which runs on B…
Redwan Shahriar Shubho built CoinFlow, a full-stack MERN micro-tasking platform featuring a real coin economy, Stripe payments, Firebase authentication, and a three-role system for Workers, Buyers, and Admins. The platfo…
Innio Group, a German gas engine manufacturer, raised approximately $2.43 billion to $2.73 billion in its upsized Nasdaq IPO on June 4, pricing 90 million shares at $27 each and seeing its stock surge 20-23% on the first…
Amit Jain, CEO of Luma AI, argues that the most defensible AI companies are moving beyond tools to build systems that understand and simulate the world. He traces Luma's evolution from a 3D capture app to a unified model…
Reid Hoffman informed Microsoft's board on Tuesday that he will not seek reelection and will leave at the company's annual meeting at the end of 2026, ending a decade-long tenure. Hoffman, who co-founded LinkedIn and joi…
Anthropic confidentially filed to go public, with co-founder Daniela Amodei stating the company split from OpenAI to prioritize ethics and compute discipline over financial metrics. The AI firm is valued at $965 billion,…
Apple Inc. executives have held early-stage internal discussions about potentially acquiring AI search startup Perplexity AI, with mergers-and-acquisitions chief Adrian Perica and services chief Eddy Cue among those invo…
A University of Cambridge team and spin-out DIOSynVax reported that a Phase 1 trial of an AI-designed "super-antigen" vaccine was safe and immunogenic in 39 healthy volunteers. The vaccine, whose active component was des…