London-based Agon, which is developing sovereign AI training infrastructure for European defense, emerges from stealth with a $7M pre-seed and a $23M seed — Startup founded by the co-founder of Cambridge Aerospace and alums from Anduril, Applied Intuition and Helsing aims at a critical gap in the market.
Sources: Nvidia signs leases worth up to $50B for Hut 8's planned 1GW data center in Texas, hosting hundreds of thousands of chips; Hut 8 didn't name its client — CEO Jensen Huang deploys balance sheet to backstop growth of AI computing market
A look at the secretive process Meta used to get an advantageous deal for its Hyperion data center in Louisiana, including tax breaks and lack of public input — A Times examination details how the Silicon Valley giant used private talks with local officials to start a project big enough to cover nearly six square miles.
Spain-based Multiverse Computing, which shrinks LLMs to reduce energy and compute costs, raised a $570M Series C at a $1.7B valuation — The Spanish startup says its quantum-inspired compression technology can shrink LLMs by up to 95% — Multiverse Computing, whose technology …
Once hailed as an AI visionary, Satya Nadella faces pressure as a compute crunch forces Microsoft to prioritize its own AI products over Azure cloud customers — Microsoft went all in on AI. Is its North Star now a noose? — Three years ago, Satya Nadella catapulted Microsoft to the front …
Shein's IPO prospectus shows Q1 revenue of $9.05B, up 1% YoY, as it swings from $395M profit in Q1 2025 to $99M loss partly due to US' “de minimis” rule removal — Shein swung to a $99 million net loss in the first quarter of this year, the draft Hong Kong listing prospectus …
Sources: Apple may have delayed AI glasses launch partly over privacy concerns that Meta's glasses created for the category, as it works to address the issues — Company debated whether glasses will be able to record video. — Apple's upcoming smart glasses have a major challenge in front of them …
Crypto exchanges like tradeXYZ are giving global investors exposure to Chinese AI-linked stocks like CXMT, bypassing Beijing's control on foreign capital access — Perpetual futures let investors circumvent restrictions on foreign access to China's equity market
SK Group Chair Chey Tae Won says Anthropic has asked SK Hynix for supplies to make its own chips, calling it remarkable that an AI developer has chip ambitions — AI developer Anthropic PBC has asked SK Hynix Inc., one of the world's biggest manufacturers of memory chips …
As student protests spread across India, Narendra Modi turns to Reels, swapping his trademark cinematic videos for self-recorded messages aimed at Gen Z — As student protests spread across India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has turned to Meta Platforms Inc.'s Instagram Reels …
A profile of Hangzhou-based Unitree, which shipped 5,500 humanoid robots in 2025, accounting for 25%+ of the global market, as it prepares for a Shanghai IPO — Spectators typically leave a UFC fight with ringing ears and a sheepish resolve to get back to the gym. Wang Xingxing went straight to his laboratory.
Preliminary findings: the EU Commission says TikTok's accounts for minors violate the DSA, citing features that could expose children to bullying and predators — ByteDance's social media platform TikTok has been charged with breaching EU online content rules due to design features …
The US OCC denies Wise's application to create a national trust bank, citing incompatibility with new Federal Reserve policies; Wise says it plans to reapply — London-listed shares of Wise (WISEa.L), fell 10% on Friday after the money transfer group said its application to create …
ServiceNow invests $40M in banking software specialist BusinessNext, valuing the 24-year-old Indian company at $700M and taking a roughly 5% stake — ServiceNow, the U.S. enterprise software company known for automating workflows like IT service management and HR operations …
UK publisher Bloomsbury says it is among the beneficiaries of the $1.5B Anthropic settlement; 14,087 of its titles are covered, with ~$3K in compensation each — Britain's Bloomsbury Publishing (BLPU.L) confirmed on Wednesday it was among the beneficiaries of a landmark $1.5 billion settlement …
SemiAnalysis : Analysis: Google DeepMind has lost frontier-model momentum amid leadership and RL talent departures, with Google Cloud eme...
