The EU is forcing Google to open Android to rival AI and share its search data
29 countries sign a treaty to establish the World AI Cooperation Organization
Fireworks raised $1.5bn on a bet that companies will build AI, not rent it
Oak raised $60M to give every user, machine, and AI agent one identity system
Oracle is one notch above junk after S&P downgrade as AI data-centre spending burns through cash
Google’s next Gemini Pro is months behind schedule as coding capabilities fall short of internal goals
GameStop’s Ryan Cohen calls physical game sales ‘totally irrelevant’ and pivots every question back to eBay
Visa launched a stablecoin platform that sent Circle shares tumbling six percent
AI and a brain implant restored a paralysed man’s movement and touch
Verizon cuts 3,000 retail jobs as AI replaces customer service and stores move to franchises
Google renames NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook and expands code execution to Pro users
SWISSto12 raised $70M, and it is that rare thing: a profitable space startup
Xpeng’s L03 is the first Chinese EV to put proprietary AI driving chips in a mass-market car
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Bunkerhill Health raised $55M to put AI agents to work inside hospitals
Anthropic and Blackstone bet the next fortune in AI is implementation, not models
A Face ID pioneer raised $52M to read the brain like a blood test
Applied Computing raises $20m to build a foundation model for the refinery
Uber agrees $14.8bn Delivery Hero takeover, 26% above its May bid
Walden Robotics launches with $300M, and its factory humanoids have no legs
