/Infrastructure
Anthropic is hiring an AI chip design team
Anthropic is building a custom chip team to design its own AI hardware, aiming to boost performance and efficiency.
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/Business
Tesla is suing this Canadian province for cutting it out of its EV incentives
Tesla has filed a lawsuit against Manitoba after the province removed the automaker from its electric‑vehicle rebate program.
/AI
Hark previews its browser use agent for completing tasks
Hark, a startup that raised $700 million in Series A, launched its Hark Handoff agent that can navigate websites without APIs to order food, book travel, and more.
/AI
Anthropic signs $10B deal with AI cloud startup Volta
Anthropic has secured a $10 billion partnership with Volta to provide cloud compute, expanding its infrastructure capacity for Claude over six years.
/AI
AI makes weather prediction better. Can WindBorne make it lucrative?
WindBorne Systems raised $37 million in a Series B round to use AI‑driven weather balloons for more accurate, cost‑effective forecasts.
/Startups
Robinhood to list a fund that lets anyone back Y Combinator startups
Robinhood will launch a publicly traded fund that allows retail investors to back Y Combinator startups, expanding access to venture capital.
/Technology
AI data‑centre race builds $1 trillion lease burden for Big Tech
Microsoft, Meta, Oracle, Amazon and Alphabet have committed about $1.09 trillion in future lease payments for AI‑powered data centres, a move that could reshape the industry’s capital structure.
/Product & Design
Apple’s New Icon Design: A Confusing Update
Apple released a new set of minimalist app icons in its Creator Studio update, sparking debate over usability and design clarity.
/Technology
Apple will launch five new products next month, here’s what’s coming
Apple is set to unveil a lineup of new iPhones, Apple Watches, AirPods and HomePod models in September, with rumors pointing to AI‑powered features and a foldable iPhone Ultra.
/Product & Design
The Echo Chair Makes 3D Printing Feel Refined
ZHA and Nagami collaborate on the Echo Chair, a 3D‑printed seat made from recycled PETG that blends parametric design with sustainable manufacturing.
/Technology
Nvidia's Vera CPU and the Olympus cores that power it: Deep dive
Nvidia unveiled its Vera CPU, a standalone AI‑centric processor featuring 88 custom ARMv9.2 cores and 1.5 TB of memory, targeting hyperscalers and cloud providers.
/Startups
Synthetic‑user startup Simile raises $200 M at $2 B valuation 5 months after $100 M Series A
Simile, a synthetic‑user AI platform, closes a $200 million Series B round, reaching a $2 billion valuation and positioning itself in the fast‑growing AI research tools market.
/AI
Nvidia doesn’t mess around: A week after open AI industry group formed, it’s already showing progress
Nvidia-led Open Secure AI Alliance has formed a working group to develop open-source AI cybersecurity guidelines and tools.
/Web3
Dinari launches tokenized S&P 500 stocks for US self‑custody wallets using USDC
Dinari becomes the first platform to let U.S. investors trade over 700 tokenized S&P 500 stocks in self‑custody wallets, partnering with Circle to bridge traditional equities and crypto.
/Infrastructure
Nvidia open sources cuFile API, accelerating GPU read/write capability for high‑speed storage
Nvidia announced the open‑source cuFile API, which enhances GPU read/write performance for high‑speed storage systems, improving data throughput for AI and HPC workloads.
/AI
HappyRobot lands $150M Series C to scale agentic AI for enterprise operations
European AI startup HappyRobot raises $150 million to expand its agentic AI platform beyond logistics into insurance, energy, telecoms and more.
/Infrastructure
NVIDIA Launches Powerful New Rubin Chip Architecture
NVIDIA introduces the Rubin chip architecture, enabling AI workloads directly on personal devices and expanding its AI hardware portfolio.
/Product & Design
Spotify now has over 300M subscribers
Spotify surpassed 300 million subscribers, adding AI-powered features like personalized podcasts and a conversational AI assistant to drive growth.
/Technology
The next Xbox could play every Xbox game ever made
Microsoft’s Project Helix could run games from all Xbox generations, potentially turning the console into a universal library of titles.
/Startups
A Marc Benioff‑backed startup thinks AI can solve the AI deployment problem
The new company June raises $20 million to help enterprises deploy AI by automating complex workflows and reducing reliance on forward‑deployed engineers.