Financial Times: Analysts say AI fervor in the US and Asia has spread to Europe, boosting stocks like STMicro and Nokia as investors seek the AI boom's pick-and-shovel stocks — Investors hunt for winners in market that…
Bloomberg: An analysis of Tokenomist.ai data: Trump family members made ~$1.55B from sales of World Liberty Financial's WLFI tokens, lifting their total fortune by ~$660M — Trump family members made roughly $1.55…
William Sandlund / Financial Times: China's CSI AI Index, which tracks AI supply chain companies, is up 28%+ YTD, while HK's Hang Seng Tech Index, which includes Alibaba and Tencent, is down 8% — Tencent and Alibaba…
Winnie Hsu / Bloomberg: Analysis: contract prices for NAND chips are up 600%+ since late September 2025, while those for DRAM chips are up ~400%, with analysts expecting further gains — The worsening shortage in global…
Kate Park / TechCrunch: Config, which is building a data layer for robotics foundation models, raised a $27M seed at a $200M+ valuation led by Samsung Venture Investment — Asia's push into physical AI is being fueled…
Amber Tong / Bloomberg: Metis TechBio, a biotech company using AI to deliver and formulate drugs, surged as much as 185% in its Hong Kong market debut after raising ~$270M in its IPO — Shares of Metis TechBio Co, a…
Tamara Djurickovic / Tech.eu: Paymentology, which provides real-time card and payment processing technology for banks and fintechs, raised $175M co-led by Apis Partners and Aspirity Partners — Paymentology provides…
Alex Heath / Sources: Sources: Sam Altman recently discussed launching an AI compute company that is majority-owned by OpenAI, similar to Stargate's original data center initiative — Sources say Sam Altman has recently…
CNBC: Nvidia says that Jensen Huang is joining President Trump on his China trip; source: the president asked Huang to join after seeing media coverage of his absence — BEIJING — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has joined U.S…
Lora Kolodny / CNBC: Waymo recalls ~3,800 robotaxis in the US to fix software issues that may cause them to drive onto flooded roads, after some were seen stalled on flooded streets — Waymo is recalling about 3,800…
Semafor: Sources: Jensen Huang was left out of President Trump's China trip to avoid unwanted scrutiny and awkward conversations about the sale of Nvidia chips to China — THE SCOOP — The Trump administration left…
Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: The US' Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is testing ACCESS, an outcome-based payment model for AI-driven medical care, with 150 tech companies — Neil Batlivala has spent seven years…
Molly Taft / Wired: Internal emails: xAI added 19 gas turbines to Colossus 2 over the past two months; xAI is fighting a lawsuit alleging Clean Air Act violations at the site — Emails show that Elon Musk's company is…
Monica Hunter-Hart / Forbes: Havoc, which offers autonomous boats and software to control thousands of vessels at once, raised a $100M Series A led by Cobalt and Boardman Bay — Interest in drone boats is surging as the…
Mike Isaac / New York Times: Sources: Anthropic is in talks to raise between $30B and $50B in a funding round that would value it at up to $950B — The start-up, which recently released a powerful A.I. model called…
Douglas Belkin / Wall Street Journal: Princeton faculty votes to require proctoring in all in-person exams starting this summer, reversing an 1893 policy amid concerns about AI-fueled cheating — The change reverses an…
Google DeepMind: Google DeepMind details a Gemini-powered mouse pointer that understands what it is pointing at, allowing users to perform tasks without using text-heavy prompts — We are developing more seamless…
Josh Scott / BetaKit: Vancouver-based quantum computing startup Photonic raised an additional $70M after a $130M raise announced in January, giving it a $2B post-money valuation — Vancouver-based Photonic has completed…
Lily Hay Newman / Wired: Foxconn says some of its North American factories suffered a cyberattack in recent days; ransomware group Nitrogen claims it stole 8TB of data — Famous for helping build Apple's iPhones…
The Information: Source: Anthropic is in advanced talks to acquire New York-based Stainless, which helps developers generate SDKs from APIs, for at least $300M — Anthropic is in advanced talks to acquire developer…
Bloomberg: Sources: Anthropic is in early talks to raise at least $30B at a $900B+ valuation; the round is expected to close as soon as the end of this month — Anthropic PBC is in early talks with investors to raise at…
Samantha Subin / CNBC: Qualcomm closed down 11.46% on Tuesday as chip stocks pull back from record AI-driven rally; Intel closed down 6.82%, Sandisk dropped 6%, and Micron 3.61% — Chip stocks dropped on Tuesday…
Reuters: Samsung and its South Korean labor union fail to reach a pay deal; the union has said workers will strike for 18 days from May 21 if its demands are not met — Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) and its South…
Ben Lang / Road to VR: Meta schedules its annual Connect event for September 23-24 and says the event will focus on “the latest in VR, wearables, metaverse, and AI” — Meta's annual Connect event is set to return on…
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: Meta offers to give rival AI chatbots free access to WhatsApp for a month while it discusses commitments with EU antitrust regulators to address their concerns — Meta Platforms (META.O) has…
Tobias Burns / CNBC: CME Group and Silicon Data announce a futures market for computing capacity, with contracts based on daily GPU benchmarks for on-demand rental rates — A new futures market for semiconductors will…
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple plans to make the Camera app fully customizable in iOS 27, along with noticeable design changes across Siri, Safari, Weather, and more — Apple Inc. is planning to upgrade its…
Business Insider: Musk v. Altman: Altman faced an intense cross-examination from Musk's attorney, who asked “are you completely trustworthy?”; Altman replied “I believe so” — - Sam Altman faced intense, at times…
Christian Martinez / Reuters: The US FCC approves EchoStar's sale of approximately 65MHz of spectrum to SpaceX and 50MHz to AT&T — The U.S. Federal Communications Commission's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and…
Erin Woo / The Information: Google says it is hiring a team of “forward deployed engineers”, a source says in the hundreds, to help customers use its business-focused AI products — Google plans to hire hundreds of…
Bloomberg: Musk v. Altman: Altman testified that in 2017 Musk demanded complete control of a proposed OpenAI for-profit arm, musing that he would pass it to his children — OpenAI's Sam Altman testified that he was…
Yazhou Sun / Bloomberg: Anthropic names eight unauthorized secondary market sellers of its shares, including Hiive and Forge Global, warning that any share transactions there are void — Anthropic PBC identified a…
Tim Starks / CyberScoop: Google launches Intrusion Logging, an Android feature developed in partnership with Amnesty International and others, on Android 16 Pixel devices for now — Intrusion Logging marks the first…
Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: Google unveils a “full bleed” Android Auto design that fills unconventionally shaped screens like in the BMW Neue Klasse, plans to add YouTube video streaming — The phone projection…
Adamya Sharma / Android Authority: Google unveils Android security features, including protection from spoofed banking calls, default theft protection, and biometric protection for Mark as lost — Here's a look at the…
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Google announces Pause Point, an Android 17 feature that forces a mandatory 10-second pause before opening any app a user has labeled as a distraction — An anti-doomscrolling feature is now…
Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: Anthropic announces 12 Claude plugins for the legal sector, including a “commercial counsel” tool for reviewing vendor agreements and a bar exam study tool — Anthropic PBC is taking steps to…
Prakhar Khanna / ZDNET: Google says it has worked with Meta and Apple to add creator-focused video-editing tools to Android 17, expand AirDrop connectivity, and more — ZDNET key takeaways — Google partnered with Meta…
Allison Johnson / The Verge: Google announces Gemini Intelligence, bundling existing and new Gemini features, including task automation across apps and vibe-coding own Android widgets — We're one step closer to our…
Kyle Kucharski / ZDNET: Google unveils Googlebook, its new laptop lineup featuring a unified OS merging ChromeOS and Android, with devices from Dell, HP, and others coming this fall — ZDNET's key takeaways — Googlebook…
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Threads is testing a Meta AI integration similar to X's Grok, letting users mention Meta AI in a post or a reply to get more context, in five countries — Threads is testing a Meta AI…
Emma Roth / The Verge: Nonprofit RSL Media announces the Human Consent Standard, an AI licensing framework for use of people's work or likeness, backed by George Clooney and others — This new standard will allow people…
Wall Street Journal: Sources: Google is in talks with SpaceX and other companies for a rocket launch deal, as Google expands its own efforts to put orbital data centers in space — A deal between the two tech titans…
Pritam Biswas / Reuters: Isomorphic Labs, an AI-powered drug discovery spinoff from Google DeepMind, raised $2.1B led by Thrive, after raising $600M in its first round in March 2025 — Isomorphic Labs, an artificial…
Reuters: The US DOD says it is deploying Mythos to find and patch software vulnerabilities across the US government, even as it works on a transition away from Anthropic — WASHINGTON, May 12 (Reuters) - The Pentagon is…
Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: Exaforce, which uses AI agents to detect and thwart cyberattacks, raised a $125M Series B at a $725M valuation, bringing its total funding to $200M — As bad actors weaponize AI to exploit…
Bloomberg: Sources: Wispr AI, the developer of the voice dictation tool Wispr Flow, is in talks to raise ~$260M in a round that could more than double its valuation to $2B — Wispr AI Inc., the developer behind the…
Mauro Orru / Wall Street Journal: SAP launches its new Autonomous Enterprise software suite, integrating data, cloud, AI, and automation features to streamline business processes — German group seeks to stay on top of…
Sadie Gurman / Wall Street Journal: PayPal agrees to forgo ~$30M in transaction fees to end a DOJ probe into allegations that the company adopted unlawful preferences for minority-owned businesses — Case is part of…
Anna Irrera / Bloomberg: London-based blockchain analytics company Elliptic raised $120M led by One Peak Partners at a $670M valuation; the platform screens 1B+ transactions per week — Blockchain analytics firm…