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The UAE-led round values Elon Musk’s tunneling company at $23 billion and links fresh capital to more than 150 kilometers of planned underground infrastructure.
The all-cash deal values the collaboration platform at a fraction of its pandemic-era peak and extends Bending Spoons’ rapid consolidation of mature software brands.
The personal agent can email, book travel and buy on a user’s behalf, moving Meta from AI answers into everyday transactions.
A multigenerational Amazon partnership gives Qualcomm a path into AI data centers while tying potential equity ownership to future purchases.
Federal financing moves Iowa’s only nuclear plant closer to a 2029 restart as Google secures long-term power for growing cloud and AI demand.
The financing takes Stoke Space’s total capital raised to $2.3 billion as it prepares its first orbital launch and develops a larger Nova vehicle.
The AI company acknowledged that evaluation agents wrote to outside websites and said it will develop a framework for reporting future misalignment incidents.
NHTSA is examining whether Tesla’s steering-wheel-free Cybercab complies with federal safety standards after its commercial launch in Austin.
OpenAI’s most capable model arrives with restricted cyber access, a phased enterprise rollout and new questions about how autonomous systems should be governed.
Waymo’s simultaneous Denver, San Diego and Tampa launches extend its commercial service to 14 U.S. cities and put its newer Ojai vehicle into two more markets.
