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Quantum computing pioneer Chad Rigetti is back
Amazon-backed nuclear startup X-energy files for an IPO that could raise up to $814M
The Italian deeptech making graphene-based optical chips gets €211M
Accel raises $5 billion for AI as venture capital bets reach infrastructure scale
Anthropic attracts $800 billion valuation offers as revenue hits $30 billion annualised run rate
Athena launches FabOrchestrator, an agentic AI platform for manufacturing execution systems
Jane Street commits $6 billion to CoreWeave and takes a $1 billion equity stake
Accenture bets on General Robotics to unify factory AI across robot brands
Astroport and Vermeer want to bring heavy construction equipment to the Moon
OpenAI opens its cybersecurity model to thousands of defenders in race with Anthropic’s Mythos
Spotify is selling physical books now, and it makes more sense than you think
Anthropic, Google, and Microsoft paid AI agent bug bounties, then kept quiet about the flaws
Google classifies back button hijacking as spam, enforcement starts June 2026
Snap cuts 1,000 jobs as Spiegel bets AI can do the work of a bigger workforce
A US judge ruled that a fraud defendant’s AI chats with Claude are not privileged
HBO Max comes to India through exclusive JioHotstar deal at 50 cents a month
The Axie Infinity co-founder who survived a $620M North Korean hack is now building AI drone detection for Europe’s defence
Adobe’s new Firefly AI assistant turns Creative Cloud into a single conversational interface

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