Freitag, 4. Juli 2025

00:00
Meta said it supports proposals for an EU-wide age of digital adulthood, below which minors would need parental consent to use social media
RTÉ

Donnerstag, 3. Juli 2025

22:30
Tel Aviv-based Wonderful, which develops customer support AI agents for businesses in non-English speaking countries, raised a $34M seed led by Index Ventures
Wall Street Journal
21:30
Sources: Samsung is delaying completion of its Texas fab due to a lack of customers; the plant was meant to come online in 2024 before being pushed to 2026
Nikkei Asia
19:45
FOIA docs: the Trump administration claimed broad authority to nullify laws in letters to tech firms releasing them of legal liability related to the TikTok ban
New York Times
18:55
Counterpoint Research: Apple's iPhone sales in China grew 8% YoY in Q2 2025, the first time Apple has recorded growth in China since Q2 2023
CNBC
17:50
Daniel Gross is leaving Safe Superintelligence, the AI startup he co-founded with Ilya Sutskever, to join Meta's new superintelligence lab
Bloomberg
17:10
Sources: Meta offers to buy ~49% of Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross's VC fund NFDG; about half of NFDG's first fund of ~$1.1B, raised in 2023, has been invested
Wall Street Journal
16:45
London-based Hived, which offers an AI-based logistics and parcel delivery service, raised a $42M Series B led by NordicNinja
SiliconANGLE
16:15
How Trump's One Big, Beautiful Bill, which was approved by Congress, could cost the US the AI race by handicapping efforts to meet data center power demands
Fortune
15:35
Google rolls out its Veo 3 video generation model to Google's AI Pro subscribers in more than 159 countries, with a cap of three videos per day
TechCrunch
14:50
Founders Fund-backed Ondo Finance and Pantera Capital launch a $250M fund to invest in real-world asset tokenization projects via equity stakes and tokens
Axios
14:10
Sources: in 2024, Apple explored a cloud service renting its own chips to developers; it spends ~$7B per year on renting Nvidia chips from AWS and Google
The Information
13:50
Ilya Sutskever becomes CEO of SSI, with co-founder Daniel Levy as president; the technical team will continue reporting to Sutskever
CNBC
12:55
CoreWeave receives Nvidia's Blackwell Ultra servers built by Dell, becoming the first cloud provider to install systems based on Nvidia's latest AI chips
CNBC
12:20
Austin-based Ambiq Micro, which makes ultra-low power chips, files for an IPO and reports an $8.3M net loss on $15.7M in revenue in the three months to March 31
Bloomberg
11:45
An interview with X VP of Product Keith Coleman about plans to let developers program AI agents to propose Community Notes, the old system, and more
Washington Post
10:50
The Open Platform, a key TON developer that is behind Telegram's crypto Wallet, raised a $28.5M Series A at a $1B valuation, bringing its total funding to $70M+
Fortune
10:30
Thoma Bravo strikes a $2B deal to acquire restaurant software maker Olo, paying $10.25 per share, representing a 65% premium over Olo's share price on April 30
Bloomberg
10:00
Xbox says Arrowhead Game Studios' Helldivers 2 will debut on the Xbox Series X and S on August 26 for $40, the first PlayStation-published title to come to Xbox
The Verge
09:15
Sources detail EA's issues developing the next Battlefield, which now has a $400M+ budget; few staff believed EA leadership's 100M player target was achievable
Ars Technica
09:00
Samsung's One UI 8 animation files show its future tri-fold phone, with three rear panels and two inward-folding hinges, rumored to be called the Galaxy G Fold
Android Authority
08:00
Sources: Microsoft cut hundreds of Xbox jobs across studios, including King, ZeniMax, and Halo Studios, and cancels games like the new Perfect Dark and Everwild
Bloomberg
07:15
Sources: JD.com and Ant are lobbying the People's Bank of China to authorize yuan-based, Hong Kong-issued stablecoins to promote the yuan and counter USD coins
Reuters
06:50
Mixpanel co-founder Suhail Doshi calls out Soham Parekh, who he says “works at 3-4 startups at the same time” and has “been preying on YC companies and more”
NDTV
06:35
ASML, Mistral AI, and 40+ European companies urge the EU to delay the implementation of its AI Act for two years, saying it puts the bloc's AI ambitions at risk
Bloomberg
06:10
Ford CEO Jim Farley, Andy Jassy, and other CEOs are now predicting AI will significantly replace white collar workers, a shift from dodging job loss questions
Wall Street Journal
05:50
Researchers detail Centaur, a modified version of Llama trained on 10M+ human responses from 160 psychological experiments to better understand human cognition
New York Times
05:25
Meta is testing custom AI chatbots that message users unprompted, following up on past conversations to boost engagement on its AI Studio platform
Business Insider
05:05
An analysis of 15M+ biomedical abstracts from 2010 to 2024 finds researchers using AI to write abstracts use certain words far more often than those who didn't
New York Times
04:45
Bitcoin's implied volatility has fallen to its lowest level in about two years, per Deribit, and BTC has traded between $93K and $111K over the past two months
Bloomberg
04:25
Similarweb: since Google launched AI Overviews, the number of news searches that result in no click-throughs has grown from 56% in May 2024 to 69% in May 2025
TechCrunch
04:05
White collar workers are increasingly using AI note-taking apps to assist them during virtual meetings or listen in their place when they choose not to attend
Washington Post
03:50
AI is making it easier to create VTubers and faceless voiceover channels, fueling a new wave of virtual YouTube and TikTok creators amid concerns about AI slop
CNBC
02:30
A whistleblower details Clothoff, an AI-powered nudify app that owns 10 similar services; Clothoff had 27M visitors in H1 2024 and produced 200K images daily
Spiegel Online
01:55
A look at the ~$377 TranscribeGlass smart glasses, which weigh 36g and use AI to subtitle conversations in nearly real time, for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
Wired
01:40
Uber drivers in British Columbia join a union, seeking to negotiate Canada's first bargaining agreement for rideshare drivers; Uber has agreed to meet the union
Bloomberg
01:20
Sources: Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd says Bumble's “center of gravity” will move to the US where the “talent pool is right now”; 70% of its staff is UK-based
Financial Times
00:40
Baidu overhauls its search engine with AI features and a voice function in its most sweeping revamp in years, and rolls out its first image-to-video model
Bloomberg

Mittwoch, 2. Juli 2025

22:50
Some Chinese universities use AI detection tools to screen papers, but false positives force students to “dumb down” their writing or pay for rewriting services
Rest of World
21:50
Siemens says it has restored full access to its chip design software for its Chinese clients, after the Trump administration lifted export curbs imposed in May
Bloomberg
21:10
Datadog is joining the S&P 500, replacing Juniper Networks after HPE completed its $13.4B Juniper acquisition, before trading begins on July 9; DDOG jumps 10%+
CNBC
20:35
Memphis grants xAI an air permit to operate 15 gas turbines at its Boxtown campus until 2027, despite protests and a potential NAACP lawsuit over pollution
Wired
17:05
OpenAI says the tokenized OpenAI shares now on Robinhood are not equity: “We did not partner with Robinhood, were not involved in this, and do not endorse it”
CNBC
16:40
Ripple applies for a US national banking license, which would place its RLUSD stablecoin under the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's regulatory remit
Wall Street Journal
16:25
All The Xbox Games Canceled And Studios Closed In Microsoft's Latest Mass Layoffs
GameSpot
16:15
Sources: Netflix has talked to Spotify about projects like a music awards show or a live concert series, as it adds content that was core to the cable bundle
Wall Street Journal
15:20
Sources: OpenAI has agreed to rent additional computing power from Oracle, totaling ~4.5 gigawatts of US data center power, as part of its Stargate initiative
Bloomberg
14:55
Analysis: crypto ventures have added $620M+ to President Trump's fortune in the span of months, faster than his family's traditional real estate licensing deals
Bloomberg
14:18
Perplexity launches a $200/month Max plan with unlimited Labs access, early access to features like its Comet browser, and priority access to models like o3-pro
TechCrunch
13:40
TikTok lays off TikTok Shop US workers, the third round of layoffs for the team since April, after a year in which the division missed internal sales targets
Bloomberg
12:45
TikTok users are posting AI-generated videos, seemingly made with Google's Veo 3, depicting racist and antisemitic tropes that have garnered millions of views
Media Matters for America
12:40
ICEBlock, an app for anonymously reporting ICE official sightings, was the top free app in the US App Store on July 1; the app claims it stores no personal data
The Verge
11:55
A French court finds three former Ubisoft executives, including the chief creative officer, guilty of enabling a culture of sexual and psychological harassment
The Guardian
11:15
Berlin-based Talon.One, which provides software for brands to run personalized promotions and loyalty schemes, raised $135M
Sifted
10:10
Tax credits for Intel, TSMC, and other chip companies under the Big Beautiful Bill would rise from 25% to 35% if they expand their US manufacturing before 2026
CNBC
09:15
Source: Microsoft plans to lay off ~9,000 employees, or less than 4% of its workforce, across teams and role types, after cutting ~6,000 in May and 300+ in June
CNBC
08:45
Amsterdam-based Dexter Energy, which offers AI-based forecasting and trading products for renewable energy and batteries, raised a €23M Series C led by Alantra
Reuters
08:10
A report finds Google undercounted its carbon emissions, which rose 65% from 2019 to 2024, not 51% as claimed; the largest YoY jump was 26%, from 2023 to 2024
The Guardian
07:25
Sources: Apple supplier Luxshare is working with China International, Citic, and Goldman Sachs on its Hong Kong IPO for as soon as 2025, aiming to raise $1B+
Bloomberg
06:15
Sources: Foxconn recalled 300+ Chinese engineers from its Indian iPhone factories over the past two months, a blow for Apple as it ramps up iPhone 17 production
Bloomberg
05:40
A US judge rules that Huawei must face criminal charges in an indictment alleging racketeering, stealing trade secrets, and bank fraud tied to Iran sanctions
Reuters
04:30
Alibaba plans $7B in delivery and shopping subsidies over the next year, opens a Singapore AI hub, and is opening data centers in Malaysia and the Philippines
Wall Street Journal
02:35
A deep dive into Oracle's data center strategy and the company's emergence as an AI computing powerhouse, amid questions about its GPU business' sustainability
SemiAnalysis
02:15
Sources: Stockholm-based AI-powered app builder Lovable is set to raise $150M+ led by Accel at a ~$1.8B valuation, as VCs rush to back “vibe coding” startups
Financial Times
01:50
Chinese AI models from DeepSeek and others are becoming more popular worldwide; Sensor Tower: ChatGPT has 910M global downloads compared with DeepSeek's 125M
Wall Street Journal
01:35
VC firms Thrive Capital and General Catalyst deploy private equity's “roll-up” strategy; Khosla Ventures, Bessemer, 8VC, and others are also exploring roll-ups
Financial Times
01:25
Internal emails and audit reports warned that the Schengen Information System II, used by EU border forces, was rife with software and security vulnerabilities
Bloomberg
00:55
TikTok launches TikTok Shop in Japan, marking the e-commerce platform's 17th market, following launches in the US, the UK, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and more
South China Morning Post
00:45
Qantas discloses a cyberattack after hackers gained access to a third-party platform with 6M customers' personal data, but says no financial info was exposed
BleepingComputer
00:10
Google ends its Recipe Quick View pilot, which showed full recipes directly in search results, after some bloggers feared it would reduce traffic and ad revenue
Bloomberg

Dienstag, 1. Juli 2025

23:15
Sources: Intel is considering writing off its 18A and 18A-P manufacturing processes and stopping their marketing, focusing instead on 14A to compete with TSMC
Reuters
22:35
Carnegie Mellon and other US universities are rethinking CS programs to adapt to generative AI, like focusing more on computational thinking and AI literacy
New York Times
21:35
Sources: the US FTC has opened an in-depth investigation into SoftBank's $6.5B acquisition of chip designer Ampere, which could take a year or more to conclude
Bloomberg Law
19:20
Ambrook, which provides accounting software for US farmers and ranchers, raised a $26.1M Series A led by Thrive Capital and Figma CEO Dylan Field
Fortune
18:30
Sources: Palmer Luckey is preparing to launch Erebor, a US bank backed by Joe Lonsdale and other tech investors to serve startups, including crypto businesses
Financial Times
18:15
A California jury rules Google is liable in a 2019 class action lawsuit for collecting info from users' Android devices without permission and must pay $314.6M+
Reuters
17:10
Nothing unveils the $799 Phone 3 with a 6.7" AMOLED display, a Snapdragon 8s Gen 4, and three 50MP cameras, and the $299 Headphone 1, both shipping from July 15
Bloomberg
16:25
X says it will start to publish Community Notes written by AI agents and developers will soon be able to submit their own AI agents for the company to review
Bloomberg
15:50
Figma files for an IPO, plans to trade on the NYSE under the ticker FIG, and reports Q1 revenue up 46% YoY to $228.2M and net income up 233% YoY to $44.9M
CNBC
15:40
Source: Mark Zuckerberg has, on 10+ occasions, offered top AI research talent up to $300M over four years, with $100M+ in total compensation for the first year
Wired
14:45
Sources: Anthropic's revenue hit a pace of $4B/year, up almost 4x from the beginning of 2025; source: Cursor maker Anysphere hired two of Claude Code's leaders
The Information
14:08
In a memo to OpenAI researchers, Sam Altman said “missionaries will beat mercenaries” and “there is much, much more upside to OpenAI stock than Meta stock”
Wired
13:20
AT&T launches Account Lock to protect wireless users against SIM swapping attacks, following similar features from T-Mobile, Verizon, and Google Fi
The Verge
13:10
Meta expands WhatsApp's voice calling to let large businesses reach customers via the API and explores AI-powered product recommendations for merchants' sites
TechCrunch
12:20
Meta launches direct messaging for Threads users aged 18 and older, without E2EE support, and announces a “highlighter” feature, starting for trending topics
The Verge
11:45
Sources: data labeling company Surge AI aims to raise up to $1B, targeting a $15B+ valuation; Surge AI had $1B+ in 2024 revenue, vs. Scale AI's reported $870M
Reuters
11:30
CoinMarketCap: bitcoin's share of crypto market value grew to 64% in 2025, the highest since January 2021, and altcoins lost $300B+, as investors buy BTC ETFs
Bloomberg
11:20
American Bitcoin, a bitcoin mining and holding company backed by Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. that is a subsidiary of publicly traded Hut 8, raised $220M
Fortune
10:40
AI researcher salaries are steadily rising, with mid to senior level scientists' total pay packages of $500K to $2M at Big Tech, up from $400K to $900K in 2022
Financial Times
10:20
Trump says “We might have to put DOGE on Elon”, “DOGE is the monster that might have to go back and eat Elon”, and “We'll have to take a look” at deporting Musk
Axios
09:30
Grammarly acquires email startup Superhuman as part of a push to diversify and build an AI productivity suite; Superhuman was valued at $825M in August 2021
Reuters
09:15
Genesis AI, which generates synthetic data for training an AI model meant to power robots, emerges from stealth with a $105M seed co-led by Eclipse and Khosla
TechCrunch
08:10
Filing: Apple sues Di Liu, a former senior product designer for the Vision Pro, for allegedly stealing a “massive volume” of its trade secrets to take to Snap
SiliconValley.com
07:05
Huawei open sources its 7B and 72B Pangu AI models and some of its model reasoning tech to incentivize the use of its other products, like its Ascend AI chips
CNBC
06:20
Cloudflare debuts “Pay per Crawl”, a marketplace that lets sites charge AI crawlers per crawl; new sites using Cloudflare will now block AI crawlers by default
TechCrunch
05:45
Google warns that the DMA is hampering innovation for EU users and asks regulators for more detailed guidance and critics to provide evidence to prove its case
Reuters
05:05
Morgan Stanley says xAI raised $5B of equity in addition to $5B in debt; the startup raised $6B in December from a16z, BlackRock, Lightspeed, MGX, and others
The Information
04:51
The Senate votes 99-1 to remove a Trump tax bill provision that would have barred states from regulating AI if they got funding from a $500M broadband program
Bloomberg
02:25
An interview with Claude AI product lead Scott White on Claude Code writing 90% of its own code, MCP, coding being accessible to non-technical workers, and more
VentureBeat
00:45
Q&A with Matt Mullenweg on licensing deals with AI companies, putting Tumblr's backend migration to WordPress “on hold”, fediverse, content moderation, and more
The Verge

Montag, 30. Juni 2025

22:25
Amazon says it has 1M+ robots in its warehouses, the most it's ever had and near the count of human workers, with ~75% of global deliveries assisted by robotics
Wall Street Journal
21:50
After criticism, Sen. Blackburn backs off her own AI compromise for the tax bill, saying “we can't block states from making laws that protect their citizens”
Wired
19:45
Investigation: three major US Treasury hacks over the past five years were due to a failure to deploy security measures, as DOGE cuts further weaken the agency
Bloomberg
18:50
Levelpath, which offers AI-powered procurement software for enterprises, raised a $55M Series B led by Battery Ventures, bringing its total funding to $100M
TechCrunch
18:20
US chipmaker Wolfspeed files for Chapter 11 to enact a creditor-backed plan to slash $4.6B in debt and expects to emerge out of bankruptcy by the end of Q3
Bloomberg
18:00
Circle applies for a US national trust bank license, which would let it act as a custodian for its own reserves and hold crypto for its institutional clients
Reuters
17:25
Rapid7 finds eight flaws, including a remotely exploitable one that can't be fixed by patching the firmware, affecting 689 Brother printer models and 59 others
The Verge
17:10
Canada-based Clio, which makes cloud tools for law firms, agrees to acquire Miami-based vLex, which offers a regulatory database and an AI assistant, for $1B
BetaKit
16:40
Mexico City-based digital bank Klar raised a $190M Series C led by General Atlantic, including $170M in equity and $20M in debt, valuing the startup at $800M+
Bloomberg
16:04
The passed version of the Senate's OBBB has a provision that removes the 6 GHz band's protection from spectrum auctions; Wi-Fi 6E and Wi-Fi 7 use the 6 GHz band
Ars Technica
15:39
X hires Nikita Bier, the serial entrepreneur who sold polling startup TBH to Facebook and teen-focused social network Gas to Discord, as its new head of product
Bloomberg
15:25
A US judge denies Apple's motion to dismiss the DOJ antitrust lawsuit, filed in March 2024, that accuses Apple of unlawfully dominating the US smartphone market
Reuters
15:05
Sources: Mike Rockwell and Craig Federighi started a project to evaluate external models to power Siri; after testing, Anthropic's tech seemed most promising
Bloomberg
14:51
The US takes down a North Korean operation that, from 2021 to 2024, impersonated 80+ people to get remote jobs at 100+ US firms, using “laptop farms” in the US
TechCrunch
13:30
Memo: Mark Zuckerberg announces Meta Superintelligence Labs and 11 new hires for the group; Nat Friedman will “partner” with Alexandr Wang to lead the new group
Bloomberg
13:20
Google announces 30+ Gemini AI tools for educators, like “Gems” which help students on specific subjects, included with Google Workspace for Education accounts
TechCrunch
13:10
A look at the rise of $5B+ unicorns, which make up ~13% of the nearly 1,600 unicorns but hold $3.5T of the $6T total valuation; 17 startups hit $5B+ in H1 2025
Crunchbase News
13:00
Campfire, which offers AI-powered ERP and accounting services, raised a $35M Series A led by Accel
TechCrunch
12:40
Experts raise concerns that Malta's MiCA licensing process is not backed by enough oversight; OKX got a license four days after getting pre-authorization status
CoinDesk
11:25
Robinhood announces more tokenized US stocks and ETFs across Europe, crypto staking in the US, a Layer 2 blockchain for real-world asset settlement, and more
CNBC
11:17
Anysphere launches a Cursor web app and Slack integration that will “remove the friction” for users managing a network of AI coding agents on mobile or desktop
TechCrunch
11:10
How performers on OnlyFans and other adult sites use LLMs for creative inspiration, amid a rise of adult-specific LLMs, like chatbot GPTease for sex workers
The Verge
11:05
SEC filing: Oracle has signed large cloud services agreements, including one expected to contribute $30B+ in annual revenue from FY 2028; ORCL closed up 3.99%
CNBC
11:00
Apple says it will delay rolling out some iOS 26 features in the EU set for later in 2025, like “visited places”, citing difficulties of complying with the DMA
Wall Street Journal
10:50
Microsoft claims its AI tool MAI-DxO diagnoses diseases with 80% accuracy vs. doctors' 20%; Mustafa Suleyman calls it a “step toward medical superintelligence”
Wired
09:45
Europol says it has dismantled a crypto investment fraud ring in Spain that laundered €460M using a global network of accomplices, and five people were arrested
Reuters
09:15
Tinder is mandating new users in California verify their profiles using facial recognition technology starting June 30 in a bid to reduce impersonation
Axios
08:55
Source: Nintendo pulled its products from Amazon's US site after noticing third-party merchants were selling games in the US at prices below Nintendo's rates
Bloomberg
08:40
Spotify revamps its Discover Weekly playlist after ten years, adding new genre filters for Premium users, and says users streamed 100B+ tracks via the playlist
TechCrunch
07:55
Bank of Korea temporarily halts preparations for the second phase of its pilot initiative testing program for a central bank digital currency, scheduled for Q4
Bloomberg
07:30
Stockholm-based Tandem Health, which has developed an AI medical copilot for clinicians to record patient consultations, raised a $50M Series A led by Kinnevik
Sifted
07:05
Tel Aviv-based Cato Networks, whose tools help protect remote workforces, raised a $359M Series G at a $4.8B+ valuation, taking its total funding to $1B+
Wall Street Journal
06:45
PitchBook: Australian startups raised $3.4B in 2024, down from 2021's $6.5B peak; 39% of early-stage capital in Australia came from overseas vs. 21% in the US
Bloomberg
05:40
The White House announces an AI Education Pledge with commitments from 60+ companies to provide AI education materials to K-12 students over the next four years
Axios
04:30
Kuo: Apple plans to launch a cheaper, ~13" MacBook powered by iPhone 16 Pro's A18 Pro chip, expected to enter mass production in late Q4 2025 or early Q1 2026
9to5Mac
02:25
Jim Chanos, who famously shorted Enron, calls Michael Saylor's bitcoin strategy “financial gibberish”, as Saylor inspires several copycats like Trump Media
Washington Post
01:25
How India is carving out space for high-end manufacturing, including a $2.5B Foxconn iPhone factory in Devanahalli, near Bengaluru, aiming to create 40K jobs
New York Times
00:50
Sensor Tower: Temu's US MAU fell 51% to 40.2M from March to June, while Shein's dropped 12% to 41.4M, amid the US' China tariffs and “de minimis” closure
Financial Times

Sonntag, 29. Juni 2025

23:03
GOP Senators agree to change a provision in the tax bill from a 10-year ban on state AI regulation to a 5-year ban with carve outs for issues such as copyrights
Bloomberg
22:59
Sources: the US DHS, in partnership with DOGE, has built the first-ever searchable national citizenship data system, pulling from SSA and immigration databases
NPR
22:43
Canada rescinds the Digital Services Tax targeting US companies, set to go into effect on June 30, “in anticipation of” a US trade deal, as trade talks resume
Associated Press
21:05
A profile of OnlyFans' secretive founder Leo Radvinsky, as the platform's parent company is considering a sale for as much as $8B, according to sources
Wall Street Journal
20:15
China's tech giants are ramping up M&A and investment deals as the government shifts its stance to support the tech industry, particularly in areas like AI
Bloomberg
19:10
Spinwheel, which helps fintech companies and banks authenticate users, automate data retrieval, and facilitate payments, raised a $30M Series A led by F-Prime
Axios
19:05
Kuo expects Apple to mass produce a Vision Pro with M5 in Q3 2025, a Vision Air in Q3 2027, a Vision Pro with a new design and XR glasses in H2 2028, and more
9to5Mac
18:35
Sources: Menlo Ventures targets ~$1.5B for new funds to invest in AI ventures, including $650M for early-stage startups, and $850M for later-stage companies
Wall Street Journal
16:35
Winnipeg-based Conquest Planning, which uses AI to help financial advisors and other clients make decisions, raised an $80M Series B led by Goldman Sachs
BetaKit
15:26
Memo: OpenAI's Mark Chen responds to Meta offers, says it feels like “someone has broken into our home and stolen something” and OpenAI is “recalibrating comp”
Wired
14:45
The F1 movie gives Apple its first box office hit, opening to $144M worldwide and $55.6M in the US; it was pushed on Apple Music, Podcasts, Fitness+, and Wallet
Deadline
13:55
Elon Musk calls the Senate tax bill “utterly insane” as it raises taxes on nuclear and geothermal energy and battery storage, which are crucial for AI training
Noahpinion
13:15
Baidu open sources its Ernie 4.5 LLM models; some say this could cement China's AI leadership, while others doubt it will be a “DeepSeek moment”
CNBC
12:10
MCP has promise beyond AI, and could serve as a “universal plugin system” that connects disparate data sources and tools together to enable new capabilities
Works on My Machine
11:05
OpenAI is expanding its consulting-like service to refine its models and build bespoke apps for large enterprise and government clients spending at least $10M
The Information
10:20
Call center agents in Australia, Canada, Greece, and the US say they've been repeatedly mistaken for AI, as the industry rapidly integrates AI alongside humans
Bloomberg
09:35
Report: Swiss deep tech startups have created over $100B in total enterprise value, with 60% of VC funding in Switzerland from 2019 to 2025 going to deep tech
Tech.eu
06:00
Synthesia says it has over 65K customers and serves more than 70% of the Fortune 100, with its AI avatars mainly used for training and internal communications
Fortune
02:00
A look at efforts by Coinbase, Kraken, Robinhood, and other crypto companies to tokenize stocks amid regulatory hurdles and questions about product demand
Bloomberg
01:25
South Korea becomes Asia's best-performing stock market in H1 2025, as shares rise following President Lee Jae-myung's pledge to allow won-based stablecoins
Financial Times
01:15
Niural, whose AI agents help companies automate payroll, benefits, vendor payments, and compliance, raised a $31M Series A led by Marathon Management Partners
Axios
00:55
Nvidia executives, including Jensen Huang, have sold $1B+ worth of company stock in the past 12 months, with $500M+ in share sales occurring in June 2025 alone
Financial Times
00:45
Bengaluru-based ShopOS, whose AI agents help automate content creation, marketing, and site management for e-commerce brands, raised $20M from 3State Ventures
Moneycontrol