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Transportation
Waymo has secured approval to serve its first airport in California, San Jose Mineta International, marking a major milestone in the company’s long-running push to integrate robotaxis into airport travel. The Alphabet-owned autonomous vehicle company announced Thursday that it will begin testing at the airport in the coming months,
Aerospace
GE Aerospace is making a major move into the electric aviation sector with a $300 million investment in Beta Technologies, part of a strategic partnership to co-develop a hybrid-electric turbogenerator for next-generation aircraft. The deal, announced Thursday, is pending regulatory approval. Hybrid Power for Advanced Air Mobility The collaboration underscores
Travel
JetBlue is taking a different path in the race to upgrade in-flight internet. While many major airlines have partnered with SpaceX’s Starlink, JetBlue announced Thursday that it will instead turn to Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites to deliver free Wi-Fi to passengers beginning in 2027. Faster Speeds, New Partner
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
French artificial intelligence startup Mistral AI is finalizing a €2 billion investment round that would value the company at $14 billion, according to a Bloomberg report. If completed, the deal would cement Mistral’s place among Europe’s most valuable tech startups and intensify competition with U.S.-based AI
Cloud Computing
CoreWeave, the fast-growing provider of cloud servers for AI model training, announced on Wednesday that it has reached an agreement to acquire OpenPipe, a two-year-old Y Combinator–backed startup specializing in reinforcement learning tools for enterprise AI development. The acquisition underscores CoreWeave’s strategy to move further up the AI
Quantum Computing
Nearly 80 years after hosting the world’s first atomic bomb tests, New Mexico is aiming to shape another transformative technology: quantum computing. The state announced plans Tuesday to invest $315 million into quantum companies, fabrication facilities, and infrastructure, including a quantum network to connect labs and businesses. Building a
Transportation
Waymo is widening its footprint in the U.S. with the addition of Denver, Colorado, and Seattle, Washington to its testing map. Starting this week, the company will deploy both its Jaguar I-Pace electric SUVs and Zeekr robotaxi vans in the two cities. Initially, the vehicles will be human-driven as
Quantum Computing
IQM Quantum Computers, a university spinout based in Finland, has joined the ranks of unicorns after closing a $300+ million Series B round led by Ten Eleven Ventures, a U.S. investment firm specializing in cybersecurity. The raise brings IQM’s total funding to date to around $600 million, solidifying
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
WordPress is taking its first major step into AI-powered web development with the introduction of Telex, a new experimental tool designed to help users generate custom WordPress blocks using simple text prompts. The tool was unveiled last week by CEO Matt Mullenweg during his keynote at WordCamp US 2025 in
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company best known for its Claude models, has closed a landmark $13 billion Series F funding round, pushing its post-money valuation to $183 billion. The company says the fresh capital will be used to scale enterprise adoption, deepen AI safety research, and fuel international expansion. Investor
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Mukesh Ambani, India’s richest man and chairman of Reliance Industries, has announced an ambitious new venture aimed at transforming India into a global hub for artificial intelligence. Speaking at the company’s 48th annual general meeting on Friday, Ambani launched Reliance Intelligence, a wholly owned subsidiary that will build
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup, xAI, announced on Thursday the release of its first agentic coding model, marking the company’s entry into one of the most competitive arenas in AI development. The model, named grok-code-fast-1, is described by xAI as a “speedy and economical” tool designed to autonomously