DeepSeek is seeking $1.5 billion at a $71 billion valuation and eyeing a potential 2027 IPO — possibly as early as this year — just one month after closing a $7 billion round at $50 billion, as the Chinese AI startup surges to nearly 23% of tokens processed on Vercel's …
Kalshi launches a GPU forward curve tool that maps future computing power prices using prediction market contracts, positioning compute as a major financial commodity alongside CME Group and ICE as AI infrastructure demand drives projected data center spending into the trillions.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signs the nation's first statewide data center moratorium, blocking new environmental permits for facilities over 50 megawatts for up to a year as regulators develop standards to address rising energy costs, water use, and air quality concerns amid a nationwide pushback against AI-driven data center …
Reflection AI, an $8 billion open-model startup, secures a massive $1 billion compute deal with Nebius, gaining access to cutting-edge Nvidia chips as AI companies intensify their race to lock down critical computing infrastructure.
OpenAI fires back at Apple's trade-secret theft lawsuit, calling the claims baseless as the two tech giants clash in a rapidly escalating legal battle over stolen AI technology allegedly used to build a rival device ecosystem.
Open Interpreter is back as a fork of OpenAI's Codex, now boasting 64,900 GitHub stars, a lightweight Rust-based architecture, computer use capabilities, and support for top open models like DeepSeek and Kimi across macOS, Linux, and Windows.
Google releases Mantis, an open-source AI security toolkit that autonomously hunts, reproduces, and patches software vulnerabilities across hardware, firmware, and ML pipelines using a 15-component pipeline coordinated by a meta-agent, though all findings require manual expert verification before action.
Apple releases public betas of iOS 27, macOS 27, iPadOS 27, and watchOS 27, unveiling a significantly improved Siri AI with polished visuals and smarter personal data access — though it still trails behind leading AI models like Claude and ChatGPT ahead of its official fall launch.
Meta's massive $50 billion data center expansion in Richland Parish, Louisiana is transforming the local economy, delivering teacher bonuses up to $50,000, over $1.6 billion in local business contracts, and more than 1,000 jobs as the facility scales to become one of the largest AI infrastructure projects in the world.
Apple sues OpenAI in federal court, accusing the AI company of orchestrating corporate espionage through senior leadership, including a former 24-year Apple veteran, allegedly stealing trade secrets, downloading confidential documents, and coaching employees to evade security protocols.