ChipAgents secures $21M Series A funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners to revolutionize semiconductor design with AI automation, experiencing explosive 60x usage growth as top chip manufacturers embrace the platform to tackle increasingly complex billion-gate processors and accelerate time-to-market.
Stellantis teams up with Chinese AI firm Pony to bring self-driving robotaxis to European cities by 2026, starting with Luxembourg testing using Peugeot e-Traveller vans equipped with autonomous driving technology.
NVIDIA acquires AI coding tool Solver and launches 'AI factories' for vertical integration, positioning itself as an industrial solution provider that trains sector-specific models while addressing power efficiency bottlenecks in AI development.
Google DeepMind's AI discovers 2.2 million new crystal materials in a breakthrough equivalent to 800 years of traditional research, with 736 predictions already validated in laboratories and promising revolutionary advances in superconductors, batteries, and electric vehicle technology.
Apple commits to investing over $500 billion in the U.S. over four years, opening a massive Houston server facility by 2026, doubling its manufacturing fund to $10 billion, and hiring 20,000 new employees for AI and research roles.
Apple launches revolutionary M5 chip delivering 4x AI performance boost and 45% graphics improvement over M4, powering new MacBook Pro, iPad Pro, and Vision Pro devices now available for pre-order with enhanced ray tracing and 120Hz displays.
Broadcom stock rockets 10% as the chipmaker secures a massive partnership with OpenAI to design custom AI chips worth an estimated $40 billion annually starting in 2026, validating surging demand for specialized semiconductors in the artificial intelligence boom.
SoftBank acquires ABB's robotics business for $5.375 billion to accelerate artificial super intelligence goals, combining the 7,000-employee division with existing robotics investments to advance Physical AI innovation, with deal closure expected in mid-to-late 2026 pending regulatory approvals.
Figure AI announces plans to ship 100,000 humanoid robots by 2029 after securing a second major U.S. corporate customer and establishing a safety center at its California headquarters, following its initial BMW partnership.
Major AI systems from Google DeepMind, Microsoft, and Meta generate millions of promising new materials, but scientists discover 80-84% contain fatal flaws that make them impossible to synthesize in reality.