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SpaceX Revenue Nearly Doubles in First Public Quarter as Starlink Funds AI Expansion
Starlink satellite internet now generates over half of SpaceX's $7.8 billion quarterly revenue, while massive capex of $...
SpaceX Goes All-In on Nvidia GPUs, Ditching Multi-Supplier Strategy
Elon Musk commits SpaceX to using only Nvidia GPUs, citing Vera Rubin's architecture, just as the company's first public...
Reddit’s AI ‘Rules Hub’ Expands as the Platform Plans to Retire Automod and Tighten Developer Access
Reddit’s new AI ‘Rules Hub’ expands to all new subreddits; developers are warned to prepare for a mandatory shift to the...
S&P 500 Earnings Shatter Records: Q2 Profit Surge 47%, Beating Forecasts by Historic Margin
Corporate America just posted its strongest profit growth on record outside the pandemic, fueled by AI, one-time valuati...
Google AI Brain Drain: Hassabis Steps Down as CEO, Jeff Dean and Top Researchers Exit
Alphabet shares fell 4% after Demis Hassabis moved to chairman of DeepMind and chief scientist Jeff Dean announced he wa...
SpaceX Earnings Beat Fades as $18.4B Quarterly Investment Triggers Stock Slide
SpaceX’s maiden quarterly report showed 92% revenue growth and a narrower loss, but a $18.4 billion quarterly investment...
AI Strategy Can Destroy Startup Exit Value, M&A Adviser Warns
Strategic adviser Itay Sagie argues that rushed AI adoption can read as vendor dependency and integration risk to acquir...
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 Adds 'Real World AI' Stage for Physical-World AI
The fall conference expands its AI program with a new stage on autonomous hardware, edge AI and de-extinction, featuring...
Palantir Beats Q2 Views: Profit Triples, Sales Jump 93%, Shares Up 15%
Palantir crushed Q2 forecasts with revenue up 93% to $1.94B and EPS more than tripled to $0.41; shares jumped nearly 15%...
Forbes' 10 Richest People of August 2026: Tech Founders Dominate
Forbes' August 2026 ranking of the world's richest people is dominated by tech founders and one luxury titan, with fortu...
BTS choreographer Youngjun Choi's MVNT wants to be the AI Suno of K-pop dance
Choreographer Youngjun Choi and CEO Joon Jung are building MVNT, an AI dance generator that aims to give dancers royalti...
AI Can Handle Parenting's Drudgery, But Not the Conversations That Matter
Sam Altman's idea for an AI-generated kids' podcast sparked a familiar backlash. A parenting columnist's case for using ...
Big Tech's Q2 Ad Dominance and the Private Equity Push Into Ad Tech
Meta and Amazon outgrew Google in Q2 advertising; Wall Street frowned on AI capex, and private equity is circling under-...
Jungheinrich, Liebherr Win IFOY 2026 With AI-Powered Spare Parts Logistics
Jungheinrich beat 16 rivals to take intralogistics' top prize with an AI-driven, fully automated spare parts system deve...
Menlo Ventures Raises $3B for AI-Focused Funds in Its Biggest Fundraise Ever
The 50-year-old Silicon Valley firm is putting $3 billion behind a bet on AI's next phase, with a barbell strategy that ...
Horizon3 raises $250M at $2B valuation as AI-powered security testing demand grows
Horizon3 tripled its valuation in 14 months with a $250M Series E, as enterprises shift from annual pen testing to conti...
Palantir Revenue Jumps 93% on US Commercial Demand, Forecast Raised
Palantir nearly doubled quarterly revenue to $1.94 billion, beating analyst estimates and lifting its full-year outlook ...
Pippa Pays Artists for AI Training — but Its Models Still Rest on Scraped Data
The text-to-video startup pays artists royalties for AI training, but its underlying models still use scraped data — and...
AI and IT Teams Don't Have to Fight: What Three Companies Got Right
Baringa Group, Southern Bank and PacificTel each resolved the AI-IT divide by changing structures, not just attitudes. T...
ICE Mortgage Tech Logs Best Quarter Since 2022; Parent to Buy MarketAxess for $5.7B
ICE Mortgage Technology posted $557M in Q2 revenue and an 8% operating margin, while parent ICE announced a $5.7B deal t...
Retail TouchPoints to Host June 9-10 Webinar Series on Practical AI in Retail
Four-session webinar series on June 9-10, 2026 will cover practical retail AI — cross-channel orchestration, tax complia...
DAX Eyes Record High as Amazon and Microsoft Ignite Global Tech Rally
Strong earnings from Amazon and Microsoft fuel a surge in U.S. and Asian markets, putting the DAX within reach of a reco...
Jefferies: China Will Win AI's Consumer Market Despite Chip Stock Rout
A new Jefferies note argues China is best positioned for AI's mass market, even as semiconductor stocks wobble and big t...
AI Optimism Ignites Asian Markets; Korean Shares Surge 17%
Renewed enthusiasm for artificial intelligence triggered a powerful rally across Asian equities, with South Korean stock...
Space Economy’s Real Engine Isn’t Rockets—It’s the Data Flowing From Orbit
SpaceX’s Starlink illustrates a broader shift: recurring data-driven revenue, not launch hardware, is the space economy’...
AI Arms Race Fuels Cybersecurity Spending Boom, Goldman Sachs Predicts
A reported breach by a rogue AI agent at OpenAI has reignited debates about AI safety and turned attention to cybersecur...
Why AI Model Distillation Has Become a US-China Flashpoint
A technique long used to shrink AI systems is now at the centre of a geopolitical dispute as US firms accuse Chinese dev...
AI’s First Winners Seek Their Next Big Moves with Acquisitions and Unlikely Bets
From Midjourney buying a astrology app to Cognition adding personality to its coding agent, AI startups flush with cash ...
AI Goods Trade Soars 40% as Global Commerce Defies Middle East Conflict
WTO data shows global merchandise trade grew 3.2% in Q1 2026, propelled by a 40%+ surge in AI-enabling goods that offset...
Solocal Group Eyes AI-Powered Local Media Pivot After Turnaround
CEO Maurice Lévy announced the digital services firm’s accounts have recovered and unveiled plans to reposition as an AI...