OpenAI is building an agent-first phone with Qualcomm, MediaTek, and Luxshare, per analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. No apps, just agents. Mass production targeted 2028. Qualcomm surged 13% on the report.

Atech has raised a pre-seed from Nordic Makers, Lovable, Sequoia Scout Fund, and the a16z Scout Fund to build a natural-language hardware prototyping platform.

Sequoia and Nvidia have backed Ineffable Intelligence, the London startup from AlphaGo creator David Silver, at a $5.1B valuation.

Meta has signed a deal to receive up to 1GW from Overview Energy’s satellites, which beam near-infrared light to existing ground solar farms.

DeepSeek is offering a 75% discount on V4-Pro until 5 May and cutting API cache hit prices to 1/10 across its entire suite.

Spotify launches a fitness category today, giving Premium subscribers access to Peloton workout classes in the US, UK, Australia, and six other markets.

Jury selection opened Monday in Musk v. Altman, the federal case over OpenAI’s for-profit conversion. Musk seeks $150B and OpenAI’s return to nonprofit status.

CATL is seeking $5B in a Hong Kong share placement, potentially the city’s largest deal in four year, as the world’s biggest EV battery maker cashes in on a 160% stock rally.

Stuttgart-based Sereact raises a $110M Series B led by Headline to develop AI that makes robots predict consequences before acting.

China’s NDRC has formally ordered Meta to unwind its $2 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus, the deal that sparked Beijing’s new US investment approval rules.

Iranian strikes on SABIC’s Jubail complex halted 70% of global PPE resin supply, sending PCB prices up 40% in April.

Microsoft retains a non-exclusive licence to OpenAI’s intellectual property through 2032, remains the primary cloud partner, and keeps its 27% equity stake. OpenAI will continue paying Microsoft a ...