Yann LeCun called Musk's xAI a 'failure' and warned AI labs face a 'big bubble explosion' unless they raise prices, while raising $1bn for his own bet.

Comand AI raised a €32mn Series A led by Blossom Capital, with Saab backing, to scale its AI command platform Prevail, already deployed with units in Ukraine.

SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic could generate billions in California taxes. But single-trigger RSUs, tender offers, and buy-borrow-die strategies are limiting the take.

AVP and Earlybird have launched E2D, a €500mn fund for European defence and dual-use startups, as the US still captures 85% of NATO defence-tech funding.

Baseten is raising $1.5bn in a dual-tier round at $11bn and $13bn valuations, betting AI's money is in cheap inference as open-source models undercut OpenAI.

VSCO launched Studio Pro, a batch-editing app & a $500-a-year VSCO One bundle to take on Adobe, aiming at the working photographer Adobe seems to be neglecting.

LinkedIn's Connected Apps links software like Replit and GitHub to your profile and auto-generates usage descriptions you cannot edit. Recruiters can see them.

ByteDance is on track to spend $1bn a year with Microsoft, mostly on OpenAI models, in a market OpenAI and Anthropic refuse to serve directly.

Atomico led a $16M seed in Frontier Health, whose AI agent JUNO targets NHS admin teams rather than clinicians, after a pilot saved 221 staff days.

Rockstar confirmed GTA VI pre-orders start June 25. The cover art features Jason, Lucia, and Vice City. The game launches November 19. No pricing announced.

Unreal Engine 6 will let studios plug Claude, Gemini or any model into game-making, even as 52% of developers say gen AI is bad for the industry.

Pramaana Labs raised $27mn led by Khosla Ventures to wrap LLMs in LEAN-based formal verification for high-stakes work in law, tax, and drug discovery.