Trapped-ion quantum computing scale-up eleQtron has closed a €57m Series A led by Schwarz Digits, the technology arm of Lidl and Kaufland's parent group.

Firecrawl is becoming core infrastructure for AI agents, giving systems reliable access to the live web and turning open-source traction into category leadership.

Elon Musk has settled the SEC's case over his late 2022 Twitter stake disclosure for $1.5m, with no admission of wrongdoing. The fine is the largest in SEC history for the violation.

Alphabet has launched a six-tranche euro debt offering, three months after a $30bn multi-currency raise that included a 100-year sterling bond.

Apple is in early-stage talks with Intel and Samsung about manufacturing some of its M-series chips, in a quiet move to diversify production away from TSMC.

Mission Space adds a fourth orbital sensor on HEX20's Maya-V1 rideshare, building toward a 24-satellite constellation for real-time space weather forecasting.

Musk texted Brockman about settling two days before trial. Brockman's journals call the nonprofit mission "a lie." He testifies Monday in the $150B OpenAI case.

Katie Haun expands from crypto into AI agents for financial services. First fund delivered Bridge/Stripe and BVNK/Mastercard exits. Erebor is the new thesis.

Energinet halts new grid agreements after 60 GW of requests hit a 7 GW grid. Microsoft, Google, and Apple drove Danish data centre growth. Now the grid cannot keep up.

OpenAI has finalised The Deployment Company, a $10bn joint venture with TPG, Brookfield, Bain, and 16 other investors.

Pinterest hit $1.008B in Q1 revenue with 631M MAUs. Performance+ AI ads delivered 24% higher conversions. The growth engine is 80 billion monthly visual searches, not social feeds.

Palantir reports Q1 earnings under unusual pressure, after a 30% drawdown driven by Anthropic competition concerns and broader AI software multiple compression.