Premium users can now type or speak to Spotify to control playback, explore listening history, and learn about music. Managed accounts for kids also go free.

Chai Discovery's $400M Series C triples its value to $3.8bn, a fresh sign that AI drug discovery has moved from promise to deployment at big pharma.

A DeepSeek IPO could come as soon as this year. First the Chinese AI lab wants a fresh round at a $71bn valuation, up from $50bn six weeks ago.

ASML is reducing EUV cycle time from 22 weeks to 15-16 weeks. It is nearly fully booked for 2027 with substantial 2028 orders already in hand. Guidance raised.

Oppo is shutting down OnePlus in the US and Europe amid financial challenges, geopolitics, and the memory crisis that killed budget phones. India exit follows in 2027.

Seoul opened bidding for a free AI chatbot and public-service agent for all citizens, requiring 50% domestic models. Beta launches in September. Runs through 2030.

Stripe and Advent International have bid $60.50 a share for PayPal, backed by $50bn of committed bank financing. PayPal has not replied.

Apple is in early talks with PrismML, whose on-device AI compression shrinks a 27B model to under 4GB to run on an iPhone. Apple has not commented.

Monumental has raised a $32m Series B led by Khosla Ventures to expand its fleet of 150+ bricklaying robots in the UK and launch its first US pilots.

The Cyberspace Administration approved Apple AI services alongside Huawei. A Khosla-backed startup compressed Qwen from 54GB to under 4GB to run on-device.

Publishers and author Scott Turow filed a Google Gemini lawsuit, claiming the company trained its AI on millions of copyrighted books without permission.

London fintech Velocity has raised a $38M Series A, led by Dragonfly and FirstMark, to bring stablecoin treasury and settlement tools to enterprises.