Critical Energy, founded by a SpaceX alum, raised $22M to mass-produce modular geothermal turbines, betting the AI power crunch needs firm clean energy fast.

Perion CEO Tal Jacobson explains why the CMO accountability gap is an infrastructure problem, not a measurement one, and how AI-native execution is changing how marketing proves business impact.

A reported $3bn deal for Microsoft to lease Oracle cloud capacity fell apart over the FedRAMP security framework, per Business Insider. Oracle disputes the account.

China's State Council 2026–2030 employment plan orders the state to track how AI creates and destroys jobs, a political hedge on its own AI build-out.

The FTC has drafted a potential lawsuit accusing Amazon of misleading advertisers over hidden ad pricing, a case that could cost billions, Bloomberg reports.

Palantir engineers, has raised a $60M Series A from Index, ICONIQ and SAP to untangle the legacy code inside big firms.

Convey has raised a $38M Series A led by a16z to build AI 'teammates' that own back-office work, betting the label beats 'agent' in a crowded enterprise market.

Google's first smart speaker in six years, the $99 Google Home Speaker, ships June 25, but Gemini Live and its best AI features need a $10/month subscription.

The US Commerce Department awarded Nvidia-backed SandboxAQ $500M under the CHIPS Act to invent PFAS-free, rare-earth-free chip materials, taking an equity stake.

Estonia says it will be the first country to give AI agents personal ID numbers, so people don't have to hand a bot their entire digital identity to act for them.

The Pentagon says Grok helped strike 2,000 targets in Iran, and that its polluting data centre is too vital to switch off. Both claims should alarm us.

Twenty, a US cyber warfare startup that openly builds offensive cyber weapons, raised $100M led by Accel at a $1bn valuation as Washington embraces offence.