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Capital floods into AI infrastructure as the Pentagon locks down space surveillance and chipmakers race to scale capacity.
Amazon Raises $25B for AI Infrastructure
TL;DR: Amazon returned to the bond market with a $25 billion offering split into eight tranches with maturities from 3 to 40 years. The funds will finance AI data center construction and cloud compute expansion as Amazon scales its infrastructure to meet surging enterprise AI demand. Read more →
SK Hynix Eyes $28B US IPO
TL;DR: Memory chipmaker SK hynix is preparing to raise $28 billion through a Nasdaq IPO at a potential $150 billion valuation. The offering would fund high-bandwidth memory production capacity and AI chip manufacturing expansion as the company rides surging demand for HBM used in NVIDIA accelerators. Read more →
Pentagon Awards SpaceX $6.5B Satellite Contracts
TL;DR: The Department of Defense awarded SpaceX two major contracts worth $6.5 billion: $4.16 billion for the AMTI satellite constellation and $2.29 billion for the Space Data Network. The systems will support next-generation missile defense and military space communications capabilities. Read more →
Anthropic Signs $19B Data Center Lease
TL;DR: Anthropic will pay $19 billion over 20 years to lease a TeraWulf data center for Claude training and inference workloads. The deal sent TeraWulf shares up 4.8 percent. The facility is currently under construction and will provide dedicated AI compute at scale. Read more →
Meta Launches Muse Image AI Model
TL;DR: Meta Superintelligence Labs released Muse Image, its first image generation model. The system lets users @ mention Instagram accounts in prompts to pull real people into AI photos. Muse Image is live in the Meta AI app, WhatsApp, and Instagram Stories with Facebook and Messenger coming soon. Read more →
Keyfactor Raises $1B+ in Funding
TL;DR: Encryption management startup Keyfactor closed over $1 billion in new funding led by Summit Partners, bringing total capital raised to $1.2 billion. The company provides enterprises with software for managing encryption keys and automating certificate lifecycles across cloud and on-premise infrastructure. Read more →
Norm AI Hits $1.2B Valuation
TL;DR: Legal AI agent platform Norm AI raised $120 million in a Series C led by Khosla Ventures at a $1.2 billion valuation. The company embeds legal compliance directly into AI agents, letting enterprises automate contract review, regulatory checks, and legal operations without manual attorney oversight. Read more →
OpenAI Chief Futurist Leaves Company
TL;DR: Joshua Achiam, OpenAI's Chief Futurist and a nine-year veteran of the AI safety team, is leaving the company. Achiam made a memorable appearance in the Musk v. Altman trial earlier this year. His departure follows a wave of senior exits from OpenAI's research and safety divisions. Read more →
Anthropic Brings Cowork to Web and Mobile
TL;DR: Anthropic expanded Claude Cowork beyond the desktop, launching web and mobile versions of its agentic AI assistant. Cowork orchestrates tasks across files, calendars, email, messaging apps, and browsers, now accessible from any device with a persistent session and cross-platform sync. Read more →
Quaise Energy Raises $134M for Geothermal
TL;DR: Houston-based Quaise Energy closed the first tranche of its Series B with $134 million in new funding, bringing total capital to $230 million. The company is building a 50-megawatt superhot geothermal power plant in central Oregon using millimeter-wave drilling technology to reach extreme depths. Read more →
Ex-Amazon Team Launches Primitive Labs
TL;DR: Former Amazon AGI and AWS engineers launched Primitive Labs with backing from a16z Speedrun. The startup builds AI agents that model customer behavior, letting product teams test features and messaging against synthetic user proxies before real-world deployment. Early customers include enterprise SaaS companies. Read more →
Waymo Releases Comparable Safety Data
TL;DR: Waymo published the first apples-to-apples comparison of autonomous vehicle incident rates versus human drivers using identical metrics and exposure conditions. The data shows Waymo's robotaxis reduce injury crashes by 80 percent, providing regulators with evidence-based benchmarks for AV policy frameworks. Read more →
Microsoft Replaces OpenAI and Anthropic
TL;DR: Microsoft is switching from OpenAI and Anthropic models to its own proprietary AI systems in Excel, Outlook, and other Office products. The move reduces reliance on external vendors and positions Microsoft to fully own its AI stack as enterprise customers demand on-premise and sovereign deployment options. Read more →
Sonair Launches Safety-Certified 3D Sensor
TL;DR: Sonair unveiled the world's first safety-certified 3D ultrasonic sensor for human-robot collaboration. Traditional 2D laser scanners cannot detect obstacles above or below the plane; Sonair's ultrasonic solution fills the safety perception gap for mobile robots operating in dynamic environments with humans. Read more →
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