Internal memo: Tesla plans to impose a $200-per-week limit for staff's AI spending beginning July 6; the tally excludes beta versions of xAI products — Tesla told employees last month it would impose a $200 per week limit for staff's AI spending beginning July 6, according to an internal memo …
UK-based StirlingX, which develops secure data intelligence systems for defense and critical infrastructure, raised a $20M Series A, following a $11M seed — The UK company, which develops secure data intelligence systems for defence and critical infrastructure, will use the funding …
Sources: Apple is working on new iPad Pros and an entry-level 14" MacBook Pro with a new design in line with the upcoming touch-screen laptops for H1 2027 — Apple Inc. is preparing an upgraded iPad Pro line and a redesigned entry-level MacBook Pro for next year, adding to a slate of several …
Sources: SoftBank has reopened talks for a $10B loan backed by its OpenAI stake and is offering to guarantee repayment if OpenAI collateral proves insufficient — SoftBank Group has reopened talks with a consortium of lenders for a $10 billion loan backed by its stake in OpenAI …
Alex Karp calls US reliance on AI labs for military tech “effing insane”, pans AI fees for businesses, and touts Palantir's Nvidia Nemotron deal for US agencies — Topline — Palantir CEO Alex Karp on Wednesday called the AI industry “effing insane” in a heated interview on CNBC …
Omen AI, which provides real-time coolant health monitoring for data centers, raised a $31M Series A led by Nava Ventures, bringing its total funding to $41.5M — The AI-driven demand for compute power has data centers looking to squeeze more from every rack of GPUs. One consequence?
Claude Sonnet 5 costs $2 per 1M input tokens and $10 per 1M output tokens through August 31, after which prices rise to $3 and $15, respectively — Anthropic is upgrading Claude Sonnet, replacing Sonnet 4.6 from February with Sonnet 5 as the best medium-sized model.