Sources: Paul Meade, Apple's top executive in charge of Vision Pro and smart glasses efforts, is leaving for OpenAI to work on the company's AI-powered devices — Apple Inc.'s top executive in charge of the Vision Pro headset and the company's smart glasses efforts is leaving for OpenAI …
OpenAI appoints ex-Uber India head Prabhjeet Singh as its first managing director for India, to scale its presence in its second-largest market after the US — OpenAI is making yet another big, visible bet on India. It has appointed former Uber India and South Asia president Prabhjeet Singh …
The US awards $250M in CHIPS funds to a startup co-founded by billionaire mining magnate Robert Friedland to develop silicon-carbide chips and pulsed-power tech — I-Pulse Inc. will receive $250 million in US funding for semiconductor and pulsed-power development as the venture co-founded …
Netris, which helps neoclouds automate network configuration to bring their data centers online faster, raised a $15M Series A from a16z — The AI boom has encouraged everyone and their uncle to launch a data center business. But spinning up a data center isn't easy.
Sources: Kalshi is in talks to raise a funding round at a ~$40B valuation that may close as soon as Q3; Kalshi raised $1B at a $22B valuation in May — Rapidly growing company is increasingly challenging established derivatives and betting rivals — Kalshi is in talks to raise funds …
Google says computer use is now a built-in tool supported in Gemini 3.5 Flash, available via the Gemini API and Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform — Computer use is now a built-in tool in Gemini 3.5 Flash to build agents that can interact across platforms. — Computer use is now a built …
Sources: Hadrian, which is building AI-powered factories to produce space and defense parts, is in talks to raise ~$1B at a ~$7.5B post-money valuation — Company runs AI-powered factories that aim to speed up manufacturing — Defense manufacturing startup Hadrian Automation Inc …