China is drafting a $295bn plan to build AI data centres, and to lock Nvidia out of them
China is drafting a $295bn plan to build AI data centres, and to lock Nvidia out of them

China wants to win the AI race on its own hardware. A new plan shows just how much it is willing to spend, and how far it will go to cut American chips out of the picture. Beijing is drafting a blueprint to spend around 2 trillion yuan ($295bn) over th…

Finland’s ICEYE hits a €10bn valuation, quadrupling in six months as Europe scrambles for its own spy satellites
Finland’s ICEYE hits a €10bn valuation, quadrupling in six months as Europe scrambles for its own spy satellites

Six months ago, ICEYE was worth €2.4bn. Today it is worth more than €10bn. Few numbers capture Europe’s defence-tech boom as bluntly as that. The Finnish satellite company has raised €450mn in a Series F round led by General Atlantic, valuing it at ove…

Europe’s best-funded rocket startup just raised €270M, and now Isar Aerospace has to actually reach orbit
Europe’s best-funded rocket startup just raised €270M, and now Isar Aerospace has to actually reach orbit

Europe has the ambition to reach space on its own. What it lacks is rockets that work. Isar Aerospace has just raised €270mn to fix the first problem, and in less than a week it gets another chance to fix the second. The Munich startup, one of Europe’s…

Deliverance AI exits stealth with £6m ARR to run agentic AI inside companies’ own walls
Deliverance AI exits stealth with £6m ARR to run agentic AI inside companies’ own walls

Enterprise AI has a stalling problem, and it is not the models. Companies have poured money into chips, private clouds, and pilot projects, then watched most of them stop before they ever reached production. A London company called Deliverance AI think…

SpaceX IPO Is A $1.77 Trillion Bet On An Orbital Economy

Will SpaceX build the infrastructure of an entirely new economy above Earth? Why investors think SpaceX could be worth $2 trillion

Lawmakers Are Aiming To Regulate AI-Builds-AI Before AI Gets Entirely Beyond Human Control

Anthropic has brought attention to AI-builds-AI, involving using AI to advance AI. Some believe new AI laws should pause this. An AI Insider analysis and scoop.

SpaceX’s AI Wing Casts Cloud Over Future Earnings, Leading Experts Say

While SpaceX is a world superpower in crafting reusable rockets, its high-priced takeover of the AI start-up xAI should be factored into calculating its IPO share price.

‘Masters Of The Universe’ Review: A Surprisingly Great He-Man Movie

Masters of the Universe is better than has any right to be, with some of the best action out there and a great cast. Go see it on the biggest screen you can find.

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