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RESEARCH
Poolside releases Laguna S 2.1, 118B open-weight model beating DeepSeek V4 Flash on agentic tasks
MARKET
SpaceX Starship Flight 13 deploys 20 Starlink V3 satellites post-IPO, stock down 43% from peak
FUNDING
Sila raises $300M for silicon anode expansion; pivots beyond EV to AI, defense, robotics
CHIPS
Fortinet becomes Intel Foundry's first named external customer on Intel 4
MARKET
Tesla Q2 free cash flow turns negative $1.1B as capex explodes 142% funding Robotaxi, Optimus, chip fab
MARKET
Waymo launches standalone app in Atlanta, Austin as Uber exclusivity ends January 2028
FUNDING
Etched raises $300M at $10.3B valuation; aims for frontier-scale AI inference at lower power, higher density
FUNDING
Augustus closes $180M Series B at $1B valuation; OCC charter enables AI-native clearing bank
FUNDING
Meshy AI closes $400M Series B at $1.5B valuation; ARR up 12x YoY with 12M users
FUNDING
Etched raises $300M Series C at $10.3B valuation, values inference chips above general training
FUNDING
Glow emerges from stealth at $1.2B; AI-native endpoint security for enterprise devices
MARKET
Samsung launches RX robotics division; Korea pledges 312T won to Yeongnam AI hub
INDUSTRY
Intel's Foundry Fix Lags As Hyperscalers Hold Back Volume
MARKET
BlackRock markets $12.3B bonds for Meta El Paso data center as AI debt fuels infrastructure buildout
INDUSTRY
Airbus Picks Scaleway for EU-Only Aircraft Design and Manufacturing
FUNDING
Atoms raises $1.7B from a16z for physical AI in mining, food, transport
POLICY
OpenAI, Anthropic absent from open-weights coalition as Huang debuts on X
RESEARCH
Kimi K3 achieves 68.5% on DeepSWE, costs 2.8x less per task than Claude Fable 5