Jeff Bezos’s Prometheus raises $12B to build an ‘artificial general engineer’ for the physical world

The new round values the physical AI startup that aims to automate heavy engineering and drug design at $41 billion.

Cheaper, faster, and culturally aware, Avataar’s video AI is built for India’s scale

Avataar AI’s distilled video model is priced at $0.005 for every second of generation

Equal AI raises $30M to screen calls so Indians don’t have to

Equal AI said that its AI-powered call assistant now has over a million monthly active users.

Theker just raised $85M to build the factory robot that doesn’t specialize in anything

Unlike humanoid robots designed around a fixed form — think Boston Dynamics — Theker’s machines are built to be reconfigured.

US surveillance law to expire for first time after lawmakers reject Trump’s controversial pick to lead spy agencies

The spy law known as Section 702, which authorizes the NSA and FBI’s warrantless surveillance, will all but certainly expire on Friday for the first time.

SpaceX officially prices shares at $135 in the largest IPO ever

Wits its official share pricing announcement, SpaceX’s IPO has begun.

Oracle warns of security bug that hackers abused to breach 100+ companies

The tech giant warned of a security flaw that a cybercrime gang said it’s exploiting as part of a mass-hacking campaign. Google said it notified more than 100 organizations that had potentially vulnerable servers.

SpaceX SPV investors won’t know their true holdings until post-IPO lock-ups lift

After SpaceX makes its public debut, lower-tier SPV investors face hidden fees, lengthy payout delays, and the risk of outright fraud.

Bluesky launches group chats, as company shifts focus to community features

Bluesky’s latest feature is group chats, arriving amid a shift in focus on building features for smaller communities.

Quantum Space’s military SPAC is trying to catch SpaceX’s IPO wave

Quantum Space says SPACs aren’t dead as it seeks a $1.2 billion deal to build military spacecraft.