India’s TCS gets TPG to fund half of $2B AI data center project

TCS and private equity firm TPG will invest up to $2 billion to build data centers for AI training and inference in India.

Google releases Nano Banana Pro, its latest image-generation model

Google is upgrading its image generation model with new editing chops, higher resolutions, more accurate text rendering, and the ability to search the web.

As its voice dictation app takes off, Wispr secures $25M from Notable Capital

Voice AI company Wispr is raising $25 million in funding merely months after its $30 million Series A.

Sortera is turning America’s scrap aluminum problem into cash

Sortera has developed an AI-guided system to sort scrap aluminum by specific grades. The startup is building a second sorting facility in Tennessee.

Finland’s NestAI lands €100M, partners with Nokia to build AI for defense applications

Finnish startup NestAI said it has raised €100 million to build “Europe’s leading physical AI lab.”

Uber Eats will use Starship sidewalk robots to deliver food in the UK

The two companies will start in the UK this year, before expanding to other European cities in 2026 and the U.S. in 2027.

Monarch Tractor preps for layoffs and warns employees it may ‘shut down’

The memo that went out Thursday, which TechCrunch obtained, says the “timing” of the company’s pivot away from tractor manufacturing puts it at risk.

Nvidia’s record $57B revenue and upbeat forecast quiets AI bubble talk

Nvidia’s earnings were dominated by its data center business.

How the classic anime ‘Ghost in the Shell’ predicted the future of cybersecurity 30 years ago

The story of Ghost in the Shell’s main villain the Puppet Master hinted at a future where governments use hackers for espionage, at a time when most of the world had never connected to the internet.

Cavela lands $6.6M to help brands beat pre-tariff manufacturing costs

The startup claims that its AI agents can reduce the cost of product manufacturing by an average of 35%.