Richard Socher's Recursive Superintelligence raised $650M+ from GV, Greycroft, Nvidia, AMD, and others at a $4B valuation to pursue "recursive self-improvement" (Cade Metz/New York Times)

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Richard Socher's Recursive Superintelligence raised $650M+ from GV, Greycroft, Nvidia, AMD, and others at a $4B valuation to pursue “recursive self-improvement”  —  Recursive Superintelligence, founded by former Google, Meta and OpenAI researchers, is part of a growing effort …

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Anduril raised $5B led by Thrive Capital and a16z at a $61B valuation, up from $30.5B in June 2025, taking its total funding to $6.82B, and may IPO in 2027 (Sheera Frenkel/New York Times)

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Anduril raised $5B led by Thrive Capital and a16z at a $61B valuation, up from $30.5B in June 2025, taking its total funding to $6.82B, and may IPO in 2027  —  The start-up, which makes A.I.-backed weapons, was valued at $61 billion in the financing round, double what it was a year ago.

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How the Strait of Hormuz blockade is disrupting global chip supply chains, affecting supplies of helium, bromine, sulfur, and thinners essential to chipmaking (Bloomberg)

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How the Strait of Hormuz blockade is disrupting global chip supply chains, affecting supplies of helium, bromine, sulfur, and thinners essential to chipmaking  —  Asian chipmakers, including giants Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and Samsung Electronics Co., are facing disruptions …

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China's move to block Meta's Manus acquisition challenges the "Singapore washing" model, as major Chinese tech companies build significant Singapore presences (Owen Walker/Financial Times)

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China's move to block Meta's Manus acquisition challenges the “Singapore washing” model, as major Chinese tech companies build significant Singapore presences  —  Beijing's move to block takeover of AI start-up with headquarters in city-state challenges sustainability of ‘Singapore washing’

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Q&A with Amazon head of devices and services Panos Panay on Alexa+, the company's focus on devices for the home, the Leo satellite broadband business, and more (Rafe Rosner-Uddin/Financial Times)

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Q&A with Amazon head of devices and services Panos Panay on Alexa+, the company's focus on devices for the home, the Leo satellite broadband business, and more  —  Executive tasked with driving ‘beauty’ and profitability at group's device unit on hardware push that follows Alexa+

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