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SpaceX stock plunges 20% from peak, leaving the average post-IPO buyer underwater

Daniel Levi Posted On June 19, 2026

Just days after Wall Street crowned SpaceX one of the most valuable companies on the planet, the stock’s gravity-defying rally is starting to look a lot less certain. Shares of SpaceX fell another 3.6% on Thursday, extending a sharp retreat […]

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Venture Capital & Startup Funding Roundup, June 18, 2026

Nickie Louise Posted On June 18, 2026

It’s Thursday, June 18, 2026, and the clearest signal from today’s funding tape is not that venture investors are spending widely. It is that they are concentrating capital around a narrow set of problems that look hard to commoditize: sovereign […]

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Meta strikes new 1.6-gigawatt AI computing deal with data center startup Crusoe

Daniel Levi Posted On June 18, 2026

The AI race has reached a point where success is measured in gigawatts. Meta has signed new agreements with AI infrastructure startup Crusoe that will give the company access to roughly 1.6 gigawatts of computing capacity across two data centers […]

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Manus original investors seek to buy back AI startup from Meta for $2 billion as revenue nears $500 million

Nickie Louise Posted On June 18, 2026

Meta’s $2 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus may be heading for an unusual reversal. The early investors who backed Manus before its sale to Meta are now exploring a plan to buy the company back at the same $2 […]

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Playnance’s $GCOIN Token Lists on KoinBX as India Community Surpasses 130 Partners

Nickie Louise Posted On June 18, 2026

Playnance announced Thursday that its native token, $GCOIN, has been listed on KoinBX, giving users of the company’s blockchain-powered Web3 gaming ecosystem a new venue to trade the token. The listing comes as Playnance gains traction in India, where more […]

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Dream, an Israeli cybersecurity startup founded by former NSO Group CEO, raises $260 million at $3 billion valuation

Daniel Levi Posted On June 18, 2026

Founded by former NSO Group CEO Shalev Hulio and former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, Dream develops AI-powered cyber defense systems that help governments protect critical infrastructure from state-backed cyber threats. Dream, an Israeli cybersecurity startup founded by former NSO Group […]

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Top Tech News Today, June 18, 2026

Nickie Louise Posted On June 18, 2026

It’s Thursday, June 18, 2026, and the AI boom has moved from theoretical to real, rewriting everything from your next phone bill to global power dynamics. What began as a race to build smarter chatbots is now reshaping corporate balance […]

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‘xAI Is a Failure’: AI Godfather Warns of Trouble for Musk’s AI Startup and a Bigger AI Bubble

Daniel Levi Posted On June 18, 2026

Since its launch three years ago, Elon Musk has pitched xAI as a challenger to OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google in the race to build the most advanced artificial intelligence systems. One of the field’s most influential researchers is not convinced. […]

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Venture Capital & Startup Funding Roundup, June 17, 2026

Nickie Louise Posted On June 17, 2026

It’s Wednesday, June 17, 2026, and venture capital is increasingly shifting away from consumer-facing AI applications toward the infrastructure layers that power them. Today’s funding activity was concentrated in AI deployment infrastructure, regulated financial systems, cybersecurity, enterprise automation, and biotech […]

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Jeff Bezos backs AI materials startup CuspAI in $400M round at $2.6 billion valuation

Nickie Louise Posted On June 17, 2026

CuspAI, a UK startup using artificial intelligence to discover new materials, is reportedly raising $400 million in funding at a $2.6 billion valuation, according to the Financial Times. The round includes participation from Jeff Bezos’ family office, Bezos Expeditions, and […]

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How Real-Time Data Tracks Currency Volatility

Daniel Levi Posted On June 17, 2026

Real-time data has become a key asset in modern finance. In cross-border operations, startups and fintech firms track not only payments and transactions but also currency markets that directly shape costs, revenue, and growth decisions. A sudden shift in a […]

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Z.ai’s open-source GLM-5.2 beats GPT-5.5 on coding benchmarks at one-sixth the cost

Daniel Levi Posted On June 17, 2026

The 753-billion-parameter model outperformed GPT-5.5 on several software engineering benchmarks, offers a 1-million-token context window, and is available under an unrestricted MIT license. Since ChatGPT’s launch in November 2022, the AI industry’s most capable models have largely come from a […]

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Allbirds rebrands as Smartbird, names Nvidia-linked AI executive as CEO after AI pivot

Nickie Louise Posted On June 17, 2026

What happens when a struggling shoe company decides it wants to become an AI infrastructure business? Investors are about to find out. Just two months after abandoning its footwear identity in favor of artificial intelligence, Allbirds announced Wednesday that it […]

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KLIPY raises $3.8 million, joins Google’s AI Futures Fund to build the AI-powered expression layer

Daniel Levi Posted On June 17, 2026

Text is no longer the dominant language of the internet. Memes, GIFs, stickers, and short video clips have become a primary way people communicate online, especially among younger users. AI is pouring fuel on that trend, turning millions of consumers […]

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Odyssey raises $310 million at $1.45 billion valuation to build AI that simulates the real world

Daniel Levi Posted On June 17, 2026

Odyssey, a startup building what researchers call “world models,” announced Wednesday that it has raised $310 million in Series B funding at a $1.45 billion valuation. The round was led by Natural Capital and included participation from Amazon, AMD Ventures, […]

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SpyCloud Report Finds Phishing Attacks Surge as Employee Data Is Exposed at 86% of Fortune 100 Companies

CyberNewswire Posted On June 17, 2026

Austin, TX, USA, 17th June 2026, CyberNewswire

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Top Tech News Today, June 17, 2026

Nickie Louise Posted On June 17, 2026

It’s Wednesday, June 17, 2026, and today’s biggest tech moves show that shift in real time: Washington is funding AI-driven chip materials, Europe is racing to build sovereign AI, G7 leaders are sitting down with frontier model CEOs, and companies from […]

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Anthropic, Google, Other Big Tech Companies Commit $915 Million to Pull Carbon Out of the Sky

Daniel Levi Posted On June 17, 2026

As AI data centers, factories, airlines, and heavy industries consume more energy, one question keeps resurfacing: How will the world remove billions of tons of carbon dioxide already in the atmosphere? A coalition backed by some of the biggest names […]

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Heimdal Survey: Executives Four Times More Confident About AI Risk Than the Teams Managing It

CyberNewswire Posted On June 17, 2026

London, United Kingdom, 17th June 2026, CyberNewswire

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Venture Capital & Startup Funding Roundup, June 16, 2026

Nickie Louise Posted On June 16, 2026

It’s Tuesday, June 16, 2026, and venture capital investors are sending a clear message: the race to build the infrastructure behind the AI economy is far from over. Capital did not fan out evenly today. It clustered around three ideas: […]

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