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Autonomous ship startup Saronic raises $1.75B at $9.25B valuation to scale AI-powered naval fleet for U.S. military

Daniel Levi Posted On March 31, 2026

As the war between the U.S. and Iran intensifies, the race to modernize naval warfare is accelerating—and one startup is suddenly at the center of it. Saronic, an Austin-based defense tech startup building autonomous surface vessels, has raised $1.75 billion […]

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Starcloud raises $170M at $1.1B valuation to launch orbital AI data centers, as demand for compute outpaces Earth’s limits

Daniel Levi Posted On March 30, 2026

Starcloud has raised a $170 million in Series A funding at a $1.1 billion valuation, hitting unicorn status just 17 months after its Y Combinator demo day. The Redmond-based orbital AI infrastructure startup is moving fast in a race that’s […]

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South Korean AI chip startup Rebellions raises $400M at $2.34B valuation to challenge Nvidia in AI inference chips, eyes U.S. expansion

Daniel Levi Posted On March 30, 2026

Samsung-backed Rebellions just pulled in $400 million, and it’s not chasing hype. The South Korean AI chip startup is going after a specific piece of the AI stack that’s starting to matter more than training: inference. With a $2.34 billion […]

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FBI Director Kash Patel’s email hacked: Iran-linked Handala hackers claim responsibility, DOJ confirms

Daniel Levi Posted On March 27, 2026

A group tied by Western researchers to Iranian cyber units says it broke into the personal email of FBI Director Kash Patel—and U.S. officials say the breach appears real. On Friday, the group calling itself Handala published photos and documents […]

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SoftBank secures $40B loan to double down on OpenAI as AI race heats up

Daniel Levi Posted On March 27, 2026

SoftBank Group just made one of its boldest moves in years, locking in a $40 billion bridge loan as it leans harder into artificial intelligence—and into OpenAI at the center of it all. The financing, announced Friday, ranks among the […]

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Anthropic scores early victory as federal court stops Trump’s AI ban and Pentagon action

Daniel Levi Posted On March 27, 2026

A federal judge in San Francisco has stepped into one of the most consequential AI disputes yet, siding with Anthropic in its fight against actions taken by the Trump administration that threatened to shut it out of government work. On […]

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SpaceX eyes $75B IPO at $1.75T valuation, could become largest listing in history

Daniel Levi Posted On March 26, 2026

SpaceX is aiming for something no company has pulled off before: a public debut that could eclipse every IPO in history. The company is telling investors it wants to raise about $75 billion at a $1.75 trillion valuation, according to […]

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AI bots now dominate the Internet, surpassing human traffic for the first time

Daniel Levi Posted On March 26, 2026

The internet was built on a simple premise: there’s a human on the other side of the screen. That assumption is breaking down faster than anyone expected. Now, a new State of AI Traffic report from Human Security says automated […]

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Nvidia-backed startup Reflection eyes $2.5B round at $25B valuation as U.S. open-source AI push takes on China

Daniel Levi Posted On March 26, 2026

Reflection, the New York-based AI startup founded in 2024 by former Google DeepMind researchers Misha Laskin and Ioannis Antonoglou, is in talks to raise $2.5 billion at a $25 billion valuation, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal […]

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iGaming Forecasts: A Look Into the Maturing Trends

Daniel Levi Posted On March 25, 2026

The iGaming industry has experienced rapid growth and evolution within its niche online platforms. Making this industry a global entertainment powerhouse. Technology and regulations have played a role in more structured designs, and the sector is now entering a phase […]

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Legal AI startup Harvey hits $11B valuation with $200M funding as investors look beyond OpenAI and Anthropic

Daniel Levi Posted On March 25, 2026

The AI boom has minted giants at a staggering pace. OpenAI and Anthropic now command a combined valuation north of $1 trillion, pulling talent, capital, and attention into a tight orbit. The concern across the industry is simple: if the […]

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Amazon acquires humanoid robotics startup Fauna to expand into consumer robots market

Daniel Levi Posted On March 25, 2026

Amazon is making a bigger bet on humanoid robots—and this time, it’s going straight into the home. The e-commerce giant has acquired Fauna Robotics, a New York-based robotics startup building compact, human-friendly robots for everyday use. The deal, first reported […]

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Private Chinese startup mass-produces Mach 7 hypersonic missiles for $99,000

Daniel Levi Posted On March 24, 2026

As tensions continue to escalate in the ongoing war involving Iran, a new development out of China is raising fresh concerns about how the conflict could evolve. A private Chinese aerospace company says it has begun mass-producing Mach 7 hypersonic […]

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Miro acquires Reforge to solve AI’s biggest bottleneck: deciding what to build

Daniel Levi Posted On March 24, 2026

The rush to adopt AI has created a strange new problem inside companies. Teams can build faster than ever. What slows them down now is figuring out what actually deserves to be built. Miro is making a bet on that […]

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Crunchyroll probes breach after hackers claim access to millions of user records, demand $5M

Daniel Levi Posted On March 24, 2026

Crunchyroll is looking into what could become one of the largest security incidents for an anime platform in recent memory after hackers claimed they broke into its systems and extracted data tied to millions of users. The Sony-owned streaming service […]

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Interoperability as a Prerequisite for Scalable Digital Finance

Daniel Levi Posted On March 23, 2026

Financial institutions continue to test distributed ledger systems across payments, settlement, and asset issuance. Many of these efforts begin as pilots within a single region or business unit, show promise, and then stall before reaching full production use. One of […]

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China’s “Sputnik” Moment Escalates with DeepSeek V4, Heats Up The AI Arms Race

Daniel Levi Posted On March 23, 2026

China’s DeepSeek recently hinted at a major new release of its model, which could potentially rival top American models while using significantly less computing resources. The V4 model will focus on multimodal performance, meaning that it can handle not just […]

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Elon Musk launches Terafab, a $25 billion Austin chip megafactory to power Tesla, xAI, and SpaceX AI and robotics ambitions

Daniel Levi Posted On March 23, 2026

Elon Musk is going all-in on chips. On Saturday night in Austin, Musk unveiled Terafab, a planned $20 billion to $25 billion semiconductor complex that brings together Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI under one roof. The goal is simple and blunt: build […]

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Elon Musk Defrauded Twitter Investors During $44B Acquisition Battle, Jury Concludes

Daniel Levi Posted On March 20, 2026

Elon Musk’s long-running battle over his $44 billion takeover of Twitter has taken a new turn—and this time, a jury has weighed in. A federal jury in San Francisco has found that Musk misled Twitter investors during his 2022 attempt to […]

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Super Micro co-founder arrested in $2.5B Nvidia AI chip smuggling case tied to China

Daniel Levi Posted On March 20, 2026

Federal prosecutors have charged a co-founder of Super Micro Computer in a case that cuts to the heart of the global AI arms race. The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday unsealed an indictment accusing Yih-Shyan “Wally” Liaw and two […]

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