SpaceX’s strategic partnership and option to acquire Cursor

SpaceX’s strategic partnership and option to acquire Cursor SpaceX has secured a strategic partnership with Cursor AI, granting it an option to acquire the AI coding startup for $60 billion later in 2026 or pay $10 billion for collaborative work, primarily to access compute resources via xAI’s Colossus infrastructure ahead of a potential SpaceX IPO. … Read more

In Japan, the robot isn’t coming for your job; it’s filling labor shortages

In Japan, the robot isn’t coming for your job; it’s filling labor shortages In the last 30 days, Japan is accelerating robot and physical AI adoption in factories, warehouses, and services to combat severe labor shortages from an aging population, with a 2024 Reuters/Nikkei survey identifying shortages as the primary driver for AI use. 📢 … Read more

Google and Intel Team Up to Power the AI Future

Google and Intel Team Up to Power the AI Future In April 2026, Intel and Google announced a multiyear collaboration for deploying multiple generations of Intel CPUs in Google’s data centers and developing custom Intel IPUs for AI infrastructure. 📢 News Posting GOOGLE AND INTEL ANNOUNCE MULTIYEAR AI INFRASTRUCTURE COLLABORATION A cloud and AI infrastructure … Read more

Intel Teams Up With Elon Musk on $25B Terafab Chip Megaproject

Intel Teams Up With Elon Musk on $25B Terafab Chip Megaproject Intel announced on April 7, 2026, its role as the primary foundry partner for Elon Musk’s $25 billion Terafab semiconductor megaproject, a joint venture by Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI targeting 1 terawatt of AI compute per year using Intel’s 18A process node in Austin, … Read more

NeoCognition raises $40M to build AI agents that learn like humans

NeoCognition raises $40M to build AI agents that learn like humans NeoCognition, an AI research lab founded by Ohio State professor Yu Su, emerged from stealth with a $40M seed funding round to develop self-learning AI agents that build world models like humans. 📢 News Posting $40M FOR NECOGNITION TO BUILD AI AGENTS THAT LEARN … Read more

Google Cloud unleashes new AI chips to take on Nvidia’s dominance

Google Cloud unleashes new AI chips to take on Nvidia’s dominance Google Cloud announced its eighth-generation TPUs on April 22, 2026, splitting them into two specialized chips: the TPU 8t for model training and TPU 8i for inference. The new chips deliver up to 3x faster training, 80% better performance per dollar, and support clustering … Read more

Amazon Invests Up to $25 Billion in Anthropic AI Partnership

Amazon Invests Up to $25 Billion in Anthropic AI Partnership On April 9-20, 2026, Amazon announced an additional $5 billion investment in Anthropic, with up to $20 billion more contingent on milestones, totaling up to $25 billion alongside prior $8 billion, alongside a partnership securing up to 5 GW of AWS compute capacity including Trainium … Read more

AI Could Let Hollywood Make 50 Films for the Price of One Blockbuster

AI Could Let Hollywood Make 50 Films for the Price of One Blockbuster Recent reports from April 2026 highlight AI drastically reducing film production costs, enabling Hollywood-scale projects like Doug Liman’s Bitcoin movie to drop from $300M to $70M, with Runway’s CEO claiming AI could fund 50 films instead of one $100M blockbuster. 📢 News … Read more

Poke just made AI agents as simple as texting.

Poke just made AI agents as simple as texting. Poke, an AI agent startup, launched publicly in March 2026, enabling users to interact via text messaging on iMessage, SMS, Telegram, and limited WhatsApp, with recent $10 million funding valuing it at $300 million. 📢 News Posting POKE LAUNCHED PUBLICLY IN MARCH 2026 Poke is betting … Read more

Cerebras Seeks $35B IPO on Heels of Massive OpenAI Partnership

Cerebras Seeks $35B IPO on Heels of Massive OpenAI Partnership Cerebras is planning a $3B pre-IPO funding round at a $35B valuation and has secured a major partnership with OpenAI involving $20B-$30B in chip purchases over three years plus up to a 10% equity stake via warrants. 📢 News Posting $35B CEREBRAS IPO FOLLOWS OPENAI … Read more