19 Jun 2026
Elon Musk says his trillionaire SpaceX IPO is ‘inspiring’ for humanity. It could help smash US democracy as we know it
The disconnect between the ivory rocket ship of Silicon Valley and the rest of the country has never seemed more profound.
19 Jun 2026
ElevationSpace Secures US $40 Million in Series B Funding, Bringing Total Raised to US $63.5 Million
ElevationSpace Inc. (CEO: Ryohei Kobayashi), a company developing Space-to-Earth transportation as well as a Space Environment Utilization and Recovery Platform, has raised a total of US $40 million in its Series B round through a third-party allotment of shares from investors including SPARX Asset Management, Beyond Next Ventures, Energy & Environment Investment, NTT DOCOMO Ventures, Toyoda…
19 Jun 2026
Elon Musk challenges Tesla credit rating from Moody’s after SpaceX gets a higher one
Elon Musk has publicly questioned Moody’s credit assessments following the rating agency’s decision to assign SpaceX a Baa1 investment-grade rating, two notches above Tesla’s Baa3. The comments came amid discussions comparing the two companies’ financial profiles.
19 Jun 2026
Just 4 "Magnificent Seven" Stocks Are Still More Valuable Than SpaceX. Could SpaceX Be a Better Buy Than All of Them?
Space Exploration Technologies ( SPCX 3.55% ) has captured the imaginations of both institutional and retail investors. The growth stock soared 49% in its first three days as a public company. SpaceX closed June 16 with a market cap of $2.64 trillion, in a virtual tie with Amazon and ahead of Meta Platforms and Tesla . That leaves Nvidia ( NVDA +3.08% ) , Alphabet ( GOOG +1.58% ) ( GOOGL +1.29% )…
19 Jun 2026
😺 OpenAI found 18 rare diseases
Your browser does not support the audio element. The strangest AI headline today was not a chatbot writing another email. It was OpenAI backing Rust maintainers because the future of AI apparently depends on the programming language your most intense engineer has been telling you about since 2018. That is the funny part of this cycle: the flashiest AI demos still run on deeply unflashy…
19 Jun 2026
Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s new film shines a light on the human cost of unregulated social media
Life moves pretty fast. It is Monday lunchtime when Jennifer Siebel Newsom drops into the Guardian’s office in Washington, just a couple of blocks from the White House, for an interview to promote her new film.
19 Jun 2026
Austrian propulsion startup joins sovereign space funding surge
Gate Space says it operates one of Europe’s largest commercial development, testing and production infrastructures for satellite propulsion systems.
18 Jun 2026
Amazon Prime Day 2026: Live updates on early deals from Apple, Keurig, Hanes, Shark and more, plus everything we know about the sale next week
If you've been saying, "I'll wait until Prime Day" to make your next big purchase, this is your cue to rev up those shopping engines. Amazon Prime Day is returning earlier than usual — from June 23-26, to be...
18 Jun 2026
AI’s free-for-all era may be coming to an end—as companies start counting the cost
Welcome to Eye on AI. Beatrice Nolan here. In today’s issue: Business leaders are confronting AI spending. ChatGPT’s market share falls below 50%. Top Google Gemini executive leaves for OpenAI. Americans want legal protection around AI interactions. I’m in Paris this week at one of Europe’s largest tech conferences, VivaTech, where concerns about “sovereign AI” are front and center.
