18 Jun 2026
Google DeepMind unveils a plan to protect itself from its own rogue AI agents
Google has developed a new plan to police the increasingly capable AI agents it uses within its own AI research organization, and the company is publishing the so-called road map to help other AI labs counter the potential threat of rogue AI agents.
Jeremy Kahn
2026
18 Jun 2026
AI chiefs call for regulation collaboration at the G7 summit
Once the footwear company of choice for fleece vest types in the late 2010s, Allbirds is now an AI infrastructure company, naturally. The firm on Wednesday renamed itself Smartbird and appointed former AWS exec Nadia Carlsten as chief executive. BIRD shares popped 39% on the news, albeit from a low (sub $4) baseline, valuing the revamped company at about $48 million, or about one-thousandth the…
Andrew Nusca
2026
16 Jun 2026
Elon's super currency: SpaceX' surging stock paid for the $60 billion Cursor acquisition in just a few hours of trading
SpaceX’s stunning IPO pop has driven Elon Musk’s net worth to astronomical levels. It’s also given him an extraordinary business tool: a supercurrency for mergers and acquisitions.
Lily Mae Lazarus
2026
14 Jun 2026
SpaceX surge further boosts Saudi billionaire prince’s fortune
Friday’s debut share surge for SpaceX is bolstering the fortunes of one of Saudi Arabia’s richest men.
Adveith Nair, Bloomberg
2026
13 Jun 2026
Anthropic disables Fable and Mythos AI models after U.S. government bars it from giving foreigners access
Anthropic was forced to disable all access to its newest AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, late on Friday after the U.S. Commerce Department used national security export controls to bar the company from distributing the models to any foreign national.
Jeremy Kahn
2026
12 Jun 2026
With SpaceX IPO, Elon Musk is the first trillionaire—but mostly lives in a tiny home in south Texas
SpaceX stock is now public, cementing CEO Elon Musk’s status as the first trillionaire in history. But despite being the world’s richest person, he spends most of his time in a humble abode near SpaceX headquarters.
Jason Ma
2026
11 Jun 2026
The space economy’s next frontier is in ground infrastructure, Northwood Space CEO says
In the last six years, a surge of satellites in orbit has triggered what Northwood Space Chief Executive Bridgit Mendler called the “infrastructure building era” of space. Speaking at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference in Aspen, Colorado on Tuesday, Mendler emphasized how massive leaps in launch capacity and spacecraft manufacturing are supercharging the space economy.
Sebastián Herrera
2026
07 Jun 2026
The short seller’s argument nobody on the coming mega IPO roadshow wants you to make
The race to be the first frontier AI lab to reach public markets is on. Anthropic just confidentially filed for an initial public offering. OpenAI has reportedly been preparing its own draft. The valuations are eye-watering: Anthropic at $965 billion , OpenAI at $852 billion, each now looking to raise $60 billion . Add SpaceX’s launch-and-AI vehicle, pursuing a $1.75 trillion listing , and these…
Bhaskar Chakravorti
2026
06 Jun 2026
Chinese humanoid robots dominate the market, but most are still performative rather than functional
Chinese-made humanoid robots are making waves with their ability to do backflips, direct traffic, and even make coffee as the companies developing them seek ways to expand and dominate the market.
The Associated Press, Thomas Chan Ho-him
2026
