28 May 2026
What’s rarer than a unicorn? Anthropic is almost the first $1 trillion private company in history
Two weeks ago, defense startup Anduril raised a Series H round—$5 billion at a $61 billion valuation, shocking the defense world as the largest defense-tech round in history. On Thursday, Anthropic had its own Series H, but one from a different planet.
28 May 2026
With subscription plans, Meta finally moves to diversify its revenue
Good morning. Britain’s spy chief says the U.K. and its allies face a “narrowing window” to stay ahead in the global war for digital intelligence and cyber supremacy. “Warfare is being reconfigured; increasingly data-driven, AI-enabled, and automated in conflicts from Ukraine to Iran,” GCHQ director Anne Keast-Butler warned Wednesday. The Brits’ principal adversaries come as no surprise : China…
26 May 2026
Coinbase pushes further into AI payments with new MCP for Base network
Coinbase announced on Tuesday that has built a tool that allows users of its Base blockchain network to plug into services like Claude and Cursor. The new tool, called Base MCP, makes it easier to use AI for conducting crypto transactions such as trading and lending, and comes as part of a broader push by Coinbase and payments giant Stripe to redefine the technical underpinning of online commerce.
24 May 2026
SpaceX's next-gen Starship rocket enables high valuation, early investor says
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is preparing for the biggest IPO in history, and its next-generation Starship vehicle may be the key to its sky-high valuation.
23 May 2026
SpaceX’s third-generation Starship, which NASA may use to put astronauts on the moon, makes debut
SpaceX launched its biggest, most powerful Starship yet on a test flight Friday, an upgraded version that NASA is counting on to land astronauts on the moon.
23 May 2026
Former NASA Robotics Chief: America is building the wrong kind of robots — and China knows it
When China lined up a troupe of humanoid robots to dance in front of the German Chancellor earlier this year, a lot of people saw an impressive display of the nation’s technological prowess — but I saw something else. I’m from Texas. I know bragging when I see it. Looking beyond the robots’ footwork, China’s demonstration reveals a widening gap between spectacle and strategy — a gap that America,…
22 May 2026
Microsoft reports are exposing AI's real cost problem: Using the tech is more expensive than paying human employees
Firms today are pushing employees to use as much AI as possible to squeeze out the technology’s productivity gains. But that pressure is leading to cracks, and those cracks may be irreparable.
21 May 2026
Trump says he’s calling off widely anticipated order to rein in AI
President Donald Trump called off plans to sign a new executive order on artificial intelligence hours before an expected White House ceremony Thursday because he said he was worried the measure could dull America’s edge on AI technology.
21 May 2026
Microsoft lost its way in the AI race. Can Copilot get it back on course?
Redmond, Washington, mid-January 2026. The weather, cold and gray. It’s the kind of morning the snooze button was built for. But the team of engineers camped out in Building 92 on Microsoft’s sprawling campus got here early. They are in a race. And they are behind.
