Tesla wants to build a $10B solar factory in Texas
Tesla wants to build a massive solar factory in Texas, but first it wants the state to chip in to defray the costs.
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Form Energy raises $750M to build more 100-hour batteries for the grid
Form Energy has landed Google and Crusoe as customers. Now, it has raised $750 million to expand manufacturing to deliver its massive, 100-hour batteries.
Lovable confirms new $13.3B valuation, raises another $400M
This new funding comes after Lovable hit $500 million in annualized run rate revenue in June, the startup told TechCrunch.
Facebook officially rolls out its standalone Creator Studio app with AI tools for creators
The new app launches with Facebook's AI creator assistant built into it, providing creators with personalized recommendations based on their content style, performance, audience engagement, and goals.
How a $250 million acquisition collapsed into allegations of fraud and forged signatures
Investors are still waiting for their share of the $250 million windfall, and VideoVerse co-founder Vinayak Shrivastav is now at the center of multiple legal cases.
After Microsoft threatened legal action, a security researcher publishes a new Windows zero-day bug
This is the latest zero-day released by security researcher Nightmare Eclipse, despite Microsoft publicly threatening to take legal action against them.
Silkroad Innovation Hub’s Road to Battlefield competition continues
The Road to Battlefield competition is now in its second year, and its purpose is to give founders across Central Eurasia a direct route to Startup Battlefield
Everything announced at Made by Google ’26: Pixel 11, Pixel Watch 5, Pixel Tag, and tons of Gemini features
From the Pixel 11 series and a brand new competitor to Apple’s AirTag, here are all the announcements from the Made by Google 2026 event.
Google’s Quick Share adds a tap-to-share mode
Google's Quick Share feature is getting a tap-to-share mode for quickly exchanging contacts, photos, videos, and more.
Google’s Pixel 11 lineup offers fewer hardware changes, but much more Gemini
The Google Pixel 11 series starts $100 costlier than the last year, but offers 256GB base storage.
Foxconn now makes more money from AI servers than from everything else combined
Foxconn crossed a line this quarter that it will not cross back. Its cloud and networking division, the one that builds AI servers, made up 51% of revenue in the three months to June. That is the first time the segment has passed half. Smart consumer electronics, the division that contains the iPhone, came to […]This story continues at The Next Web
‘It’s still day zero’: Lovable is worth $13.3bn, and the EU just became a shareholder
Lovable is worth $13.3bn and its revenue is tripling. The interesting name on the cheque is the European Union. Lovable has raised $400m at a $13.3bn valuation. The Stockholm company lets people build software by describing it in ordinary language, and it is now one of Europe’s most valuable startups. Eight months ago it raised […]This story continues at The Next Web
Best HR software with predictive turnover analytics for 2026
The resignation landed on a Tuesday, and the manager never saw it coming. A senior engineer with three years at the company had earned strong reviews and showed no obvious signs of frustration. Then came the resignation. A competing offer had already been signed. Looking back, the warning signs were easy to spot. Survey scores […]This story continues at The Next Web
TripleDart tops $7 million ARR with AI-led growth, reports 50 per cent EBIT margin
Bengaluru, India TripleDart, a bootstrapped B2B growth company, today announced it has crossed $7 million in annual recurring revenue while operating at a 50% EBIT margin. The company says software, not additional headcount or capital, drove the jump. The milestone lands in the middle of a heated debate. Venture investors have poured more than $300 […]This story continues at The Next Web
Oracle is putting a Quantinuum quantum computer inside its own data centre
Oracle and Quantinuum have agreed a multi-year partnership under which Quantinuum will physically install its Helios quantum computer inside a US Oracle Cloud Infrastructure AI data centre, and Oracle will sell access to it as a managed OCI service. No financial terms were disclosed, no launch customer was named, and no firm date was given […]This story continues at The Next Web
Reservoir raises $8M to make water heaters that people — and the grid — will actually want
Reservoir has built an ultra-efficient water heater that can predict hot water demand, store energy, and detect plumbing leaks throughout a home.
Ryanair signs a five-year AI deal with Google Cloud, and a second cloud to fall back on
Ryanair has signed a five-year data and AI partnership with Google Cloud, rolling out Google Workspace and Google Cloud services to 35,000 employees and making Gemini Enterprise, Google’s agentic AI platform, the centrepiece of how Europe’s largest carrier intends to run itself. The airline has tied the deal explicitly to its growth target of 300 […]This story continues at The Next Web
Joby is buying a stealth-technology firm for $500m, and rebuilding its defence arm around it
Joby Aviation has agreed to buy Resonant Sciences, a Dayton, Ohio radar and low-observability specialist, for about $500m, in the largest acquisition the electric air taxi company has made and the clearest signal yet of where it expects its near-term revenue to come from. The structure is $450m in cash and roughly $50m in Joby […]This story continues at The Next Web
Brad Lightcap is leaving OpenAI after eight years to start something new
Brad Lightcap, who spent eight years at OpenAI and four of them as chief operating officer, said on Tuesday that he is leaving to start something new. He did not say what it is. “It is bittersweet to share that I’ll be moving on from OpenAI to start something new,” Lightcap wrote in a post […]This story continues at The Next Web
Spotify will badge AI artist profiles, and keep them out of your recommendations
Spotify will begin attaching an “AI Persona” badge to artist profiles whose public identity is generated rather than human, the company announced. Profiles carrying the badge will be excluded by default from editorial and algorithmic recommendations, which is the part of the policy that actually bites. There are two versions of the label. Artists can apply […]This story continues at The Next Web