Qualcomm nears $4bn Modular deal to rival Nvidia
Qualcomm nears $4bn Modular deal to rival Nvidia

Qualcomm is closing in on a deal to buy AI-software startup Modular for about $4bn. The Qualcomm Modular deal would hand the chipmaker fresh ammunition in its fight to rival Nvidia. Qualcomm has entered advanced talks to acquire Modular, according to B…

MGX raises a $50bn AI fund and is already spending it
MGX raises a $50bn AI fund and is already spending it

Abu Dhabi’s MGX AI fund has raised close to $50bn. For the first time, the emirate leaned on outside investors to do it, and the money is already going out the door. MGX is the Abu Dhabi investment firm built for the AI era. It has pulled in nearly $50…

California drivers accuse gas station operators of using AI to boost pump prices — lawsuit seeks damages for antitrust violations

Californians pay the highest gas prices in the U.S. and a proposed class action says that the issue has been exacerbated by an AI-tool that smartly squeezes customers for the best profits.

UK government backs university AI labs with £60M to make AI cheaper

The UK government is backing two new university AI labs with up to £60m in investment, which will look to develop the “next generation” of AI systems.The funding will be shared between AI research lab…

UN urges AI firms to come clean on their environmental costs
UN urges AI firms to come clean on their environmental costs

The United Nations wants artificial-intelligence companies to stop treating the environmental bill as somebody else’s problem. In a call amplified this week by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the organisation is pressing the firms behind the AI boo…

The $400 million machine powering the future of chipmaking
The $400 million machine powering the future of chipmaking

Jos Benschop is climbing a ladder to get to the top of his newest machine.  It’s a bit of a schlep. The contraption is the size of a double-decker bus—more than 150 tons of gleaming precision-milled aluminum covered in thousands of snaking tubes, colored cables, and pressurized tanks. From the ground, it looks like a…

BP, Walmart and 7-Eleven sued over AI-set petrol prices in California
BP, Walmart and 7-Eleven sued over AI-set petrol prices in California

A group of California drivers has sued six of the country’s biggest fuel retailers, accusing them of using an artificial-intelligence pricing tool to coordinate the cost of petrol and keep it artificially high. The complaint, filed on 22 June 2026 in f…

Kyrok secures €3.1M to bring AI to pharma and chemical supply chains

Berlin-basedindustrial AI startup Kyrok has raised €3.1 million in a pre-seed round led bySpeedinvest. The company is building an AI operating system for supply chainmanagement tailored to Europe’s ph…

Timefold raises $13M Series A to scale scheduling optimisation infrastructure

Timefold, a developer platform forvehicle routing and shift scheduling APIs, has raised $13 million in a Series Afunding round led by Alstin Capital, with participation from Kompas VC andcontinued bac…