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OpenAI added Apple Messages integration to ChatGPT’s Mac app, allowing users to search conversations and draft replies across iMessage, SMS, and RCS. By default, the app requires approval before messages are sent. — 9to5Mac
Meta rolled out Pocket nationwide. Users prompt AI-generated mini-games, which they can then share or remix, in Meta’s latest attempt to combine AI creativity with a social feed. — TechCrunch
Anthropic expects its IPO to match or exceed SpaceX’s record $75 billion raise, potentially setting a new high as AI companies race to finance unprecedented infrastructure spending. — Bloomber
Nevada approved Tesla, Uber, and Waymo to deploy up to 8,000 robotaxis across Clark County over the next year, setting Las Vegas up as a major autonomous ride-hailing battleground. — TechCrunch
Nvidia denied a report that it plans to launch a new chip for China by year-end, leaving US chipmakers’ access to the restricted market as uncertain as ever. — Reuters
Top Funding Announcements
Poolside — The AI model startup secured a $1B investment from Nvidia at a $12B pre-money valuation, alongside a $6B licensing and hiring deal to fund growth and reward investors. — The Information
Fractile — The AI inference chip startup is in talks to raise about $600M at a $6.5B pre-money valuation, with no lead disclosed, to commercialize chips that accelerate existing AI models. — Bloomberg
Castelion — The hypersonic missile manufacturer raised a $1B Series C co-led by Andreessen Horowitz, Carlyle, and JPMorgan Chase to produce Blackbeard missiles and other weapons at its New Mexico facility. — TechCrunch
Rillet — The AI accounting platform raised a $100M Series C led by Iconiq at a $1B valuation to expand its automated financial data and bookkeeping tools. — TechCrunch
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Defense startup Castelion was founded by three former SpaceX executives — Bryon Hargis, Sean PItt, and Andrew Kreitz — back in November 2022. Just 14 months later, they completed their first full hypersonic weapon test in the Mojave Desert. Today, their flagship product is Blackbeard, a solid-rocket-boosted hypersonic glide vehicle that’s designed to exceed 3,800 mph (or Mach 5), with a range of up to 500 miles. But even more remarkable than the speed is the cost model. Castelion aims to make Blackbeard and other hypersonics affordable enough to mass produce in the thousands.
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