May 29, 2026

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Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket explodes during testing in Florida: The explosion is likely a major setback for Jeff Bezos' spaceflight company, and its attempt to compete with SpaceX. Read More

Anthropic raises $65 billion, nears $1T valuation ahead of IPO: Anthropic has closed a $65 billion Series H round at a $965 billion post-money valuation, marking what could be the AI startup's final private fundraise before a highly anticipated IPO. Read More

This chip startup just raised $135M on a bet that AI's biggest bottleneck isn't compute -- it's memory: South Korean chip startup XCENA is betting that AI's real bottleneck is not compute, but memory. Read More

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Slate Auto will announce pricing and take preorders for its EV on June 24: The Bezos-backed EV startup has yet to announce final pricing for its vehicle, which is supposed to start shipping by the end of this year. Read More

Asana acquires no-code agent-builder StackAI: Asana will incorporate StackAI into its growing suite of AI workflow tools. Read More

The internet is being rebuilt for machines: As AI agents move from experiments to production, AWS, Cloudflare, and others are redesigning cloud infrastructure for a future dominated by machine-generated internet traffic instead of human users. Read More

Glean's top line crosses $300M as AI budget cutting becomes its major selling point: The enterprise AI search startup tripled its annual revenue even as tech giants entered the category. Read More

Waymo dominates autonomous vehicle registrations as Tesla trails behind: A new law and AV tracker tool gives the clearest accounting yet of how many robotaxis and self-driving trucks are in Texas. Read More

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Last but Not Least

Kiwibit’s AI-powered bird feeder is my new backyard buddy: If you're looking for a fun way to connect with nature while collecting bird species on an app like Pokémon, give this smart feeder a try. Read More

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