June 09, 2026

Waymo bought Apple's self-driving car proving ground for $220M: Waymo has acquired a massive 5,500-acre proving ground in Arizona owned by Route 14 Investment Partners LLC, a Delaware shell company associated with Apple, according to documents filed with Maricopa County. Read More

OpenAI files confidentially for IPO, following Anthropic: The filing comes a little more than a week after its main rival, Anthropic, also filed to go public, ramping up the race between the two AI firms. Read More

Why Apple's slow-and-steady AI bet is starting to look pretty smart: Can Apple's new AI glow up put to bed accusations that it's losing an all-important industry race? Read More

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Apple bets cheaper AI will woo small developers: As AI experimentation grows more expensive, Apple is waiving cloud API costs for developers with fewer than 2 million first-time App Store downloads. Read More

Mercor’s Brendan Foody calls out Sequoia, accusing it of 'dual-pricing' valuation tricks: Sequoia is just one of the top firms that sells same equity at two different prices. Read More

Zepto's IPO filing reveals fast growth, bigger losses, and a valuation question nobody's answered yet: Zepto's advertising revenue jumped 151%, outpacing the company's 104% growth in operating revenue. Read More

Apple plays catch-up at WWDC: Apple spent much of its WWDC keynote highlighting fixes, performance improvements, and long-requested features before unveiling its upgraded AI-powered Siri, signaling that the company wants users to see AI as just one part of a broader effort to improve its software. Read More

As OpenAI files for IPO, Sam Altman's eye-scanning company is doing layoffs, report says: Tools for Humanity, Sam Altman's identity verification company, is reportedly struggling to generate revenue and will downsize its staff. Read More

Investors don’t just listen to what you say - they look at how your company operates. Is ownership clear? Do your numbers match your story? Can you answer follow-up questions without digging through spreadsheets? The Fundraise-Ready Startup Kit equips founders with the materials investors expect to see, before pressure is on. Because confidence in the room doesn’t come from slides. It comes from preparation. 

How an e-scooter founder raised $5 million to build space data centers: Orbital founder Euwyn Poon built 250,000 scooters at Spin. Now he wants to launch 10,000 space data centers. Read More

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June 08, 2026

Following Anthropic, OpenAI files confidentially for IPO: The filing comes a little more than a week after its main rival, Anthropic, also filed to go public, ramping up the race between the two AI firms. Read More

Apple's long-awaited AI Siri overhaul is finally here: The idea behind the new "Siri AI" is to turn the assistant from a voice controlled assistant into an AI companion that can do a lot more. Read More

WWDC 2026: Everything announced on Siri AI, iOS 27, Apple Intelligence and more: Apple primarily made the case for an improved experience with its longstanding Siri assistant, which like most other announcements had a hefty helping of AI. Read More

From AI-native startups to next gen companies in industrials, healthcare and energy, today’s founders are navigating accelerated change and scaling faster than ever. PwC helps emerging companies prepare for growth through tailored audit, tax, and deals solutions. From fundraising and expansion to the public markets, be ready for what comes next. 

Pentagon says Alibaba, Baidu, BYD and Unitree support China's military: The Trump administration released the updated version of the list four months ago and then quickly pulled it without explaining why Read More

WWDC 2026: What to expect, from Siri's highly anticipated revamp to Apple Intelligence and iOS 27: Apple's WWDC nears: Here's what you can look forward to. Read More

Microsoft's open source tools were hacked to steal passwords of AI developers: Microsoft shut down dozens of GitHub code repositories for Azure and AI coding tools after a reported hack. Read More

Waymo bought Apple's self-driving car proving ground for $220M: Waymo has acquired a massive 5,500-acre proving ground in Arizona owned by Route 14 Investment Partners LLC, a Delaware shell company associated with Apple, according to documents filed with Maricopa County. Read More

Apple is tweaking its controversial Liquid Glass design: While some users liked the sleek, transparent designs that look "glassy," others found Apple's design overhaul from last year to be hard to read. Read More

Sam Bankman-Fried applies for a pardon from Trump: The FTX co-founder is serving a 25-year sentence, doled out in 2024. Read More

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