Kawasaki Heavy Industries is accelerating plans for its bizarre Corleo robot horse. Originally a 25-year-future concept, it’s now being prepped for real-world use at Expo 2030 Riyadh, with an eye on a 2035 commercial launch.
Investment firm Valor Equity Partners has raised $5.4 billion specifically to purchase Nvidia GB200 GPUs for Elon Musk’s xAI. The deal, backed by Apollo and Nvidia itself, uses a lease structure to fund critical AI compute infrastructure. It follows xAI’s own massive $20 billion funding round announ
Starlink is reconfiguring its massive constellation, planning to lower 4,400 satellites from 550km to 480km by 2026. The move aims to improve space safety and reduce debris lifetime, but follows another dangerously close call with a Chinese-launched satellite.
HSBC customers in the UK are finding themselves locked out of the banking app after installing the Bitwarden password manager via the open-source F-Droid store. The bank’s security checks appear to flag sideloaded apps as a risk. This has ignited a debate about overly aggressive security measures th
Timekettle is pushing real-time translation tech closer to sci-fi fantasy with a major CES 2026 reveal. Its new AI system dynamically picks the best language model for each conversation, while upgraded hardware captures speech more cleanly. The result is faster, more accurate translations across 43
Private equity giant Hg Capital is nearing a deal to acquire OneStream, a financial planning software company. The move comes after a 35% stock drop over the past year made the firm a takeover target.
Nvidia is making a massive play to own the foundational layer of general-purpose robotics. By releasing open models and simulators, they’re trying to do for robots what Android did for phones. It’s a bold move that could define the next decade of AI.
Brazilian digital bank PicPay has officially filed for an initial public offering in the United States. The move comes as the IPO market tries to regain its footing after a turbulent period.
According to Bloomberg Business, the US IPO market had a mixed year in 2025, with new listings gaining 13.9% on average but lagging the S&P 500’s 16% rise. High-profile deals in AI and crypto sank, while fundamentals-driven companies like Medline thrived.
A new report details the cautious, constrained rollout of generative AI in finance. Forget autonomous decision-making; banks are using it as a glorified assistant for summarizing documents and drafting emails, all under heavy human oversight.
