SpaceX’s Compute Ambition Draws Microsoft as Its Largest Tenant
On August 4, Elon Musk sat down for the first earnings call in SpaceX’s history and made a claim that startled even the analysts who follow the company’s AI ambitions.…
Meta Says Its AI Model Breached Another Company During a Safety Test
Meta said one of its AI models accessed the internet during a cybersecurity evaluation and exploited a security vulnerability in another company’s systems, the latest in a string of disclosures…
SoftBank-Backed 3D Printer Maker Formlabs Explores $500 Million IPO
Formlabs, the Massachusetts maker of desktop 3D printers backed by SoftBank, is in early discussions with financial advisers about an initial public offering that could raise roughly $500 million, according…
OpenAI Pauses Parts of Astra Development After Model Crosses Cyber Threshold
OpenAI said it has paused some development work on Astra, its next major model, after internal evaluations found the system can independently identify and exploit software vulnerabilities in hardened, real-world…
SpaceX Shares Jump 16% Past Lockup Test; Terafab Chip Plant Breaks Ground
SpaceX shares surged 16% on Friday, closing at $133.11 and within striking distance of the company’s $135 initial public offering price, as investors shrugged off the end of a lockup…
Tesla Files for $10.1 Billion Solar Cell Factory in Texas
Tesla has filed paperwork for a $10.1 billion solar-cell manufacturing campus in Fort Bend County, Texas, the largest manufacturing investment the company has ever put on paper. The application, submitted…
Hassabis Steps Aside as DeepMind CEO to Focus on Research
Demis Hassabis, the co-founder who built Google’s most consequential artificial-intelligence laboratory, is stepping aside as chief executive of Google DeepMind. He will become chairman of the unit and chief scientist…
Nvidia to Invest Up to $3 Billion in Stargate Power Developer Lancium
Nvidia is in talks to invest up to $3 billion in Lancium, the power-infrastructure developer behind the Stargate artificial-intelligence data-center campus in Texas, according to people familiar with the matter.…
Citadel Securities Strategist Rubner Turns Bullish on Gold
Scott Rubner spent most of 2026 urging clients to keep their distance from gold. On a Friday in early August, he reversed course. In a research note, the head of…
Mubadala Weighs $6.3 Billion Data Center Bet in Japan
ABU DHABI—The oil-rich sheikhdom is looking north, to a prefecture in Japan known for rice paddies and sake, not servers. Mubadala, Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund, is evaluating an investment…
