The Pentagon is developing alternatives to Anthropic, report says

After their dramatic falling-out, it doesn’t seem as though Anthropic and the Pentagon are getting back together.

Travis Kalanick launches a new company called Atoms focused on robotics

Kalanick’s existing ghost kitchen company CloudKitchens will be rolled into Atoms, which also wants to get into mining and transport.

Humanoid robotics maker Sunday reaches $1.15B valuation to build household robots

Sunday is on a quest to build a household humanoid robot called Memo that helps with tasks like laundry and clearing the table. The company emerged from stealth late last year and already has 1,000 people on its waitlist.

Tesla becomes a utility in the UK, setting up showdown with Octopus Energy

The new Tesla Energy Ventures division was approved by Ofgem to sell electricity directly to customers.

Replit snags $9B valuation 6 months after hitting $3B

Replit raised a new $400 million round and said it hopes to have $1B in ARR by year’s end.

VC mega-funds are back with General Catalyst, Spark rumored to be raising billions

General Catalyst is said to be raising $10 billion and Spark Capital $3 billion. This after several other firms have also raised mega-funds.

In a vote of confidence for Meta’s Threads, Kalshi adds sharing feature

Kalshi now offers a share option that will automatically embed the relevant prediction market chart into a Threads post.

Thinking Machines Lab inks massive compute deal with Nvidia

The multi-year deal involves at least a gigawatt of compute power and also includes a strategic investment from Nvidia.