☕ Tim Cook to step down as Apple CEO & Jeff Bezos’s AI startup close to raising $10 billion.
Anthropic raises $5 billion from Amazon & Apple hints at redesigned Siri in WWDC 2026 logo.
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Apple is undergoing a major leadership shift, with Tim Cook stepping down as CEO after more than a decade and transitioning to executive chairman. John Ternus will take over as CEO on September 1, marking a new era for the $4T company that Cook helped scale through services, wearables, and global expansion.
Anthropic has secured $5B from Amazon and committed to spend $100B on AWS, locking in one of the largest AI infrastructure deals ever. The partnership deepens Anthropic’s dependence on Amazon’s chips and cloud while highlighting how AI labs are making massive long-term bets on compute.
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STARTUPS RAISING MILLIONS
💰 Startup Funding Updates
PRE-SEED
Audrey AI, a Dublin, Ireland-based AI-powered financial auditing platform, raised $1.8M in Pre-Seed funding. The round was led by Sure Valley Ventures and Delta Partners, with participation from Enterprise Ireland and angels.
Giggles, a San Francisco, CA-based social app for trading stakes in videos, raised $1M+ in Pre-Seed funding. The round was led by 1kx, with participation from Noar Ventures, Bain Capital Scout, Virtuals Protocol, Night Capital, and others.
Proteins.1, an Espoo, Finland-based diagnostics company, raised $4.7M in Pre-Seed funding. The round was led by Lifeline Ventures and Cloudberry Ventures, with participation from VTT and Business Finland.
Sage Haven, a San Francisco, CA-based kids messaging app, raised $3M in Pre-Seed funding. Backers included Hustle Fund, How Women Invest, LaunchTN, Gaingels, a16z Scout Fund, Accel Scout Fund, Kleiner Perkins Scout Fund, and others.
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ViewsML, a Vancouver-based biomarker discovery company, raised $4.9M in Seed funding. The round was led by Wittington Ventures, with participation from Continuum Health Ventures, Mayo Clinic, RiSC Capital, and others.
Wavelet Medical, a New Haven, CT-based fetal brain monitoring startup, raised $7M in Seed funding. Aegis Ventures made the investment.
Ray, a Dubai-based powerbank-sharing startup, raised $1.2M in Seed funding. The round was led by Meirambek Abelkasov and Serik Uspanov.
GuruSup, a Valencia, Spain-based AI customer support startup, raised €1.3M in Seed funding. The round was led by 4Founders Capital, with participation from Addendum Capital and angels.
brainjo, a Regensburg, Germany-based VR mental healthcare company, raised €2M in Seed funding. The round was led by High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) with participation from angels.
Jozo, a Riyadh-based real estate tokenization startup, raised $2.2M in Seed funding. The round was led by Sheikh Hamad Bin Saedan Real Estate Co..
Antioch, a NYC-based robotics simulation startup, raised $8.5M in Seed funding. The round was led by A and Category Ventures*, with participation from MaC Venture Capital, Abstract, Box Group, Icehouse Ventures.
urfuture, a Manchester, UK-based HR tech startup, raised £1.7M in Seed funding. The round was led by River Capital, with participation from SyndicateRoom, Manchester Angels, and others.
NOC Energy, a Houston-based decarbonization startup, raised $2.7M in Seed funding. The round was led by 360 Capital, with participation from SOSV and Desai VC.
Eigen, a San Francisco-based AI collaboration startup, raised $15M in Seed funding. Backers included Benchmark and angels.
Ultralight, a San Francisco-based AI healthcare OS startup, raised $9.3M in Seed funding. The round was led by The General Partnership, with participation from Wisdom Ventures, Anthemis, Emerson Collective, and others.
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Goldwise, a Cardiff, UK-based precious metals platform, raised £500K+ in funding. Backers included Wales Angel Co-Fund and angel syndicates.
Rivan, a London-based carbon utilization company, raised $34M in funding. The round was led by IQ Capital, with participation from Plural, Fundomo, and angels.
Coral, a NYC-based healthcare automation platform, raised $12.5M in funding. The round was led by Lightspeed and Z47.
ScreenPoint Medical, a Netherlands-based breast cancer AI company, raised $14M in funding. The round was led by Insight Partners and Siemens Healthineers.
TraqCheck, a New Delhi-based HR tech platform, raised $8M in Series A funding. The round was led by IvyCap Ventures, with participation from IIFL.
AlixLabs, a Sweden-based semiconductor tech company, raised €15M in Series A funding. Backers were not disclosed.
InsightFinder, a North Carolina-based AI reliability platform, raised $15M in Series B funding. The round was led by Yu Galaxy.
Creao AI, a Cupertino-based AI no-code platform, raised $10M in funding. The round was led by Prosperity7 Ventures.
Pulnovo Medical, a NYC-based biotech company, raised $100M in funding. The round was led by Medtronic, with participation from EQT, Qiming Venture Partners, OrbiMed, and others.
TextQL, a NYC-based AI analytics platform, raised $17M in funding. The round was led by Blackstone Innovations Investments.
Loop, a San Francisco-based logistics AI platform, raised $95M in Series C funding. The round was led by Valor Equity Partners, with participation from 8VC, Founders Fund, Index Ventures, and others.
Zenskar, a NYC-based billing automation platform, raised $15M in Series A funding. The round was led by Susquehanna Venture Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Shine Capital, and Rho, with participation from others.
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NEW VCs IN THE MARKET
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Sideline Group, a NYC-based investment firm that partners with brands and experiences at the intersection of consumer, sports, and media & entertainment, closed its debut fund, Sideline Group Fund I, with $155 million in committed capital. Fund I is backed by a diverse group of institutional investors, including a US university endowment, funds of funds, and family offices, as well as sports team owners, investment firm founders, and operators.
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📜 Latest In Tech
Vercel confirms breach as hackers claim to be selling stolen data
Vercel, the cloud development platform behind Next.js, has confirmed a security breach after a hacker claiming to be “ShinyHunters” posted on a forum offering stolen company data for sale.
The threat actor claims to be selling access keys, source code, database data, API keys, and NPM and GitHub tokens, along with a file containing 580 employee records from Vercel.
The attacker says they demanded a $2 million ransom from Vercel, though actual ShinyHunters members have denied involvement, and BleepingComputer has not confirmed the data is authentic.
Apple hints at redesigned Siri in WWDC 2026 logo
Apple’s WWDC 2026 logo appears to tease a redesigned look for Siri, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who says the glowing visual style in the event branding reflects changes being tested internally.
Gurman’s sources describe a revamp where Siri shows a “Search or Ask” prompt inside the Dynamic Island pill, paired with a glowing cursor that matches the bright style seen in WWDC graphics.
The glow effect in the branding resembles a photography phenomenon called halation, where overexposed white details bleed color into darker areas — a look some iPhone photographers actively seek out.
Bezos AI lab nears $38B valuation with new funding round
Jeff Bezos’s AI startup Project Prometheus is close to raising $10 billion at a $38 billion valuation.
Investors include JPMorgan Chase and BlackRock, reflecting strong demand for AI deals.
The lab is focused on applying AI to engineering and manufacturing across sectors like automobiles, computers, and spacecraft.
Tesla expands robotaxi service to Dallas and Houston
Tesla launches robotaxis in Dallas and Houston with driverless Model Y vehicles operating in defined service areas.
The expansion builds on its earlier Austin rollout and signals a faster push into autonomous ride-hailing across U.S. cities.
Growth in robotaxis and full self-driving tech is central to Tesla’s AI-driven strategy amid competition from Waymo and Zoox.
Agentic AI shifts chip demand beyond GPUs to CPUs
Morgan Stanley says agentic AI will increase demand for CPUs as systems move from generation to autonomous decision-making.
CPU market could gain $32.5 to $60 billion by 2030, with CPUs acting as the control layer for multi-step AI tasks.
Spending will expand beyond GPUs to memory and chipmaking players like Nvidia, Intel, and TSMC.
Anthropic claims Claude Opus 4.7 improves honesty and reduces hallucinations
Anthropic says Claude Opus 4.7 achieves around 92% honesty and shows lower hallucination and sycophancy rates than previous models.
The model improves factual accuracy, reduces omissions, and better resists agreeing with incorrect user assumptions.
Despite improvements, it still trails Anthropic’s unreleased Claude Mythos in overall performance and advanced capabilities.
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☕ Other News
Blue Origin lands New Glenn but drops satellite into wrong orbit
Blue Origin successfully landed and reused a New Glenn booster for the first time on Sunday, but the rocket’s upper stage placed AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 7 satellite into an orbit too low to operate.
The satellite powered on after separation but will need to be de-orbited and burn up in Earth’s atmosphere, with AST SpaceMobile saying insurance covers the loss and more BlueBirds are coming soon.
This marks New Glenn’s first major failure and could affect Blue Origin’s push to become a key NASA Artemis launch provider, especially as the company plans to launch its lunar lander this year.
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