Polymarket enables instant Bitcoin deposits over Lightning via Spark
Polymarket integrated Spark's channelless Lightning protocol for sub-second Bitcoin deposits, bypassing node management and extending self-custodial payments to a major non-Bitcoin platform.
Overland AI wins first ground autonomy prime contract with Marines
Overland AI becomes the first autonomous ground vehicle company to prime a U.S. military production contract, winning $19.7M from the Marine Corps to deliver AGVs for air defense resupply by late 2027.
Pegasus XL launches its last mission to save NASA's Swift Observatory
Katalyst's LINK spacecraft reached orbit today on Pegasus XL's final flight to reboost NASA's 21-year-old gamma-ray telescope before atmospheric drag destroys it.
Hydra Host's $100M Series A signals NVIDIA's bet on distributed GPU markets
Hydra Host closed a $100M Series A with NVIDIA as strategic backer to scale its GPU-as-a-service operating system across 50+ data centers, validating a two-sided marketplace model for idle compute capacity.
Qualcomm to acquire Tenstorrent for $8–10B, reshaping AI chip hierarchy
Qualcomm is acquiring AI chip startup Tenstorrent for $8–10B, giving the San Diego giant a RISC-V accelerator designed to outperform Nvidia on inference workloads that now dominate AI infrastructure costs.
FERC votes tomorrow on grid rule that unlocks hundreds of GW of storage
FERC's June 18 ruling on large-load grid interconnection will set the first federal standard for data centers and battery storage connecting directly to the interstate transmission system, reshaping economics across PJM and three other major grids.
Senate moves to create first autonomous-systems combatant command since 2019
Senate Armed Services Committee advances FY2027 NDAA provision permitting a new four-star combatant command for robotic systems, reshaping how the Pentagon buys and deploys autonomous weapons.
Codelco taps French battery research to electrify deep copper mines
Codelco and France's CEA-Liten signed a government-backed R&D agreement to develop battery systems for underground mining equipment, setting specifications that will drive global copper mine electrification.
NC State launches autonomous drone network across research stations
NC State's AIRS system deploys FAA-approved beyond-visual-line-of-sight drones that self-launch from weatherproof stations and fly crop trials remotely from Raleigh, collapsing the feedback loop between field data and research action.
HawkEye 360 books $100M in allied SIGINT contracts post-IPO
HawkEye 360 announced $100M+ in international defense contracts across eight allied nations approximately 4.4 weeks after its NYSE IPO, signaling commercial space-based SIGINT is replacing legacy prime vendor timelines.
Reservoir opens free agtech testing to cut $50M commercialization barrier
Reservoir Farms expands its on-farm robotics incubator with free Associate tier access, lowering entry barriers for specialty crop agtech startups by sharing 24 acres of commercial test fields and equipment.
Robotiq's AI Platform Cuts Factory Automation Setup From Weeks to 24 Hours
Robotiq launched IQ, an AI platform that compresses robotic workcell integration from weeks to one day by codifying 1,000+ past deployments, directly attacking the bottleneck that has blocked factory automation adoption.
FDA clears path for faster gene therapy trials, cutting submission burden
FDA draft guidance allows gene therapy sponsors to reuse existing scientific data in regulatory submissions, lowering cost and timeline to clinic across the entire genome-editing sector.
Orbital Industries raises $50M to ship AI-designed cooling fluid in 2027
London startup Orbital Industries closed a $50M Series B to commercialize AI-designed dielectric cooling for next-gen GPUs, with NVIDIA's venture arm backing the bet that simulation-driven materials discovery reaches production faster than traditional chemistry.
Westmag exits stealth disclosing $11M a16z-led seed for American drone and robot motors
Westmag emerged from stealth today disclosing an $11M seed led by Andreessen Horowitz with Founders Fund, Lux Capital, NFDG, and Menlo Ventures participating; the round closed in 2025 and the South San Francisco company spent the year building production capacity now ramping against committed orders.
Isar Aerospace plants European small-lift on North American soil
Isar Aerospace signed a letter of intent with Canadian spaceport operator Maritime Launch Services to launch its Spectrum vehicle from Nova Scotia, extending Europe's emerging commercial mid-lift to a second continent.
DuPont-led consortium advances in $119M water scarcity competition
DESAL4ALL, a four-company industrial consortium anchored by DuPont, moved to semifinal testing in XPRIZE's Water Scarcity competition, signaling industrial desalination is shifting from laboratory proof-of-concept to scaled physical deployment.
Hoop.dev bets the AI-agent bottleneck is access, not capability
Boston-based Hoop.dev sells a wire-level access gateway that lets AI agents query production data under the same identity, scope, and audit trail as the human who deployed them, positioning the company as the governance layer frontier-AI deployments need before they ship.
Anthropic raises $65B at $965B valuation, four-way co-led
Anthropic closed a $65B Series H at a $965B post-money valuation co-led by Altimeter, Dragoneer, Greenoaks, and Sequoia, with $15B from hyperscalers including a $5B Amazon check and direct memory-supplier participation from Micron, Samsung, and SK hynix.
Battolyser bets one device can store electricity and make hydrogen
Dutch deep-tech spin-out Battolyser Systems is commercializing a combined battery-electrolyzer cell that arbitrages grid power and produces green hydrogen from the same iron-nickel hardware, with EU Innovation Fund backing toward a gigawatt-scale Rotterdam factory.