FUNDRAISING ANNOUNCEMENTS

• PsiQuantum raises $1B to build million-qubit optical quantum computers in Australia and Chicago
• Aven raises $110M Series E for its home equity-backed credit card that closes in 15 minutes
• Divergent raises $290M to scale AI-driven defense manufacturing, ships 10th hypercar
• Kyle Samani raises $1.65B in two weeks for Ford Industries, a Solana-native digital asset treasury

GUEST INTERVIEWS

• Bill Bishop on China's Nvidia probe, TikTok framework deal, and CCP chip indigenization strategy

NEWS

• China hits Nvidia with antitrust violation tied to Mellanox acquisition — fines could reach billions
• Elon buys $1B of Tesla stock in first open-market purchase since 2020 as xAI cuts 500 employees
• Marc Benioff admits Palantir is 'the most expensive enterprise software I've ever seen' after losing US Army deal
• Pump.fun's livestream product explodes over the weekend, pulling creators from Rumble and Twitch

COMMENTARY

• Gemini surges to #1 globally on app charts — but it's mostly an India story
• Grok Code Fast dominates OpenRouter but the data flatters xAI — here's what it actually means