SpaceX's public IPO filing details Elon Musk's central role, significant AI bets within the company, Starship development dreams, xAI's substantial financial burn, xAI's data center expansion, and a major compute deal with Anthropic.

• The SpaceX IPO filing is filled with AI bets, Starship dreams, and Elon Musk at the center — TechCrunch -
• Famously secret about its finances, SpaceX opens its books for the first time — Ars Technica -
• xAI burned $6.4B last year — SpaceX’s IPO filing shows why the spending is far from over — TechCrunch -

• Musk’s xAI is being sued over its data center generators — now it’s buying $2.8B more — TechCrunch -
• Anthropic will pay xAI $1.25B per month for compute — TechCrunch -

OpenAI's claim of solving an 80-year-old math problem and imminent IPO preparations, Google's planned agentic AI search revamp and YouTube's AI integration, new AI tools from Stability AI and Figma, **AI-focused startup funding (Clouted, IrisGo, NanoClaw), Airbnb's AI expansion, and Intuit's AI-driven layoffs highlight the dynamic AI sector**.

• Clouted wants to take the guesswork out of making short videos go viral — TechCrunch -
• Sam Altman makes ‘mic drop’ offer to every Y Combinator startup — TechCrunch -
• OpenAI claims it solved an 80-year-old math problem — for real this time — TechCrunch -

• IrisGo, a startup backed by Andrew Ng, looks to become the AI desktop buddy you never knew you needed — TechCrunch -
• Airbnb gets into hotels, expands AI for host onboarding and customer support — TechCrunch -
• Buckle up: Google is set to remake search with agentic AI in 2026 — Ars Technica -
• OpenAI barrels toward IPO that may happen in September — TechCrunch -
• Intuit to lay off over 3,000 employees to refocus on AI — TechCrunch -
• AI search startups are blowing up — TechCrunch -
• Stability AI releases a new audio model that can create 6-minute songs — TechCrunch -
• NanoClaw creator turns down $20M buyout offer, raises $12M seed instead — TechCrunch -
• Figma adds an AI assistant to its collaborative canvas — TechCrunch -
• The Internet can't stop watching Figure AI's humanoid robots handling packages — Ars Technica -
• ‘Ask YouTube’ brings AI-powered conversational search to video, adds Gemini Omni to Shorts — TechCrunch -

Trump administration policy actions including Ebola-exposed Americans and White House ballroom security, Google's Chromium exploit code release, Trump Mobile's data leak, Minnesota's prediction market ban, a legal settlement for a Trump meme, smart TV software rights disputes, GitHub's internal data breach, and China's Nvidia chip ban cover key tech policy, security, and legal concerns.

• Trump admin didn't want Ebola-exposed Americans, sent them to Berlin, Prague — Ars Technica -
• Google publishes exploit code threatening millions of Chromium users — Ars Technica -
• Trump wants $1B to protect White House ballroom from drones and other threats — Ars Technica -

• Minnesota prohibits prediction markets, promptly gets sued by Trump admin — Ars Technica -
• Customers say Trump Mobile is leaking their personal information — TechCrunch -
• Man jailed for posting Trump meme wins $835,000 settlement — Ars Technica -
• Yearslong fight over users' right to tweak smart TV software heads to trial — Ars Technica -
• GitHub says hackers stole data from thousands of internal repositories — TechCrunch -
• China banned RTX 5090D V2 while Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was visiting — Ars Technica -

Mercedes-AMG's all-electric GT 4-Door, Tesla's Full Self-Driving expansion into Europe, the K-shaped global EV market growth, and Volvo's new EX60 exemplify significant advancements and market trends in electric vehicles.

• Leaving the V8 in the past: The all-electric Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door — Ars Technica -
• Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software is creeping into Europe — TechCrunch -
• Global EV market goes K-shaped as the US gets left behind — TechCrunch -

• Moose-proof and megacasting: Ars drives the new Volvo EX60 — Ars Technica -

Nvidia's record quarterly performance and startup investments, Microsoft's sustained carbon-removal plans, Hulu's continued standalone operation, and Jeff Bezos's commentary on taxes collectively represent major corporate financial and strategic news.

• Nvidia posts another record quarter, reveals $43B of holdings in startups — TechCrunch -
• Microsoft’s carbon-removal plans aren’t dead after all — TechCrunch -
• Hulu set to keep existing as standalone streaming service and app (for now) — Ars Technica -

• Jeff Bezos, you were so close to making a good point — TechCrunch -

**Lucra's $20M raise for a non-AI startup, NanoClaw's successful seed funding after declining a buyout, and the TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200 application deadline reflect diverse activities within the startup funding and ecosystem**.

• You don’t need to be an AI startup to raise. Lucra has $20M to prove it. — TechCrunch -
• Startup Battlefield 200 applications close in 1 week: Window to nominate and apply for the most promising startups closes May 27 — TechCrunch -
• This startup raised $43M to build a hive mind for ships — TechCrunch -

NASA's Psyche spacecraft returning Mars images and Russia's commercial plan to advertise on rockets and spacecraft showcase developments in space exploration and commercial ventures.

• NASA's Psyche spacecraft returns unfamiliar views of a familiar world — Ars Technica -
• Russia's plan to advertise on rockets and spacecraft takes off — Ars Technica -

AMD's rumored Ryzen 5800X3D 10th Anniversary Edition offers a budget-friendly upgrade path for PC users to improve performance with existing hardware.

• "Ryzen 5800X3D 10th Anniversary Edition" may help you avoid paying for a new PC — Ars Technica -

A de-extinction company creating artificial eggs and the final trailer for Masters of the Universe provide insights into intriguing science and cultural developments.

• Masters of the Universe final trailer brings the '80s nostalgia — Ars Technica -
• Chickens without eggs? De-extinction company creates artificial egg. — Ars Technica -