Nvidia has reached an agreement to acquire startup Groq for approximately $20 billion, making it the largest acquisition in the company’s history. The move is set to strengthen Nvidia’s position in the fast-growing market for AI inference hardware and curb intensifying competition in the accelerator space.
Debris from SpaceX’s Starship rocket following a failed test flight came significantly closer to civilian aircraft than the company had previously acknowledged. This is according to documents from the U.S. aviation regulator cited by The Wall Street Journal, which point to discrepancies between SpaceX’s public statements and the authorities’ internal risk assessment.
U.S.-based startup Neurable has raised $35 million in funding to accelerate the commercialization of non-invasive brain–computer interfaces (BCIs) powered by artificial intelligence. The company aims to scale its technology beyond research labs and introduce it into consumer and healthcare applications.
The world’s largest technology companies are increasingly and explicitly linking workforce reductions to the adoption of artificial intelligence. Firms such as Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Salesforce point to AI as one of the key drivers behind planned layoffs in 2025, citing rising productivity and the automation of white-collar work.