London’s MDOTM raises $27M to put AI inside wealth managers
London’s MDOTM raises $27M to put AI inside wealth managers

The buzziest corner of finance AI is not the trading desk. It is the dull middle office, where staff keep thousands of portfolios in line with spreadsheets. A London-founded startup just raised $27mn to automate exactly that. The company is MDOTM. It h…

Why The SpaceX IPO Brings A New Era Of Asteroid Mining Closer

SpaceX’s IPO filing mentions asteroid mining as a potential long-term market as experts say cheaper launches and water resources could make space mining more realistic.

Powerus Brings Ukraine’s Swarming Tech To Pentagon’s FPV Competition

Battle-proven swarming software from Ukraine will give a major boost to U.S. FPV drone makers Powerus — but it amplifies human pilots rather than replacing them.

Base44 launches Base1, its own AI model for vibe coding
Base44 launches Base1, its own AI model for vibe coding

Base44 spent its first year building apps on other companies’ AI models. Now it has built its own. It is betting that owning the model is the only way to survive the vibe-coding gold rush. The Tel Aviv startup lets anyone build a working app by describ…

Despite Crippling Poverty, Haiti Is Quietly Switching The Lights On

How solar mesh grids are quietly electrifying rural Haiti—connecting thousands of households despite gang violence, poverty and political crisis.

NYT ‘Pips’ Hints, Answers And Walkthrough For Wednesday, July 1

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DeepSeek breaks China’s AI price war with peak-hour surge pricing
DeepSeek breaks China’s AI price war with peak-hour surge pricing

DeepSeek lit China’s AI price war by making tokens absurdly cheap. Now it is doing something no rival has dared: charging more when demand runs high. The Chinese startup has told API customers it will double the price of its V4 models during busy hours…

Cross-border payroll runs on $200B and zero shared infrastructure
Cross-border payroll runs on $200B and zero shared infrastructure

Every year, more than $200 billion in employer-originated wages crosses international borders. The money moves through a patchwork of local banks, regional payroll vendors, and manual compliance processes. Anyone who managed international payments in 2…

How Anthropic, OpenAI, The Vatican And Congress Want To Govern AI

Anthropic, OpenAI, the Vatican and Congress all agree AI needs guardrails—but they disagree on what should be protected first, from catastrophic risk to human dignity and U.S. competitiveness.