Shield AI raises $2 billion to scale its autonomous combat pilot Hivemind

Shield AI, the San Diego defence technology company behind the autonomous pilot system Hivemind, announced on Wednesday that it has raised $2 billion in combined funding at a $12.7 billion valuation. [...]

Automate ISO 27001, SOC 2, and DORA compliance with expert CISO support, starting at -2,999/year

If you have ever spent weeks preparing for a compliance audit, manually collecting evidence across spreadsheets, chasing colleagues for policy sign-offs, and wondering whether your controls actually h [...]

Roblox gives its AI assistant the ability to plan, build, and test games on its own

In short: Roblox is upgrading its built-in AI assistant with agentic capabilities including a planning mode that analyses game code before proposing action plans, procedural 3D model generation, mesh [...]

Roblox splits its user base into three age-gated tiers as lawsuits mount over child safety

In short: Roblox is introducing three mandatory age-gated account tiers -Kids (5-8), Select (9-15), and standard (16+) – starting mid-May, segregating content and chat access by age group. The move [...]

OpenAI shelves erotic ChatGPT after staff, investors, & advisors revolt

OpenAI has shelved its plans to add an erotic “adult mode” to ChatGPT indefinitely, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, capping a five-month saga in which the feature was announced with con [...]

tozero launches Europe’s first industrial battery recycling plant

The Munich startup’s demo plant at Chemical Park Gendorf in Bavaria processes 1,500 tonnes of battery waste a year and produces 100 tonnes of high-purity lithium carbonate, at costs the company says [...]

Laigo Bio closes €17M seed to advance SureTACs

The Dutch biotech’s SureTACs platform targets membrane proteins that have long eluded conventional drug discovery by engineering them out of existence rather than blocking them. Biovance Capital joi [...]

ActiveCampaign’s free trial lets you test AI-powered marketing automation before you commit

Most marketing platforms promise automation. In practice, what they deliver is a glorified email scheduler with a few if-then rules bolted on. ActiveCampaign is one of the few tools where the automati [...]

Keith raises £2M to become the UK’s most automated law firm

Andy Shovel and Pete Sharman, who built THIS into a market-leading plant-based food brand, are pivoting hard. Keith is an AI-native regulated law firm targeting conveyancing first, with a 24/7 AI clie [...]