Persistent Systems moves to buy Nagarro for $1.45B
Digital engineering consolidation as AI changes services margins.
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LeapXpert Raises $180 Million for Governed Messaging
LeapXpert raised $180 million to capture, archive and analyze business conversations that happen across WhatsApp, iMessage, Signal and similar channels.
AI wealth tightens San Francisco housing
The AI boom is pushing San Francisco rents and home prices higher, with vacancy in prime neighborhoods falling from 13% in 2020 to about 3%.
AI chatbots send only 4% of news users to sources
The Reuters Institute's 2026 report sharpens publishers' fear that AI answers are replacing referral traffic.
SpaceX buys Cursor in $60B all-stock deal
The record acquisition turns a fast-growing AI coding tool into part of Musk's infrastructure-to-model AI strategy.
Apoha raises $36M to teach AI how materials behave
The UK startup is building "liquid intelligence" models from vibration data, targeting drugs, food proteins and materials R&D.
Vast Unveils Project Eden, a Persistent AI World Model
Beijing-based Vast wants Project Eden to move AI 3D generation from single assets to shared, persistent virtual worlds.
Meta cuts 8,000 jobs; Microsoft offers first-ever buyouts in 51 years
Meta is laying off 10% of its workforce, about 8,000 people, while Microsoft is offering voluntary retirement to roughly 8,750 US employees for the first time in its history, together potentially affecting nearly 20,000 roles as both companies redirect spending toward AI infrastructure.