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Anthropic has confidentially filed to go public with the SEC, potentially beating OpenAI to a $1 trillion IPO. The company's $965 billion valuation eclipses OpenAI's $852 billion valuation. Anthropic plans to raise more money at a higher valuation, taking advantage of strong market conditions for AI companies. The company's valuation may offer investors a more realistic option compared to SpaceX and OpenAI.

SpaceX's IPO now allows retail investors to buy shares directly, bypassing traditional bank syndicates. This change gives more people access to the offering. Retail buyers can purchase shares before the stock starts trading, potentially at a lower price. The shift aims to make the IPO process more inclusive.

Shield AI's V-BAT autonomous drone struggles with technical issues and safety concerns, according to sources and documents. Ryan Tseng, head of Shield AI, announced a new page for the company a year ago. The startup faces challenges with its defense technology. Technical hitches and safety concerns have plagued the V-BAT drone for years. The company's progress is uncertain due to these issues.

Reid Hoffman stepped down from Microsoft's board to focus on his AI drug discovery startup Manus. Hoffman joined the board after Microsoft bought LinkedIn for $26.2 billion in 2016. Manus raised over $50 million in seed rounds and is led by CEO Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee. Hoffman cited a need to go "founder mode" as the startup works on AI to combat cancers.

Twelve companies join the Fortune 500 for the first time in 2026. Each must earn at least $7.5 billion in revenue. Galaxy Digital enters at No. 76 after its 2025 direct listing. Bitgo, based in Palo Alto, offers institutional crypto services like wallet management and staking. The company completed its IPO in 2026 and serves clients in over 100 countries.

Wolters Kluwer receives a 'BUY' rating with a €80 price target. The company has 82% recurring revenue, 5-6% organic growth, 27.4% operating margins, and leverage below 2x. A 15% annualized upside is projected from current pricing. The rating upgrade reflects strong fundamentals and resilience against AI disruption.

SpaceX's $135 IPO creates allocation scarcity due to high demand. At $175, SPCX equity value reaches $2.3T and 122x 2025 revenue despite uneven GAAP profitability. Starship and COLOSSUS expand upside but require price, cash flow, and execution convergence. The stock market rates SpaceX as Hold.

American Airlines Group stock closed Friday at $13.50, up 1.50%, even as the company announced temporary route suspensions due to elevated jet fuel prices. Trading volume hit 105.7 million shares, about 75% above its three-month average. The S&P 500 fell 2.64% and the Nasdaq dropped 4.18%. Analysts see growth potential in the airline's loyalty program, premium demand, and debt reduction to $34.7 billion.

Ligna Energy's S-Power technology uses forest-derived lignin polymer to replace toxic metals in batteries, offering quick charging, an 8-10 year lifespan, and cost savings. The ultra-thin pouch-format cell is designed for small cards and sensors, charging quickly and surviving more cycles than conventional batteries. This technology could save enterprises cash in the long term by reducing maintenance costs. S-Power 2S offers 1.2F capacitance, a 2.7V operating voltage, and more than 250,000 charge cycles.

Broadcom's stock falls 7.49% to $387.52 after failing to raise AI revenue guidance. Revenue reached $22.19 billion in Q2, AI bookings exceeded $30 billion, and gross margin stood at 65.66%. Investors expect rapid conversion of AI chip bookings to revenue to meet a $100 billion AI revenue target by fiscal 2027. The stock's volume surged to 50.3 million shares, 95% above average.

Studio MDHR is working on Cuphead 2, a new hand-animated game with a fresh adventure for the characters. The studio is also developing Mighty Cuphead Adventure, an 8-bit action platformer built with 80s technology and compatible with modern consoles and PC. The game will be available on a physical cartridge for the Sega Master System home gaming console. More details are expected in the coming months.

Intel stock has increased by 453% in the past 12 months following government support and interest from tech companies. The U.S. government invested $8.9 billion in Intel's domestic semiconductor supply chain. Intel Foundry has attracted high-profile clients, including Amazon and Apple, for chip packaging services. Intel Foundry posted a $2.4 billion operating loss in the first quarter of 2026, but must continue to grow to be a positive contributor to Intel's business.

First Google then Meta may sell stock to fund an $820 billion AI boom. The move reflects growing investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure. Companies are using equity sales to finance large-scale AI development. The scale of spending signals a major shift in tech capital allocation.

Lam Research earns a Buy rating with a 12-month price target of $360, $380, driven by industry leadership and AI-fueled chip complexity tailwinds. The company boasts a majority share in global etch and a robust deposition position, underpinned by high recurring service revenues. Lam Research's earnings normalization and secular growth justify a premium multiple, despite a trailing P/E of 63x and insider selling.

Helion Energy closed a $465 million funding round valuing the company at $15.5 billion. The Series G round was led by Thrive Capital and included SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Lightspeed, and over half a dozen other investors. Helion's Polaris fusion reactor uses deuterium and helium-3 fuel to create plasma, accelerates plasma donuts to 100 million miles per hour, and generates electricity via magnetic field changes. The reactor design aims to produce net energy from fusion reactions in a cylindrical structure.

The Internet Archive is now blocked by 340 local news outlets, up from an initial number, due to concerns that AI companies might scrape the nonprofit's repositories for training data. The outlets, including The New York Times, The Guardian, and USA Today Co., fear this could harm the public interest. This move follows a previous report that major news publishers started blocking the archive. The exact number of organizations blocking the archive has increased significantly over time.

SpaceX secured a Google AI compute deal following an Anthropic partnership prior to Google's IPO. The agreement enables Google to deploy AI workloads on SpaceX infrastructure. Google's AI operations will use SpaceX's orbital computing platforms. The deal supports scalable AI training at high altitude data centers.

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Startup Battlefield 200 applications close on June 8 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Selected startups pitch live at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 in San Francisco. One startup wins $100,000 in equity-free funding. Alumni have raised over $32 billion and achieved 250 exits. Companies like Dropbox, Discord, and Fitbit were launched through the program.

Lovable is in talks to raise funding at a $12B valuation. The startup's valuation rises from $6.6B in December 2025. It reached $400 million in annual recurring revenue earlier this year. The new fundraise would almost double its prior valuation.

Michael Saylor sold 32 Bitcoins worth $2.5 million from Strategy's holdings, which now total 843,706 Bitcoins worth $51.6 billion. Strategy paid an average price of $63,867 per Bitcoin, higher than its current price. Saylor expects Bitcoin's value to soar to $21 million over two decades, but sold some to fund dividend payments.

Bitcoin bears hold $2.6 billion in short positions as price falls to $61,100. A 21% drop from $63,000 to $61,100 builds bearish leverage. A rally to $66,000 would trigger liquidation of $2.6 billion in shorts. Negative funding rate at -2% shows bears are confident. The potential squeeze could revive buyer confidence after 13 days of ETF outflows.

Antares achieved criticality in a test reactor at Idaho National Laboratory. The milestone marks the first time a small modular nuclear reactor design has reached self-sustaining nuclear reactions. The reactor uses TRISO fuel with uranium oxide pellets encased in carbon and ceramic layers. The design contains fuel pellets within a graphite sheath to limit neutron escape and isotope formation.