Ryan Lawler / Axios:
Modus, which builds AI agents for audit workflows and invests in established accounting firms, raised a $5M seed and an $80M Series A led by Lightspeed  —  Modus, which buys majority stakes in advisory entities affiliated with accounting firms, raised $85 million in seed and Series A funding, CEO Arush Jain tells Axios exclusively.

Kari Soo Lindberg / Bloomberg:
Sources: Bain's data center unit cuts ties with Megaspeed, which is under US investigation over if it helped Chinese companies evade Nvidia AI chip export curbs  —  Bain Capital's Bridge Data Centres has removed from its Malaysian computing hub a Southeast Asian company the US suspects of smuggling Nvidia Corp. chips.

Ana Faguy / BBC:
Bill Gates is set to appear before the US House Oversight Committee on June 10 about his Epstein ties; Gates says he's “looking forward” to answering questions  —  Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is set to testify before the US congress in June about his interactions …

Janko Roettgers / Fast Company:
Niantic Spatial launches Scaniverse, a platform that lets companies and individuals create robot-ready 3D maps using phone, 360-degree camera, and drone data  —  The company behind ‘Pokémon Go’ is now creating an AI- and robot-ready 3D model of everything around us.  —  [Animation: Niantic]

Jude Joffe-Block / NPR:
Letter: ICE officials confirm they are using Graphite spyware to intercept encrypted messages, saying it is primarily used to target fentanyl traffickers  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement is using spyware tools that can intercept encrypted messages as part of the agency's efforts …