Liz Napolitano / CNBC:
Securitize, a blockchain company that tokenizes investments, files to go public via a SPAC started by Cantor Fitzgerald, valuing Securitize at $1.25B pre-money  —  Securitize, the “real world assets” platform that powers BlackRock's tokenized money market fund, will go public through a merger …

Jillian Deutsch / Bloomberg:
Nvidia plans to invest $1B in Nokia for a 2.9% stake in the company, an apparent vindication of its pivot from mobile networking to AI; NOK jumps 20%+  —  Nvidia Corp. plans to make a $1 billion equity investment in Nokia Oyj, an apparent vindication of the Finnish company's pivot …

Tage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch:
Mem0, which aims to build a “memory passport” so users' AI memory can travel across their devices, apps, and agents, raised $24M, including a $20M Series A  —  Taranjeet Singh (pictured right) has launched six companies, with some failing and others seeing varying degrees of success.

Financial Times:
Truth Social launches Truth Predict, a prediction market platform in partnership with Crypto.com to let users trade on major current events like elections  —  US president's social media platform enters prediction market sector  —  Donald Trump's Truth Social platform is to offer users …

Samantha Subin / CNBC:
Palo Alto Networks launches Cortex AgentiX, AI agents that can be deployed across various security vendor platforms to automate cybersecurity actions  —  Palo Alto Networks on Tuesday launched new artificial intelligence agents that allow customers to automate certain cybersecurity actions.