Bloomberg:
Sources: Sequoia's Ravi Gupta and ex-Meta CRO John Hegeman seek to raise $1B+ for a holding company to acquire at least one firm and infuse it with new tech  —  Sequoia Capital partner Ravi Gupta and former Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Revenue Officer John Hegeman are looking to raise …

Lora Kolodny / CNBC:
Mississippi regulators authorize xAI to build a power plant with 41 natural gas-burning turbines in Southaven to power its data centers  —  Elon Musk's xAI scored a victory in Mississippi, where regulators on Tuesday authorized the artificial intelligence company to build a power plant …

May the MacBook Neo live so long that its name becomes inapt.

Katherine Doherty / Bloomberg:
Polymarket says it is partnering with Palantir and TWG AI to identify, prevent, and report suspicious activity in Polymarket's sports contracts  —  Polymarket is enlisting firms including Palantir Technologies Inc. to help police its sports contracts as prediction markets face intense scrutiny over insider trading.

Soon after the Trump administration launched its war on Iran, I called up Reed Blakemore, director of research and programs at the Atlantic Council Global Energy Center, to talk about the consequences. While oil and gas prices were already on the rise, there was still more hope then that the impact of the conflict might […]