Google released the open Gemma 4 models, Cursor unveiled version 3 of its IDE for agentic development, SpaceX filed for an IPO at a valuation of up to $1.7T, and Anthropic acquired a biotech startup for $400M.
🤖 AI
Google DeepMind released Gemma 4 — its most powerful open models yet. Four models (2B, 4B, 31B, and 26B MoE) gained multimodal capabilities: video, images, and the smaller ones also support audio. Apache 2.0 license. (Google DeepMind Blog)
Alibaba introduced Qwen3.6-Plus for multimodal agents. The model achieved record accuracy in world perception and multimodal reasoning. The team promised to release smaller open-source variants. (Qwen Blog)
Anthropic accidentally leaked the Claude Code source code. A sourcemap in the npm package exposed 512,000 lines of TypeScript. Developers discovered a three-tier memory and agent orchestration system. (VentureBeat)
Microsoft launched three MAI models on the Foundry platform. MAI-Transcribe-1, MAI-Voice-1, and MAI-Image-2 promise high quality at competitive prices. (Microsoft AI Blog)
Google unveiled Veo 3.1 Lite — a budget video generation model. Available via the Gemini API, it's half the price of Veo 3.1 Fast at comparable speed. (Google Blog)
💻 Software
Cursor 3 completely redesigned the interface for agentic development. The new IDE version features multi-repository workspaces and coordination of local and cloud agents. (Cursor Blog)
OpenAI introduced pay-as-you-go pricing for Codex. Teams can now scale Codex usage with token-based billing instead of fixed-rate plans. (OpenAI Blog)
⚙️ Robots and hardware
Sanctuary AI demonstrated zero-shot robotic hand manipulation. A hydraulic hand accurately oriented a cube fingertip-to-fingertip 10 times in a row — with no prior task-specific training. (The Robot Report)
Cognichip raised $60M for AI chip design. The startup promised to cut chip development costs by 75% and double the speed of the process. (TechCrunch)
💰 Business
SpaceX filed for what could be the largest IPO ever, at a valuation of up to $1.7T. The company plans to raise $40–80B and confidentially submitted documents to the SEC — a listing could come as early as July. (WSJ)
OpenAI acquired the tech talk show TBPN. The show drew ~70,000 viewers per episode and made $5M in 2025. In 2026 it was on track for $30M in revenue. (WSJ)
Anthropic acquired biotech Coefficient Bio for $400M. The deal marks the company's entry into AI for life sciences. (TechCrunch)
Investors are shifting from OpenAI to Anthropic on the secondary market. OpenAI shares fell in price while buyers lined up $2B to invest in Anthropic. (Bloomberg)
Two brothers and AI — telehealth startup Medvi on track for $1.8B in revenue. Matthew Gallagher built the company in 2 months for $20,000, using AI for code, ads, and customer service. (NYT)