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SkyFi has been chosen to join NATO’s Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) 2026 Challenge Programme, one of 150 companies selected from 3,600 applicants across 24 NATO nations.
Titomic Limited has signed a $1.7 million Early Manufacturing Development contract with a leading defense prime contractor to develop next-generation defense components using its cold spray additive manufacturing technology.
Censys and Rilian Technologies have announced a partnership to enhance cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection across the Middle East, combining Censys' Internet intelligence with Rilian's AI-native defense platform.
Castelion has secured $350 million in Series B funding to expand U.S. manufacturing and scale production of its hypersonic weapons, including integration of its Blackbeard system with Army and Navy platforms.
Corsha announced that its Machine Identity Provider platform has achieved Authorization-to-Operate at the U.S. Air Force Sustainment Center’s Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex, enabling secure machine-to-machine communication across industrial manufacturing systems.
Liberty Defense Technologies has joined the NVIDIA Connect Program to enhance its AI-powered threat detection systems, leveraging NVIDIA's GPU technologies and AI frameworks for improved performance and scalability.
Aretum has acquired Veterans Engineering to strengthen its cloud, cybersecurity, and digital transformation services for federal agencies. The deal expands Aretum’s federal customer base and enhances its IT modernization capabilities.
Exia Labs has been selected by the Defense Innovation Unit for the Blue Object Management Challenge, expanding its Keystone AI-enabled Object Management System to the U.S. Navy and maritime operations.
AvaWatz has been awarded prime contractor status on the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s $151 billion, 10-year SHIELD modernization program, positioning it to compete for task orders supporting national defense across multiple domains.
Magnet Defense LLC has introduced the M48, an AI-powered unmanned surface vessel designed for long-range, autonomous maritime operations. The vessel has completed over 32,000 nautical miles and 390 days at sea during testing.
OpenAI-backed biotech firm Chai Discovery has raised $130 million in Series B funding at a $1.3 billion valuation, led by General Catalyst and Oak HC/FT. The company’s Chai-2 platform uses AI to design new antibodies from scratch, improving success rates in drug discovery.
Merriam-Webster has chosen 'slop' as its 2025 Word of the Year, defining it as low-quality digital content produced by artificial intelligence. The term reflects the widespread presence of AI-generated media across the internet.
Lightspeed Venture Partners has raised $9 billion across six funds, marking the largest fundraising in its 25-year history. The venture firm plans to use the capital to expand investments in AI and high-growth technology companies.
OpenAI has released its Circuit-Sparsity toolkit and model, offering open-source tools for studying interpretable circuits in sparse Transformer models. The 0.4B parameter model is available on Hugging Face under an Apache 2.0 license.
MetaMetrics has named Nadja Young as its first Chief Brand Officer, joining CEO Chris Minnich to lead a new phase of growth focused on literacy and numeracy measurement worldwide.
MeetKai and the Government of Pakistan, through state-owned AXI Systems, have partnered to create the country’s first national AI platform built on local data and languages, governed under Pakistan’s own laws.
NVIDIA has unveiled the Nemotron 3 family of open AI models designed to improve efficiency and scalability in multi-agent systems. The lineup includes Nano, Super, and Ultra models built on a hybrid mixture-of-experts architecture, with Nemotron 3 Nano available now and larger versions expected in 2026.
Moonlake AI has announced its Generative Game Engine, a system designed to create programmable, persistent, and controllable world changes for real-time interactive content. The engine enters beta in Q1 2026.
Intel is negotiating to acquire AI chipmaker SambaNova Systems for about $1.6 billion including debt, with a potential deal expected as soon as next month. SambaNova, founded by Stanford professors, designs custom AI chips and was valued at $5 billion in 2021.
Disney will invest $1 billion in OpenAI and allow over 200 of its characters to appear in Sora-generated videos under a three-year licensing agreement, with user-created clips to be streamed on Disney+.
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