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Harmattan AI raises $200m in Series B round led by Dassault Aviation

The defence-focused artificial intelligence company has secured major backing from Dassault Aviation as the partners move to accelerate autonomous and AI-enabled combat aviation systems.

Birkenstock stock slips as dollar dents Q1 revenue

Birkenstock expects fiscal first quarter revenue of €402 million, up 11.1% reported and 17.8% in constant currency.

Bitget US stock futures top $15bn in cumulative trading volume

Trading in tokenised US equities on the crypto exchange has been led by Tesla, Meta and Apple as more than one million users engage with stock futures since launch.

LEGO Education launches AI and computer science classroom kits for younger students

The group will begin shipping new hands-on computer science and artificial intelligence kits for pupils in grades one to eight from April, responding to widespread concerns among teachers about engagement, relevance and preparedness.

PlusAI and Iveco to trial Level 4 autonomous trucks on Spanish freight routes

The partners will begin multi-year testing of self-driving heavy-duty trucks in Southern Europe from 2026, marking a significant step towards commercial autonomous freight.

Dina Powell McCormick joins Meta as president and vice chairman

The former Meta board member will join the company’s management team, taking on a senior leadership role as the group accelerates investment in artificial intelligence, infrastructure and global connectivity.

HP opens applications for 2026 Future of Work Accelerator

The U.S.-focused programme will fund and support organisations expanding access to technology, skills and economic opportunity, with applications closing on February six.

Google Search adds special animation to mark America’s 250th anniversary

Apple services post record engagement and expand global footprint in 2025

Developers have now earned more than $550 billion on the platform since its launch in 2008.

Multiply Labs uses robotics and NVIDIA simulation to scale cell therapy manufacturing

The San Francisco-based company says automation can cut cell therapy costs by more than 70% while dramatically increasing production capacity.

NVIDIA expands BioNeMo platform as pharma groups commit up to $1bn to AI-driven drug discovery

New models, tools and partnerships with Lilly and Thermo Fisher underscore the push to automate laboratories and cut the cost of biological research.

BingX adds silver to TradFi perpetual futures copy trading suite

The addition makes silver the second precious metal supported on the platform after Gold

Basecamp Research unveils AI models for programmable gene insertion

The company says its EDEN platform marks a breakthrough in cell and gene therapy design, following large-scale training with NVIDIA and new investment ahead of a Series C round.

Uber adds Joby air taxi booking to its app ahead of commercial launch in Dubai

The ride-hailing company is integrating all-electric vertical take-off aircraft into its platform, with first passenger flights expected later this year

Apple and Google strike multi-year AI partnership built on Gemini models

The agreement will see the next generation of Apple Foundation Models developed on Google’s Gemini AI and cloud technology, supporting future Apple Intelligence features, including a more personalised Siri.

Anthropic expands Claude tools within Microsoft Foundry for healthcare and life sciences

New connectors and skills bring domain-specific reasoning and agentic workflows to clinical, regulatory and research environments running on Azure.

Owkin partners with NVIDIA to upgrade OwkinZero biological reasoning model

The collaboration will see Owkin use NVIDIA’s Nemotron and NeMo frameworks to build agentic infrastructure aimed at advancing biological artificial super intelligence and accelerating drug discovery.

Gemini API expands file input options and raises upload limits

The update direct ingestion from cloud storage and URLs while increasing inline file sizes to support production-scale workloads.

Siemens and NVIDIA expand industrial AI partnership

Siemens and NVIDIA said they will build an industrial AI operating system and AI‑accelerated portfolio.

Netflix marks one year of WWE with 525 million hours streamed in 2025

The streamer said WWE programming delivered sustained global reach across viewing and social platforms, with RAW a near-ever-present in the Global English TV Top 10.