🛡️ Pentagon Pulls In the Big AI Names
The U.S. Department of Defense just dropped some serious money, up to $200 million apiece, on OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and Elon Musk’s xAI. The mission? Build AI agents that can handle complex, secure tasks across military and national security domains. xAI even rolled out “Grok for Government,” aiming squarely at federal agencies. It's the clearest sign yet that the public sector wants Silicon Valley’s top minds on speed dial. though critics are already raising eyebrows about fair competition and closed-door contracts.
💰 Trump’s $70 Billion AI-Energy Bombshell
Word is, Trump’s gearing up to announce a $70 billion package aimed at AI and energy infrastructure, most likely during a summit near Pittsburgh, close to Carnegie Mellon. Details are still murky, but insiders expect the funds to juice up power grids and bolster America’s growing fleet of data centers. It’s part economic stimulus, part AI arms race.
🏗️ Meta’s Manhattan-Sized AI Labs
Mark Zuckerberg isn’t tiptoeing. He just announced plans to funnel “hundreds of billions” into Meta’s new Superintelligence Labs initiative, designed to outpace rivals by sheer infrastructure scale. Two mega-projects, Prometheus (due 2026) and Hyperion, are reportedly as expansive as parts of Manhattan. Meta’s doubling down on compute, energy, and ambition.
⚖️ AI Browser Turf War
Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas didn’t mince words. Startups make breakthroughs, and big tech copies them. That message landed hard after Perplexity’s Comet browser debuted July 9... followed days later by AI browser announcements from Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic. It’s not just a feature war, it’s a land grab for the next interface layer of the web.
🤝 Cognition AI Snatches Up Windsurf
After Google backed out of a $2.4 billion deal, startup Cognition AI moved quickly to lock down Windsurf, the AI-powered coding environment. Windsurf isn’t small potatoes, it brings in $82 million a year and comes with a loyal enterprise base. Smart move, especially with developer tools becoming the new frontier in AI.