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• Skye AI, eine KI-gestützte Home-Screen-App für das iPhone, hat während der privaten Testphase 3,58 Millionen US-Dollar an Pre-Seed-Finanzierung erhalten. • Die Finanzierung unterstützt die Entwicklung der App, die darauf abzielt, das iPhone-Nutzererlebnis durch KI-gesteuerte Funktionen zu verbessern, die direkt vom Home Screen aus zugänglich sind. • Diese Investition unterstreicht das wachsende Interesse der Investoren an mobilen KI-Anwendungen inmitten des Wettbewerbs im Smartphone-Ökosystem.

• Das in Framingham, MA ansässige Unternehmen Tortugas Neuroscience hat in einer Kombination aus Seed- und Serie-A-Finanzierung 106 Millionen US-Dollar für niedermolekulare Therapien (Small Molecule Therapies) zur Behandlung neurologischer Erkrankungen eingeworben. • Cure Ventures führte die Seed-Runde an, während The Column Group und AN Venture Partners die Serie-A-Finanzierung am 21. April gemeinsam leiteten. • Die Investition beschleunigt die Entwicklung von Behandlungen auf Basis validierter biologischer Targets und adressiert einen ungedeckten Bedarf im US-Biotech-Sektor.

• SkyfireAI Inc., a US-based autonomous drone startup, raised $11 million in new funding to advance dual-use technology. • The investment targets AI autonomy for public safety, defense, and commercial drone applications. • This funding accelerates development amid rising demand for intelligent unmanned systems in critical sectors.

Foreign affairs minister begins another diplomatic tour to secure Australia’s fuel and energy supply chains. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood morning, Nick Visser here to guide you through the day’s news. Here’s what’s on deck:The foreign minister, Penny Wong, will travel to Japan today, part of a diplomatic trip to secure fuel supplies that will also include visits to China and South Korea. She said the effort will help “ensure Australia is prioritised as a reliable energy partner”. Continue reading...

• Anthropic announced a $4 billion Series E funding round on April 25, 2026, with lead investments from Amazon and Google, valuing the AI safety firm at $61.5 billion post-money. • The capital will accelerate development of Claude 4 models and expand enterprise AI infrastructure across US data centers in California and Virginia. • This funding underscores intensifying competition in AI amid regulatory scrutiny, positioning Anthropic as a key challenger to OpenAI's dominance.

• Copperhelm raised $7 million in funding to launch an agentic cloud security platform leveraging AI agents for threat detection. • The platform automates real-time remediation at scale, addressing escalating cloud vulnerabilities in US enterprises. • This funding enables Copperhelm to commercialize innovative AI-driven cybersecurity amid rising breach incidents.

• SpaceX secured an option to purchase AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion USD, signaling aggressive expansion into artificial intelligence development tools. • The acquisition option reflects Cursor's prominence in AI-assisted software development, a rapidly consolidating market attracting major technology conglomerates. • The deal underscores SpaceX's strategic pivot toward internal AI capabilities to accelerate software development for space exploration and satellite internet infrastructure.