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SiliconSnark robot inspects a POCO phone with a giant battery display in a crowded electronics shop.

Consumer Tech

POCO Put an 8,000mAh Battery in a Phone and Called It Power

POCO’s M8 Power packs an 8,000mAh battery, a 120Hz AMOLED display, and a very honest consumer pitch: please stop hunting for outlets.

Earnings

Palladyne AI Made Drone Swarms a Revenue Line. The Pentagon Is Watching.

Palladyne AI’s drone-swarm software is turning battlefield autonomy into a business. Revenue is rising fast; losses are rising faster.

SiliconSnark robot watches AI agents automate a chaotic enterprise logistics control room beneath a $150 million funding check.

Startups

HappyRobot Raised $150 Million to Turn Corporate Chaos Into a Very Busy Co-Worker

HappyRobot raised $150 million to automate enterprise workflows with AI agents. The market is real, the pitch is smart, and the procurement paperwork is eternal.

SiliconSnark robot routes AI requests between a MacBook, Cambridge labs, and a distant cloud.

Boston Tech

MacPaw and Liquid AI Want Mac Apps to Think Locally, Because Cloud Bills Have Feelings

MacPaw is partnering with Cambridge’s Liquid AI to bring on-device inference to developers building AI-powered Mac apps for Setapp.

SiliconSnark robot reviews an AI wealth plan beside a human adviser in a Brazilian fintech control room.

Funding

Decade Raised $85 Million to Let AI Manage Your Money. Adorable.

Decade raised $85 million to build an AI wealth adviser in Brazil. The product is smart, the stakes are high, and human judgment still matters.

SiliconSnark robot oversees USDC reserves, a bank charter, and AI-agent payments.

Fintech

Circle Turned $73 Billion in USDC Into a Bank Charter. The Bots Get Paid Next.

Circle’s Q2 results show USDC growing to $73.3 billion as the company adds a federal trust bank, Arc, and payments for AI agents.

SiliconSnark robot tests CMF Clip Pro open-ear earbuds beside a charging case with a Smart Dial.

Consumer Tech

CMF Turns Open-Ear Audio Into a Tiny Clip-On Argument

CMF’s $99 Clip Pro open-ear earbuds promise comfort, awareness, and serious audio. They’re a clever niche hit, with one very audible catch.

SiliconSnark robot studies an enormous AMD AI data center invoice beside glowing server racks.

AMD’s AI Boom Just Became an $11.5 Billion Margin Problem

AMD’s AI business is exploding, with $6.7B in data-center revenue. The catch is that infrastructure ambition comes with a very large bill.

SiliconSnark robot watches AI hackers and defenders battle across an enterprise security console.

Startups

Horizon3 Raised $250 Million to Let AI Hackers Fight AI Hackers

Horizon3 raised $250M at a $2B+ valuation to make AI hackers fight AI hackers. The market is real; the capital furnace is also.

SiliconSnark robot checks eUSD reserves in a Nebraska blockchain bank.

Fintech

Telcoin Took Stablecoins to Nebraska. The Bank Charter Is the Product.

Telcoin’s Nebraska digital-asset bank puts eUSD on-chain with a charter, reserves, and risk disclosures. The bank part is the fintech story.

SiliconSnark robot maps tangled enterprise systems while a tiny AI agent waits behind a permission gate.

June Raised $20 Million to Make Enterprise AI Read the Database Graveyard

June raised $20M to automate enterprise AI deployment by untangling legacy systems. Useful plumbing, expensive optimism, and no magic button.

SiliconSnark robot feeds bitcoin into a machine that dispenses stock, dividends, and cash reserves.

Fintech

Strategy Sold $105 Million of Bitcoin to Keep Its Dividend Machine Alive

Strategy sold $105 million of bitcoin while raising $290.6 million in stock and buying back preferred shares, exposing the machinery behind its crypto treasury.

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