Medly AI raises $8m to put an AI tutor in front of every UK exam student
Investors and funding
Pennsylvania just made itself one of the hardest US states to build a data centre in
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INVESTORS AND FUNDING
Starcloud raised $250mn to buy rockets it cannot yet book
Starcloud has raised $250mn at a $2.3bn valuation to run AI inference in orbit, and part of the money is set aside for launch capacity it has not secured. Falcon 9 retires in 2028, and Starship has not yet flown twice.
INVESTORS AND FUNDING
Starcloud raised $250mn to buy rockets it cannot yet book
Starcloud has raised $250mn at a $2.3bn valuation to run AI inference in orbit, and part of the money is set aside for launch capacity it has not secured. Falcon 9 retires in 2028, and Starship has not yet flown twice.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Slack launches Slack Code, where teams and AI agents build together
Slack Code gives teams a dedicated channel where AI agents write, review and ship software in the open. Claude, ChatGPT, Devin and Copilot are all founding partners, and the feature is free on every plan. TNW reported in May that Marc Benioff wanted coding inside Slack next.
BUSINESS
Apple paid 40% of its global tax bill to one country
Apple paid Ireland $17.1bn last financial year, around 40% of everything it paid in corporate income tax worldwide. Most of the difference is the €13bn in back taxes Ireland spent eight years in court trying not to collect.