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1. 🫵 Apple Approved its First AI Agent on its Messages for Business Platform
Apple’s Messages for Business platform is getting its first AI agent. Poke, a startup that aims to make using AI agents as simple as sending a text message, is the maker of the lucky agent. Launched in March, Poke operates its AI service over SMS, Telegram, WhatsApp, and now, iMessage to help with common activities like daily planning, managing your calendar, tracking health, and more. (TechCrunch)
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3. 🔋 Sam Altman-Backed Helion Raised $465M to Build a Power Plant for Microsoft
Helion, the fusion startup backed by Sam Altman, signed a deal with Microsoft to deploy fusion power to the grid as early as 2028. To power that, the startup announced it’s raised $465 million in a new Series G funding round that values the company at $15.5 billion. The new round was led by Thrive capital and follows the startup’s last raise in January 2025 of $425 million. (TechCrunch)
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5. 💧 Google is Pledging to Replenish More Water Than its Data Centers Consume By 2030
Google has an answer to everyone’s data center water woes. The tech leaders just announced five water stewardship commitments. Across 97 watersheds, the 165 projects are projected to restore upward of 19 billion gallons each year by 2030, exceeding twice what Google consumed in 2024. To reach the 2030 target, the company is also evaluating more than 700 projects with additional announcements expected in the coming months. (Quartz)
6. ↗️ Ramp Raised $750M at $44Bn Valuation
Corporate expense management platform Ramp just raised $750 million at a valuation of $44 billion, nearly tripling its valuation within just a year. The fast-growing startup has become a hot commodity as it started offering AI agents within its procurement, expense management, and other financial projects as well as launching a corporate credit card specifically for AI agents to use. (TechCrunch)
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7. 📌 Pinterest is Commiting $4Bn to AWS in its Biggest AI Infrastructure Deal Ever
Pinterest isn’t getting rid of AI anytime soon. The visual ideation social network just committed $4 billion to Amazon Web Services for cloud services through 2031, the largest infrastructure deal in the company’s history. The agreement extends its existing partnership (that dates to 2010) but offers AWS’ Trainium chips to help Pinterest power personalized visual search and AI-assisted discovery features. (Quartz)
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EDITOR’S CORRECTION: In yesterday’s (June 3) issue, we made a mistake in the first news item “SpaceX is Targeting a $135 IPO Price at a $1.77T Valuation.” In the item’s blurb, Tesla’s market cap was listed at $1.6 billion, this is incorrect and should be a market cap of $1.6 trillion. We apologize for any confusion.