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The e-bike industry spent the past two years burying its darlings. VanMoof , the Dutch startup that raised over €200 million, went bankrupt in July 2023.

TL;DR Trump says he will meet AI companies next week on a “partnership” plan to give Americans an equity stake. Altman first pitched the idea in early 2025.

TL;DR IBM's ex-threat intel VP alleges the company hid Chinese state hacker breaches from 2013-2016 and never told the feds. The case is now in court.

TL;DR Reid Hoffman is leaving Microsoft's board after a decade to focus on Manus, his AI drug discovery startup. The company has raised over $50 million.

TL;DR EU trade chief Šefčovič wants a new law forcing companies in sensitive sectors to have at least three suppliers, modelled on the Energy Union.

TL;DR Depthfirst's AI agent found 21 FFmpeg zero-days for $1,000. Chrome 149 patched a record 429 bugs. AI is flooding defenders with more bugs than they can handle.

TL;DR The Miasma worm hit 73 Microsoft GitHub repos across Azure and Microsoft orgs. It plants payloads that trigger in AI coding tools like Claude Code and Cursor.

Swiss cleantech GR3N raised €15.5M to build a microwave-assisted PET recycling plant in Spain. It handles the 85% of PET waste that current methods can't.

TL;DR BoE's Bailey says AI will soon do more than power grids can handle, forcing trade-offs between healthcare, defence, and other sectors.

TL;DR Chinese EVs face 125% US tariffs but are entering via Canada, Mexico, and partnerships with Detroit. Experts say they'll be on US roads by 2030.