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The article highlights Europe's need for economic growth to fund defense capabilities amid geopolitical threats, framing growth as critical for continental security.

Lyte, a private AI hardware company, raised $165 million in a funding round that tripled its valuation to $1.6 billion, signaling investor confidence in AI hardware applications.

Shadow lenders in India are preparing to issue at least 100 billion rupees ($1.1 billion) in local-currency bonds as early as next week to secure borrowing costs before potential increases.

Australian property developer Bathla Group, already insolvent, has a 24-hour deadline to negotiate short-term funding with creditors to avoid collapse.

AI model-training startup AfterQuery reportedly achieved a $3.2B valuation in its latest funding round, five months after its $300M Series A.

ONE HEMP, a hemp industry advocacy group, praised the U.S.

House Republicans introduced a proposal to restructure the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), a federal agency currently facing legal challenges and budget cuts under the Trump administration.

A startup is developing AI undercover agents for use by the FBI and other law enforcement agencies, highlighting potential advancements in AI-driven surveillance but also raising unresolved ethical, legal, and privacy concerns.

Physical Superintelligence (PSI), a private AI research lab focused on physics, raised $58 million to build an AI-powered research facility.

Empirik, a startup incubated by Sequoia Capital, launched with $21 million in funding to develop AI-driven tools for predicting IT infrastructure outages before they occur.

AIR, a private company, raised $50 million to expand its platform for monitoring and vetting AI agents and their add-ons within enterprises.

The EU is considering front-loading payments from a €90 billion loan to Ukraine due to a funding shortage, as reported by the bloc’s rotating presidency.