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Lausanne startup Fusionality has raised $3.7 million in pre-seed funding to build control systems and simulation environments for fusion reactor developers, targeting a widely acknowledged bottleneck in the fusion supply chain: a shortage of specialists who can build real-time plasma control systems.
UK manufacturing software startup CloudNC has raised a $20M Series B extension, bringing total funding to $128M. With over 1,000 machine shops using its AI-powered CAM Assist software, the company now plans to expand into quoting and cost estimation tools.
Harvard's Nock Lab has developed a model that predicted 75% of suicide attempts one week before they occurred in a study of over 600 high-risk individuals, marking a potential turning point in real-time suicide risk forecasting — though clinical deployment faces significant challenges.
The White House removed 'Build the Wall,' a Tetris-like browser game from its official arcade portal, after the Tetris Company alleged copyright infringement. The game was also widely criticized as racist, but the takedown was driven by IP concerns, not political ones.
OpenAI claims to have solved the Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize problem using 10,000 AI agents, but a dispute with independent mathematicians over credit and data access complicates the announcement.
Sony DADC corrected a widely reported figure about its Thalgau disc plant: production will decline by 10 percent in 2028, not drop by 90 percent. The company still plans to stop making new game discs in January 2028, while the scope of a reported pivot to microlens manufacturing remains unconfirmed.
Cognition, maker of the Devin AI coding assistant, raised $2 billion at a $48 billion valuation, doubling its annualized revenue to $900 million in just four months. The company faces steep compute costs but projects up to $5 billion in annualized revenue by year-end.
OpenAI claims to have solved the Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize Problem using an internal AI model more powerful than GPT-6 Astra, but the proof has not been released for verification and a dispute over data access with an NYU professor complicates the announcement.
Rivian spinoff Also has again delayed deliveries of its TM-B e-bike, citing AI-driven component shortages, a novel pedal-by-wire drivetrain requiring precision manufacturing, and power specs that exceed existing regulatory standards. The company's September 2026 Reddit apology is its most detailed public explanation yet.
The Exploration Company, a Munich-based space startup, has raised $450 million in a Series C round — the largest ever for a European space company. The funding will support the development of the Nyx reusable orbital capsule and the Storm high-thrust engine program, forming the technical foundation for a reusable European heavy-lift launcher to compete with SpaceX.
