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The man who took Tesla public just joined JB Straubel’s battery startup. It’s no longer just a battery startup.

dinsdag 12 mei 2026 inThe Next Web (Mac algemeen)

  Deepak Ahuja, the chief financial officer who took Tesla public in 2010 and served two terms steering its finances through the most volatile period in automotive history, has joined Redwood Materials as CFO. He told TechCrunch it is “too early” to…

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Nadella feared Microsoft would become ‘the next IBM.’ The trial reveals how much he paid to make sure it didn’t.

dinsdag 12 mei 2026 inThe Next Web (Mac algemeen)

  Satya Nadella told a federal jury on Monday that he feared Microsoft would become “the next IBM” while OpenAI became the next Microsoft. The admission, drawn from an April 2022 internal email presented by Elon Musk’s lead attorney, reveals the str…

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Expanding pathways to opportunity through apprenticeship degrees in a changing workforce landscape

dinsdag 12 mei 2026 inThe Next Web (Mac algemeen)

Picture a woman in her mid-30s assessing her options, balancing household expenses with a long‑held ambition to enter a more purpose‑driven profession. A transition into teaching or nursing holds deep meaning, yet most degree pathways require time a…

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OpenAI launches Daybreak to take on Anthropic’s Mythos in cyber defence

dinsdag 12 mei 2026 inThe Next Web (Mac algemeen)

The new platform pairs GPT-5.5 variants with Codex Security and a roster of enterprise security partners, all aimed at defenders. OpenAI has unveiled Daybreak, a cybersecurity initiative aimed at finding software vulnerabilities, generating patches,…

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Kevin Hartz’s A* takes a ‘less-is-more’ approach with new $450m fund

dinsdag 12 mei 2026 inThe Next Web (Mac algemeen)

While AI peers chase billion-dollar megafunds, the Eventbrite founder’s venture firm has gone the other way. Kevin Hartz, the Eventbrite co-founder turned long-time seed investor, has closed a $450m fund at A*, his San Francisco venture firm, accord…

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eBay tells GameStop to keep the carpet: $56bn bid “neither credible nor attractive”

dinsdag 12 mei 2026 inThe Next Web (Mac algemeen)

Ryan Cohen offered $125 a share, partly to be funded by a $20bn TD Securities commitment letter and, briefly, by selling old store signs on eBay itself. The eBay board, which had to ban and then unban him during the process, says no. eBay has formal…

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NHS England gives Palantir contractors broader access to patient data

dinsdag 12 mei 2026 inThe Next Web (Mac algemeen)

A leaked internal briefing note describes a new admin role on the £330m Federated Data Platform that lets external staff bypass case-by-case data approvals. Patient groups and Labour MPs have called the change dangerous. NHS England has decided to a…

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Vapi raises $50m Series B led by Peak XV for enterprise voice AI

dinsdag 12 mei 2026 inThe Next Web (Mac algemeen)

Peak XV leads. M12, Kleiner Perkins, and Bessemer Venture Partners join; earlier investors return. Amazon Ring, Intuit, and New York Life are named enterprise customers; total funding now stands at $72m. Vapi, the San Francisco-based enterprise voic…

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China is earning roughly $500m an hour from exports, and AI-related goods are doing the heavy lifting

dinsdag 12 mei 2026 inThe Next Web (Mac algemeen)

China’s export earnings have reached roughly $500m an hour, according to a Bloomberg calculation based on the latest customs data, with AI-related goods accounting for about half of the year-on-year growth that has driven the figure to record levels…

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Ilya Sutskever discloses $7bn OpenAI stake during Musk-OpenAI litigation

dinsdag 12 mei 2026 inThe Next Web (Mac algemeen)

The former OpenAI chief scientist, who now runs Safe Superintelligence, gave the figure under oath. It places him among the largest individual shareholders in the company. Ilya Sutskever, the former chief scientist of OpenAI who now runs Safe Superi…

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ServiceNow lines up $4bn bond sale to refinance Armis acquisition debt

dinsdag 12 mei 2026 inThe Next Web (Mac algemeen)

ServiceNow is looking to raise approximately $4bn in a US high-grade bond sale to refinance debt taken on to fund its acquisition of cybersecurity firm Armis Security, Bloomberg reported on Monday. JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Barclays and Citigroup…

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Ursula Von der Leyen pushes EU-wide social-media age protections for children

dinsdag 12 mei 2026 inThe Next Web (Mac algemeen)

The European Commission president said an EU age-verification app is technically complete and that bloc-level rules on minimum social-media ages are next. France, Spain, and several others are already moving alone. European Commission President Ursu…

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The US Commerce Department deletes website details of Microsoft, Google, and xAI security-test deal

dinsdag 12 mei 2026 inThe Next Web (Mac algemeen)

The US Commerce Department has removed from its website the details of an agreement under which Microsoft, Google, and xAI agreed to submit new AI models to government scientists for security testing before release, Reuters reported on Monday. The o…

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Texas AG sues Netflix over alleged spying and addictive design

dinsdag 12 mei 2026 inThe Next Web (Mac algemeen)

Attorney General Ken Paxton filed the suit on Monday, alleging Netflix collects user data without consent and uses autoplay to keep children watching. Netflix calls the suit meritless. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Netflix on Monday, allegi…

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Prosus targets $3.6bn from Just Eat in European food-delivery push

dinsdag 12 mei 2026 inThe Next Web (Mac algemeen)

Prosus is targeting $3.6bn in annual revenue from Just Eat Takeaway, the European food-delivery business it bought for €4.1bn last year, the Napers-controlled investor said in a strategy update on Tuesday. The figure sets a near-term commercial targ…

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Paymentology raises $175m co-led by Apis Partners and Aspirity Partners

dinsdag 12 mei 2026 inThe Next Web (Mac algemeen)

Paymentology, the London-based global issuer-processor, has raised $175m in a round co-led by Apis Partners and Aspirity Partners, the company said on Tuesday. Apis invested through its Apis Growth Fund III vehicle, which the firm said takes its tot…

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Nscale secures $790m financing for Narvik AI data centre

dinsdag 12 mei 2026 inThe Next Web (Mac algemeen)

Nscale, the vertically integrated AI-infrastructure company, has secured an additional $790m of debt financing to continue building out its AI data centre in Narvik, northern Norway, the company said on Monday. The committed facility was provided by…

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Happl raises $11m Series A to scale its global benefits operating system

dinsdag 12 mei 2026 inThe Next Web (Mac algemeen)

Happl, the London- and New York-based provider of an AI-native employee-benefits platform for multinational employers, has raised $11m in a Series A round. The round was led by Portage Ventures, with participation from F Capital and continued backin…

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Wise left London for Nasdaq. It is also applying for a US banking charter. The migration is not just a listing change.

maandag 11 mei 2026 inThe Next Web (Mac algemeen)

  Wise began trading on Nasdaq on Monday under the ticker WSE. Shares opened at 15.96 dollars. The London-founded fintech, which went public on the London Stock Exchange in July 2021 via a direct listing that valued it at 11 billion dollars, has mov…

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ZoomInfo beat earnings, cut 600 jobs, and lost 29 per cent of its stock price. Its database is being repriced by AI.

maandag 11 mei 2026 inThe Next Web (Mac algemeen)

  ZoomInfo beat its first-quarter earnings estimates, cut its full-year revenue guidance by 62 million dollars, announced a restructuring that will eliminate 600 jobs, and lost 29 per cent of its stock price in a single trading session. The company …

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Lodestellar is a €7 EPD quality tool helping manufacturers win multi-million euro tenders

maandag 11 mei 2026 inThe Next Web (Mac algemeen)

The era of greenwashing may be coming to an end, at least in the construction sector where manufacturers are embracing a low cost tool to support data-driven transparency about their environmental impacts. “We’ve seen that manufacturers are increasi…

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