In a dramatic cross-industry tie-up that reshapes the AI infrastructure landscape, Google has agreed to pay Elon Musk’s SpaceX a staggering $920 million per month to lease a massive pool of artificial intelligence computing power. The blockbuster contract, disclosed in a fresh Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing, establishes a direct bridge between the tech giant and the rocket manufacturer to help Google keep pace with the overwhelming commercial demand for its c

Open-source database platform Supabase has become one of the fastest-growing infrastructure startups in the AI era, after raising a $500 million Series F round that pushed its valuation to $10 billion, effectively doubling it in just eight months. The milestone cements Supabase as a “decacorn” and signals how quickly developer tools tied to AI application building are scaling in both usage and investor demand. From Postgres tooling to full-stack backend platform Supabase bega

The Global Technology Industry Association GTIA has released the full agenda for ChannelCon 2026, its flagship IT channel event set for August 3–5 in San Diego. This year’s program highlights a strong focus on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, partner growth, and workforce transformation across the IT services ecosystem. Organizers say the agenda is designed to move beyond theory, offering practical strategies that IT service providers, vendors, and consultants can appl

Blue Origin says it is working toward resuming flights of its New Glenn rocket before the end of 2026, despite a recent explosion during a ground test that significantly damaged its Cape Canaveral launch infrastructure. The company, founded by Jeff Bezos, is now under pressure to repair the launch site and restore flight readiness as it tries to keep pace in the increasingly competitive heavy-lift rocket market. Explosion during hot-fire test The incident occurred during a st

10. Bus Waymo’s spent Robotaxi batteries to be repurposed as grid storage in Texas and California Alphabet-owned autonomous driving company Waymo is moving into energy infrastructure with a new program that repurposes retired robotaxi batteries into grid-scale energy storage systems across Texas and California. The initiative marks one of the first large-scale efforts to give second life use cases to electric vehicle batteries specifically designed for autonomous fleets, sign