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Reflection, once focused on autonomous coding agents, has raised $2B at an $8B valuation to expand into both an opensource alternative to closed frontier labs like OpenAI and Anthropic, and a Western equivalent to Chinese AI firms like DeepSeek. Learn more about your ad choices. ... Show More

Novoloop has signed a deal with a contract manufacturer to produce its Lifecycled TPU material. Also, Knapsack creates a unified workspace that integrates design and coding tools to ensure design and engineering teams are on the same page. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ... Show More

Base Power's Series C will help the company expand beyond Texas, its beachhead market, and build batteries in the United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

Plus, the AI boom is expected to fuel a surge in data-center energy needs. And fintech Block settles with the New York finance regulator. Victoria Craig hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

Geothermal energy startup Quaise is aiming to tap energy sources deep underground. WSJ reporter Benoît Morenne explains how its futuristic tech beams electromagnetic energy at the speed of light to dig around 12 miles under the Earth’s surface. Then, professionals in science and ... Show More

One big drawback of generative artificial intelligence is the vast energy and water that data centers use to power it. But AI also promises to save energy and fuel across industries such as transportation, manufacturing and building maintenance. Amy Myers Jaffe, director of the E ... Show More

Munich-based Proxima has raised €20 million ($21.7M) in a seed round to begin building its first generation of fusion power plants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

Plus: GM builds new AI team. And American battery companies are increasingly looking overseas for manufacturing. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

WWJ auto analyst John McElroy reports they are lighter, smaller and charge faster, but don't expect to see solid state batteries this decade. 

Plus: OpenAI launches the cheapest ChatGPT plan in India. Overhaul raises $105 million in funding to invest in artificial-intelligence technology and make acquisitions. Ariana Aspuru hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

Though we use more renewable energy than ever before, electricity grids need ways to cope with intermittent wind or solar power. Innovations that make batteries to store that energy bigger, cheaper and more efficient can help. Why tourists are flocking to Asia (9:41). And a liste ... Show More

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An energy-efficient alternative to LEDs has greater focusing power, for microscopes and spotlights. Christopher Intagliata reports.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices