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TechCrunch May 29, 2026 at 22:21 Startups Rising Hot

SpaceX awarded $6.45B in Space Force contracts ahead of IPO

SpaceX already generated one-fifth of its 2025 revenue from government contracts, the company revealed in its IPO filing.

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May 29, 2026 at 22:21 TechCrunch

SpaceX awarded $6.45B in Space Force contracts ahead of IPO

SpaceX already generated one-fifth of its 2025 revenue from government contracts, the company revealed in its IPO filing.

May 29, 2026 at 12:17 Hacker News

The UK government's Low Value Purchase System is a waste of time

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May 28, 2026 at 16:38 Hacker News

ICE has spent over $25M on iris scanners in no-bid contracts

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May 27, 2026 at 14:44 Ars Technica

Volvo gets US government approval to bypass Chinese connected-car ban

The ban for model year 2027 onward began under Biden and has been enacted by Trump.

May 26, 2026 at 22:37 TechCrunch

Trump administration wants nuclear startups to use plutonium for their reactors

The U.S. government is sitting on dozens of tons of weapons-grade plutonium. It's hoping startups can find a use for it.

Apr 19, 2026 at 21:00 Hacker News

C++26: Reflection, Memory Safety, Contracts, and a New Async Model

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TechCrunch May 29, 2026 at 17:57 Startups
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TechCrunch May 29, 2026 at 22:14 Startups
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Coders are refusing to work without AI — and that could come back to bite them

While AI is helping coders produce code faster, it may not be producing better code, researchers warn. And that could cause problems down the road for them.

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TechCrunch May 29, 2026 at 18:49 Startups
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So you’ve heard these AI terms and nodded along; let’s fix that

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TechCrunch May 29, 2026 at 17:57 Startups
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After Nvidia’s $20B not-acqui-hire, AI chip startup Groq reportedly raising $650M

Chipmaker Groq is looking to raise $650 million in internal funding as it pivots from hardware to focus more on AI inference, the process of refining the way AI models respond t...

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