🛡️ Helsing becomes Europe's first defense AI unicorn

The German startup hits a valuation of 1.5 billion euros after raising 209 million. Saab pitches in 75 million as a strategic partner to develop electronic warfare capabilities on Eurofighter. Helsing already outfits over 500 HX-2 drones in Ukraine and partners with Mistral AI for European military AI.

• 500 HX-2 attack drones already delivered to Ukrainian forces out of 1000 ordered

• 6000 new HX-2 drones entering production from the second quarter of 2026

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🚀OpenAI unveils GPT-OSS-120B and GPT-OSS-20B under the Apache 2.0 license

After five years of proprietary models, OpenAI is back to open-source with two powerful models. The GPT-OSS-120B matches o4-mini on a single H100 GPU, while GPT-OSS-20B competes with o3-mini on 16GB of RAM. The Mixture-of-Experts architecture boosts computational efficiency to democratize advanced AI.

• 117 billion total parameters but only 5.1 billion active

• An estimated 23 million dollars for training costs of the 120B model

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💰 Nvidia and AMD agree to divert 15% of their Chinese revenue

Jensen Huang negotiated directly with Donald Trump for this unusual deal in the tech industry. AMD also includes its MI308 chips, previously banned from export. This move aligns with the strategy of controlling exports of strategic components to China.

• 2 billion dollars in revenue expected for the US government

• 100% tariffs announced on chips and semiconductors

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🔥 WatchGuard launches four new compact Firebox T series firewalls

The T115-W, T125, T145, and T185 series target SMEs with a hybrid cloud-local approach. All support WiFi 7 and feature MediaTek processors to optimize price-performance ratio. Centralized management via WatchGuard Cloud integrates XDR capabilities with AI to automate incident response.

• 80% of SMEs still prioritize local protection for IoT

• 4 GB of RAM on the entry-level T115-W model to prevent bottlenecks

  
  

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🚁 MidGard deployed at SDIS 45 for early fire detection

SCC France installs this AI developed in Corsica at the Loiret Fire Department. Trained on over a million specialized images, MidGard detects fire outbreaks with high reliability. The self-learning system adapts to local specifics and remains GDPR-compliant.

• 10 minutes max needed to keep a fire under one hectare

• 95% reduction in false positives thanks to specialized algorithm
  
  

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