Welcome back to your daily dossier talking AI, robotics, crypto, and the future of tech. 👾

In today’s edition, we are tackling the following:

💰 Meta in talks for Scale AI investment that could top $ 10 B.
👁️ Sam Altman’s eyeball-scanning identification tech expands to the UK.
📈 Broadcom’s AI bonanza has limits, but its valuation is sky-high.
🪙 Bitcoin pushes toward $107K even as Trump sends National Guard to LA.
🕹️ Microsoft and Asus announce two Xbox Ally handhelds.

AI

• Meta is in talks for Scale AI investment that could top $10B

  • Meta is reportedly weighing a multibillion-dollar investment in artificial intelligence startup Scale AI. 

  • The tech giant is in talks with Scale AI about an investment that could exceed $10 billion.

  • The investment would mark Meta’s largest-ever external expenditure on AI, a rare move for a company that has traditionally relied on internal research.

• Sam Altman’s eyeball-scanning identification tech expands to the UK

  • Tools for Humanity, a startup co-founded by OpenAI’s Sam Altman, is launching its Orb devices, which scan eyes, in the UK.

  • Starting this week, people in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff, Belfast, and Glasgow will be able to scan their eyes.

  • The spherical Orbs will be at dedicated premises in shopping malls and on high streets, said Damien Kieran, chief legal and privacy officer.

• Broadcom’s AI bonanza has limits, but its valuation is sky-high

  • Broadcom is making a lot of money by helping tech companies manufacture custom chips that speed up AI computations. 

  • Broadcom’s stock is the fifth-best-performing in the S&P 500 over the past two months, rising more than 70% over the period.

  • It eclipsed a $1 trillion valuation on the way up, surpassing Walmart and Tesla.

ROBOTICS

• Amazon eyes AI-powered humanoid robots for Last-Mile Edge

  • Amazon is now eyeing humanoid prototypes coming from China's Unitree that can hop out of a Rivian delivery van to drop packages.

  • Engineers are fine-tuning navigation, object handling, and safety systems in a mock urban environment.

  • While timelines are still fuzzy, CEO Andy Jassy hinted that pilot tests could roll out in select cities later this year.

• A headless humanoid robot controlled by voice was built in 40 days and performs manufacturing tasks

  • The Paris-based firm that develops exoskeleton products has unveiled a humanoid robot for the first time.

  • Wandercraft’s latest innovation includes elements of the company’s exoskeleton products.

  • The headless humanoid robot is the first industrial humanoid robot developed by Wandercraft.

• China’s AI lab unveils RoboBrain 2.0 model to accelerate humanoid robot development

  • RoboBrain 2.0 is the world’s most powerful open-source AI model designed to enhance a wide range of robots, including humanoids.

  • RoboBrain 2.0 introduces major improvements in spatial intelligence and task planning, delivering a 17% boost in speed and a 74% accuracy. 

  • The RoboBrain model is part of the Wujie series, which also includes RoboOS 2.0—a cloud platform for deploying robotics AI models.

CRYPTO

• Bitcoin pushes toward $107K even as Trump sends National Guard to LA

  • Bitcoin maintained a steady climb Saturday as U.S. domestic tensions intensified.

  • Markets remained focused on crypto resilience despite unsettling headlines, including an immigration-related standoff in Los Angeles.

  • Over 100 arrests have been reported as clashes continued between protesters and federal agents, who deployed National Guard troops.

• Euler unveils stablecoin lending infrastructure

  • DeFi protocol Euler Finance has unveiled its stablecoin lending market infrastructure, Frontier.

  • Frontier is ‘built to turbocharge the growth of all stablecoins’ and introduces an incentives pool for onboarded projects.

  • The protocol’s total value locked has surged to the $1B mark in roughly nine months, driving its EUL token as high as $9.64 in May.

• Sui DEX Cetus Protocol restarts platform after recovering from $223M exploit

  • Cetus Protocol relaunched on Sunday, just 17 days after suffering a $223 million exploit.

  • The protocol recovered around $162 million worth of funds and restarted with the help of a $30 million loan from the Sui Foundation.

  • Affected liquidity pools were restored to 85% of their initial value, pledging remaining compensation coming in the form of CETUS tokens.

CONTENT

• Jennifer Doudna on the future of gene editing & innovation

  • CRISPR pioneer and Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna joins Bloomberg’s Emily Chang to explore the profound impact of gene editing.

  • Doudna reflects on the real-world applications of CRISPR—from curing genetic diseases to revolutionizing agriculture.

  • She discusses the ethical questions raised by gene editing and the importance of public engagement.

• 18k engineers, 30k deploys a day, & their own fleet of planes with Sebastian Barrios

  • Sebastian Barrios opens the conversation by reflecting on his time at Mercado Libre, where he led one of the largest engineering teams.

  • Sebastian shares how AI is starting to change the way teams operate, not by replacing people, but by streamlining repetitive processes.

  • He emphasizes the importance of building a culture that removes fear of failure, allowing engineers to take ownership, experiment, and grow.

• Demis Hassabis on the future of work in the age of AI

  • Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, discussed how to unpack the current state and future trajectory of artificial intelligence.

  • Hassabis reflects on the rapid acceleration of AI capabilities, positioning today’s moment as a critical inflection point on the path to AGI.

  • He shares how DeepMind’s mission has always been rooted in scientific discovery and long-term progress, viewing AI not just as a tool.

AND MORE…

• Microsoft and Asus announce two Xbox Ally handhelds

  • Microsoft and Asus have been working together over the past year to create not one, but two new ROG Xbox Ally handhelds.

  • Both of these Xbox Ally devices, part of the Project Kennan effort I reported on earlier this year.

  • This includes a new full-screen Xbox experience on Windows that’s designed to be more handheld-friendly.

• Bitcoin Family’ hides crypto codes etched onto metal cards on four continents after recent kidnappings

  • The family’s new storage model splits an encrypted 24-word seed phrase into multiple parts, hidden in locations from Europe to South America.

  • Their hot wallets are guarded by multi-signature protocols, while cold funds are stored entirely offline, with no hardware devices involved.

  • Taihuttu is also embracing decentralized trading platforms and MPC technology to reduce single points of failure amid rising threats.

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• Axiom Space prepares for its fourth mission to the ISS

  • Axiom Space plans to launch its fourth mission on Tuesday, June 10 — a mission that CEO Tejpaul Bhatia described as ‘a little bit of a victory lap.’

  • Bhatia said Ax-4 will be Axiom Space’s second ‘fully national mission’ where all the customers are national governments.

  • Axiom Space’s missions have used SpaceX Dragon spacecraft to bring astronauts to the ISS.