https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-18-zoox-nhtsa-exemption-paid-rides Venture Atlas en 2026-08-18T00:00:00+00:00 Zoox clears first-ever NHTSA robotaxi exemption, starts fares https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-18-saronic-gulfport-mississippi-test-site Venture Atlas en 2026-08-18T00:00:00+00:00 Saronic opens Gulfport, Mississippi site for Marauder testing https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-18-spacex-closes-cursor-acquisition Venture Atlas en 2026-08-18T00:00:00+00:00 SpaceX closes $60 billion acquisition of Cursor maker https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-18-openai-chatgpt-for-teens Venture Atlas en 2026-08-18T00:00:00+00:00 OpenAI launches ChatGPT for Teens with safety guardrails https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-18-anduril-first-satellite-on-orbit Venture Atlas en 2026-08-18T00:00:00+00:00 Anduril's first satellite returns first calibrated images https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-18-xiaomi-su7-500000-cumulative-deliveries Venture Atlas en 2026-08-18T00:00:00+00:00 Xiaomi's SU7 sedan tops 500,000 cumulative deliveries https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-18-firefly-nasa-spacecraft-processing-contract Venture Atlas en 2026-08-18T00:00:00+00:00 Firefly onboarded to NASA spacecraft processing contract https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-18-nvidia-sb-energy-openai-ohio-campus Venture Atlas en 2026-08-18T00:00:00+00:00 Nvidia backs $1.5B SB Energy deal for 8GW Ohio AI campus https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-18-ula-mark-peller-permanent-ceo Venture Atlas en 2026-08-18T00:00:00+00:00 ULA names Mark Peller permanent president and CEO https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-18-lg-energy-solution-ultium-ohio-restart Venture Atlas en 2026-08-18T00:00:00+00:00 GM-LG Ultium Cells restarts Ohio battery plant https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-18-deepseek-peak-pricing-takes-effect Venture Atlas en 2026-08-18T00:00:00+00:00 DeepSeek's steep peak-hour API price hikes take effect https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-17-helsing-rakuten-japan-drone-deal Venture Atlas en 2026-08-17T00:00:00+00:00 Helsing enlists Rakuten to broker Japan military drone deal https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-17-catl-carbon-neutrality-roadmap-2035 Venture Atlas en 2026-08-17T00:00:00+00:00 CATL sets 2035 target for full battery value-chain neutrality https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-17-anthropic-claude-authentication-outage Venture Atlas en 2026-08-17T00:00:00+00:00 Anthropic hit by 36-minute authentication outage across Claude https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-17-unitree-superman-humanoid-speed-record Venture Atlas en 2026-08-17T00:00:00+00:00 Unitree unveils record-setting Superman humanoid before IPO debut https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-17-uber-zipline-drone-delivery-partnership Venture Atlas en 2026-08-17T00:00:00+00:00 Uber and Zipline partner to bring drone delivery to Uber Eats https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-17-telesat-loan-going-concern-debt Venture Atlas en 2026-08-17T00:00:00+00:00 Telesat draws $120 million loan, flags going-concern doubt https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-17-moderna-mflusiva-fda-approval Venture Atlas en 2026-08-17T00:00:00+00:00 FDA approves Moderna's mFlusiva, the first mRNA flu vaccine https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-17-google-deepmind-hassabis-chairman-jeff-dean-exit Venture Atlas en 2026-08-17T00:00:00+00:00 Hassabis moves to Chairman as Google's Jeff Dean departs https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-17-openai-gpt-5-6-cyber-daybreak-red Venture Atlas en 2026-08-17T00:00:00+00:00 OpenAI ships GPT-5.6-Cyber behind a new Daybreak Red tier https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-17-tesla-roadster-spacex-thruster-demo-plan Venture Atlas en 2026-08-17T00:00:00+00:00 Tesla plans driverless thruster demo for redesigned Roadster https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-17-casc-long-march-12-guowang-24th-group Venture Atlas en 2026-08-17T00:00:00+00:00 Long March 12 lofts 24th Guowang internet satellite group https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-17-airbus-air-india-hydraulic-failure Venture Atlas en 2026-08-17T00:00:00+00:00 Airbus finds rare triple hydraulic failure on Air India A320 https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-17-rocketlab-mda-globalstar-satellites-orbit Venture Atlas en 2026-08-17T00:00:00+00:00 Rocket Lab's first MDA-built Globalstar satellites reach orbit https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-17-nuscale-750-million-atm-program Venture Atlas en 2026-08-17T00:00:00+00:00 NuScale launches $750 million at-the-market equity program https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-16-nvidia-spacex-21-billion-stake-13f Venture Atlas en 2026-08-16T00:00:00+00:00 Nvidia discloses $21 billion SpaceX stake in SEC filing https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-16-li-auto-l6-400000-deliveries Venture Atlas en 2026-08-16T00:00:00+00:00 Li Auto's L6 SUV tops 400,000 cumulative deliveries https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-16-byd-gods-eye-fleet-3-52-million Venture Atlas en 2026-08-16T00:00:00+00:00 BYD's assisted-driving fleet passes 3.52 million vehicles https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-16-nvidia-openai-ohio-funding-guarantee-cut Venture Atlas en 2026-08-16T00:00:00+00:00 Nvidia trims OpenAI Ohio data center funding guarantee https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-16-openai-revenue-run-rate-40-billion Venture Atlas en 2026-08-16T00:00:00+00:00 OpenAI's annualized revenue run rate tops $40 billion https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-16-google-deepmind-gemini-3-7-flash Venture Atlas en 2026-08-16T00:00:00+00:00 Google DeepMind launches Gemini 3.7 Flash at half the price https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-16-xai-grok-4-6-github-copilot Venture Atlas en 2026-08-16T00:00:00+00:00 Grok 4.6 rolls out inside GitHub Copilot https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-16-anthropic-claude-riemann-hypothesis Venture Atlas en 2026-08-16T00:00:00+00:00 Unreleased Claude model advances century-old Riemann problem https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-16-anthropic-2-trillion-ipo-report Venture Atlas en 2026-08-16T00:00:00+00:00 Anthropic investors reportedly model $2 trillion IPO valuation https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-16-blue-origin-quartz-ground-station-network Venture Atlas en 2026-08-16T00:00:00+00:00 Blue Origin launches Quartz global ground station network https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-16-waymo-raiders-allegiant-stadium-partnership Venture Atlas en 2026-08-16T00:00:00+00:00 Waymo becomes official robotaxi partner of the Las Vegas Raiders https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-16-firefly-elytra-deorbit-contract Venture Atlas en 2026-08-16T00:00:00+00:00 Firefly wins Pentagon contract to design Elytra deorbit system https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-16-baidu-apollo-hong-kong-southern-district Venture Atlas en 2026-08-16T00:00:00+00:00 Apollo Go expands driverless Hong Kong testing to Southern District https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-16-spacex-record-launch-cadence-38-minutes Venture Atlas en 2026-08-16T00:00:00+00:00 SpaceX sets new launch cadence record, 38 minutes apart https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-16-nio-wuhan-battery-swap-state-capital Venture Atlas en 2026-08-16T00:00:00+00:00 NIO hands entire Wuhan battery-swap network to state owners https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-16-byd-qin-max-launch-price Venture Atlas en 2026-08-16T00:00:00+00:00 BYD launches flash-charging Qin Max sedan from $14,700