https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-03-firefly-981m-space-force-nite-star-contract Venture Atlas en 2026-08-03T00:00:00+00:00 Firefly named to $981M Space Force NITE-STAR contract pool https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-03-orienspace-gravity-1-east-china-sea-launch Venture Atlas en 2026-08-03T00:00:00+00:00 Orienspace's Gravity-1 flies first commercial sea launch https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-03-kairos-power-kp-bison-fuel-code-validated Venture Atlas en 2026-08-03T00:00:00+00:00 Kairos Power validates first molten-salt reactor fuel code https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-03-xai-grok-voice-think-fast-2 Venture Atlas en 2026-08-03T00:00:00+00:00 SpaceXAI unveils faster Grok Voice Think Fast 2.0 model https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-03-nvidia-5b-investment-safe-superintelligence Venture Atlas en 2026-08-03T00:00:00+00:00 Nvidia invests $5B in Ilya Sutskever's Safe Superintelligence https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-03-nvidia-employee-detained-taiwan-chip-smuggling Venture Atlas en 2026-08-03T00:00:00+00:00 Taiwan detains Nvidia employee in AI chip-smuggling probe https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-03-openai-astra-ten-open-math-proofs Venture Atlas en 2026-08-03T00:00:00+00:00 OpenAI names next model Astra, publishes 10 open-math proofs https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-03-archer-aviation-zee-ai-foundation-model Venture Atlas en 2026-08-03T00:00:00+00:00 Archer unveils Zee, an aviation-specific AI foundation model https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-02-tesla-china-unit-sale-report-spacex-merger Venture Atlas en 2026-08-02T00:00:00+00:00 Tesla weighs selling China unit ahead of possible SpaceX merger https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-02-nio-july-deliveries-record-1-2-million Venture Atlas en 2026-08-02T00:00:00+00:00 NIO deliveries jump 71% in July, top 1.2 million cumulative https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-02-deepseek-v4-flash-0731-public-beta Venture Atlas en 2026-08-02T00:00:00+00:00 DeepSeek releases V4-Flash update with major agentic gains https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-02-waymo-santa-monica-injunction-overnight-charging Venture Atlas en 2026-08-02T00:00:00+00:00 Judge halts Waymo's overnight charging at two Santa Monica lots https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-02-boeing-speea-contract-avoids-strike Venture Atlas en 2026-08-02T00:00:00+00:00 Boeing engineers' union endorses tentative four-year contract https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-02-tesla-nhtsa-suspension-probe-1-2-million Venture Atlas en 2026-08-02T00:00:00+00:00 NHTSA opens suspension probe into 1.2 million Teslas https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-02-openai-cfo-july-arr-tops-q2 Venture Atlas en 2026-08-02T00:00:00+00:00 OpenAI CFO says July revenue alone topped all of Q2 https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-02-spacex-nrol-95-classified-launch Venture Atlas en 2026-08-02T00:00:00+00:00 SpaceX launches classified NROL-95 mission for the NRO https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-02-ast-spacemobile-bluebird-11-13-launch-date Venture Atlas en 2026-08-02T00:00:00+00:00 AST SpaceMobile sets August 5 launch for three more BlueBirds https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-02-hermeus-quarterhorse-stores-separation-test Venture Atlas en 2026-08-02T00:00:00+00:00 Hermeus completes stores-separation test on hypersonic jet https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-02-openai-free-chatgpt-researchers-100k Venture Atlas en 2026-08-02T00:00:00+00:00 OpenAI offers free GPT-5.6 access to 100,000 researchers https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-02-xiaomi-sky-nomad-erev-launch-shares-slide Venture Atlas en 2026-08-02T00:00:00+00:00 Xiaomi debuts Sky Nomad EREV SUVs, shares slide on pricing https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-02-impulse-space-mira-contract-expansion-62-8m Venture Atlas en 2026-08-02T00:00:00+00:00 Space Force expands Impulse Space's Mira contract to $62.8M https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-02-airbus-nh90-special-forces-delivery-france Venture Atlas en 2026-08-02T00:00:00+00:00 Airbus delivers first special-operations NH90 to France https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-02-waymo-av-emergency-response-bill-congress Venture Atlas en 2026-08-02T00:00:00+00:00 Congressman introduces federal bill on AV emergency response https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-01-boston-dynamics-atlas-first-outside-client-2027 Venture Atlas en 2026-08-01T00:00:00+00:00 Boston Dynamics to deliver Atlas to first outside client in 2027 https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-01-valar-atomics-6-billion-valuation-talks Venture Atlas en 2026-08-01T00:00:00+00:00 Valar Atomics in talks to raise $1B at $6B valuation https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-01-caac-evtol-compliance-list-aridge-autoflight-ehang Venture Atlas en 2026-08-01T00:00:00+00:00 China names Aridge, AutoFlight, EHang on first eVTOL fast-track list https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-01-pacific-fusion-sirius-3000-shots Venture Atlas en 2026-08-01T00:00:00+00:00 Pacific Fusion's Sirius pulser passes 3,000 shots at Livermore https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-01-landspace-cas-space-ipo-2029-profitability Venture Atlas en 2026-08-01T00:00:00+00:00 LandSpace, CAS Space refile IPO filings, target 2029 profitability https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-01-zeekr-july-2026-deliveries-record Venture Atlas en 2026-08-01T00:00:00+00:00 Zeekr sets fourth straight monthly delivery record in July https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-01-li-auto-july-2026-deliveries Venture Atlas en 2026-08-01T00:00:00+00:00 Li Auto delivers 30,468 vehicles, tops 1.76 million cumulative https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-01-xpeng-july-2026-deliveries-1-2-million Venture Atlas en 2026-08-01T00:00:00+00:00 XPeng tops 1.2 million cumulative deliveries in July https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-01-byd-july-2026-sales-export-record Venture Atlas en 2026-08-01T00:00:00+00:00 BYD posts third straight sales rise, record NEV exports https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-01-byd-humanoid-robot-teaser-august-debut Venture Atlas en 2026-08-01T00:00:00+00:00 BYD confirms first humanoid robot to debut in August https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-01-unitree-ipo-issuance-subscription-calendar Venture Atlas en 2026-08-01T00:00:00+00:00 Unitree launches formal IPO issuance, subscriptions open Aug 10 https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-01-tsmc-emib-like-packaging-report Venture Atlas en 2026-08-01T00:00:00+00:00 TSMC reportedly developing EMIB-like chip packaging to rival Intel https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-01-openai-gpt-5-6-luna-terra-price-cuts Venture Atlas en 2026-08-01T00:00:00+00:00 OpenAI slashes GPT-5.6 Luna price 80% amid Chinese AI pressure https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-01-nio-miit-factory-safety-inspection Venture Atlas en 2026-08-01T00:00:00+00:00 China's MIIT inspects NIO in second wave of EV safety raids https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-01-rocketlab-iqps-third-multi-launch-deal Venture Atlas en 2026-08-01T00:00:00+00:00 Rocket Lab books third iQPS deal, hits 18 Electron bookings https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-01-ai-labs-employees-pacing-frontier-letter Venture Atlas en 2026-08-01T00:00:00+00:00 1,100+ AI lab employees urge US to build AI pacing mechanism https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-01-westinghouse-confidential-ipo-filing Venture Atlas en 2026-08-01T00:00:00+00:00 Westinghouse confidentially files for US IPO https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-01-anthropic-mythos-hawk-cryptography-break Venture Atlas en 2026-08-01T00:00:00+00:00 Anthropic's Mythos AI model cracks post-quantum cipher HAWK https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-01-moderna-norovirus-vaccine-phase3-miss Venture Atlas en 2026-08-01T00:00:00+00:00 Moderna's norovirus vaccine misses Phase 3 interim efficacy bar https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-08-01-heart-aerospace-es30-certification-2031 Venture Atlas en 2026-08-01T00:00:00+00:00 Heart Aerospace pushes ES-30 certification target to 2031