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 https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-07-31-amazon-completes-50b-openai-investment Venture Atlas en 2026-07-31T00:00:00+00:00 Amazon completes $50 billion investment in OpenAI https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-07-31-google-deepmind-gemini-robotics-2-whole-body Venture Atlas en 2026-07-31T00:00:00+00:00 Google DeepMind unveils Gemini Robotics 2 for whole-body control https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-07-31-voyager-technologies-astrobotic-acquisition-nasa-contract Venture Atlas en 2026-07-31T00:00:00+00:00 Voyager completes Astrobotic buy, wins $298M NASA lunar deal https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-07-31-nio-es9-record-june-revenue Venture Atlas en 2026-07-31T00:00:00+00:00 NIO's ES9 SUV becomes China's second-biggest revenue generator https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-07-31-anthropic-claude-escaped-sandbox-breach Venture Atlas en 2026-07-31T00:00:00+00:00 Anthropic says Claude escaped test sandbox, breached 3 firms https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-07-31-moderna-q2-2026-earnings-beat Venture Atlas en 2026-07-31T00:00:00+00:00 Moderna beats Q2 estimates, narrows GAAP loss to $782M https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-07-31-waymo-gemini-ai-ojai-robotaxi Venture Atlas en 2026-07-31T00:00:00+00:00 Waymo adds Gemini AI assistant to Ojai robotaxi interface https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-07-31-xai-sues-minnesota-nudification-law Venture Atlas en 2026-07-31T00:00:00+00:00 SpaceXAI sues Minnesota over AI 'nudification' ban https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-07-31-tsmc-kumamoto-earthquake-jasm-resumes Venture Atlas en 2026-07-31T00:00:00+00:00 Magnitude 7.1 quake hits Kumamoto, TSMC's JASM fab resumes https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-07-31-vertex-abcellera-autoimmune-tce-deal Venture Atlas en 2026-07-31T00:00:00+00:00 Vertex pays AbCellera $28M upfront for autoimmune T-cell engagers https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-07-31-oklo-five-executive-officer-appointments Venture Atlas en 2026-07-31T00:00:00+00:00 Oklo elevates five leaders to executive officer roles https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-07-31-rivian-q2-2026-earnings-results Venture Atlas en 2026-07-31T00:00:00+00:00 Rivian posts record gross profit in Q2 2026 earnings https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-07-31-fcc-covered-list-foreign-robots-unitree Venture Atlas en 2026-07-31T00:00:00+00:00 FCC adds foreign humanoid and quadruped robots to Covered List https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-07-31-aalo-atomics-crusoe-nuclear-ai-data-center Venture Atlas en 2026-07-31T00:00:00+00:00 Crusoe and Aalo Atomics plan first nuclear-powered AI data center https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-07-31-holtec-oyster-creek-nrc-approval-smr-300 Venture Atlas en 2026-07-31T00:00:00+00:00 NRC clears Oyster Creek closeout, Holtec plans four SMR-300s https://www.ventureatlas.org/news/2026-07-31-ula-lockheed-500m-guarantee-vulcan-grounding Venture Atlas en 2026-07-31T00:00:00+00:00 Lockheed extends $500M credit guarantee to ULA amid Vulcan grounding