OpenAI is one of the world's most valuable private companies, and by far the global leader when it comes to consumer adoption of artificial intelligence.
It also could be on the precipice of its first major commercial challenge.
Driving the news: Apple is considering using models from either OpenAI or Anthropic to underpin its next version of Siri, according to a blockbuster report from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.
The future of defense will prominently feature "software-defined systems that are flexible, agile and customizable," Daniel Robinson, the chief executive at Red 6, told Axios in an interview.
His company specializes in airborne augmented reality, aimed at overhauling military training and rehearsal.
Why he matters: Robinson is an F-22 and Tornado pilot turned defense-tech executive.
The Trump administration is icing the U.S. Navy's F/A-XX futuristic fighter in favor of the Air Force counterpart, the F-47, amid concerns U.S. defense contractors can't handle both.
Why it matters: The highly secretive project has for months been in limbo.
An F/A-XX contract announcement was supposed to quickly follow F-47 news, according to Reuters, but never materialized.
Managers are trusting AI to help make high-stakes decisions about firing, promoting, and giving their direct reports a raise, according to a new study from Resume Builder.
Why it matters: AI-based decision-making in HR could open companies up to discrimination and other types of lawsuits, experts tell Axios.
Generative AI critics and advocates are both racing to gather evidence that the new technology stunts (or boosts) human thinking powers — but the data simply isn't there yet.
Why it matters: For every utopian who predicts a golden era of AI-powered learning, there's a skeptic who's convinced AI will usher in a new dark age.
The big picture: Eligible individuals who purchased or owned Siri-enabled devices between Sept. 17, 2014 and Dec. 31, 2024 could receive up to $20 per device, for up to five devices.
Why it matters: Figma becomes the first U.S. unicorn in line for what's expected to be a large group of post-Labor Day IPOs, although it technically could price before then.
In as little as 30 seconds, hackers are using a popular generative AI development tool to build phishing sites mimicking login pages, according to researchers at identity management company Okta.
Why it matters: At least one of the cloned phishing pages was a replica of Okta's own login portal.
Iranian state-backed hackers are borrowing from the Russian cyber playbook and sharing tools with ideologically aligned hacktivist groups in the wake of a series of military strikes, experts tell Axios.
Why it matters: Leaning on these hackers allows Iran to amplify its reach while maintaining plausible deniability and staying below the threshold of what's considered war.
Crowdfunding platform Republic has begun selling reservations for "mirror tokens" for equity upside in select unicorn companies. It began last week with SpaceX, and on Tuesday is launching both Anthropic and Epic Games.
Why it matters: This is the latest step in the march toward private market democratization, as retail investors otherwise wouldn't have access to such names.
NATO nations last week agreed to spend at least 5% of GDP on defense by 2035, in a major diplomatic win for the Trump administration.
Why it matters: This is a strong tailwind for defense-tech startups, which in the past few years have moved from venture capital's Island of Misfit Toys to Love Island.
AI giant Nvidia and boldface names in tech and finance are backing a new startup that aims to transform data centers into flexible grid assets instead of liabilities.
If stocks are up, they tend to keep going up. But the companies that drove the market higher in the first half of 2025 are not typical of bull markets.
Why it matters: As investors confronted uncertainty, with a record number of companies mentioning the term on earnings calls, market leadership skewed more defensive than growth-oriented.
Elon Musk again blasted President Trump's signature spending bill Monday as the Senate worked through a marathon amendment session to send the measure to the Oval Office by July 4.
The latest: Hours after Musk threatened to form a new political party if the "big, beautiful bill" passed, Trump claimed early Tuesday the Tesla CEO "may get more subsidy than any human being in history" and suggested he may have DOGE, which the Tesla CEO once spearheaded, take a "good, hard, look" at the billionaire's companies.
An Iran-linked cyberattack group that hacked President Trump's 2024 campaign is threatening to release another trove of emails it has stolen from his associates, including White House chief of staff Susie Wiles and Roger Stone.
The big picture: Reuters first reported the threat on Monday that the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on X called a "calculated smear campaign" — which came the same day as the Trump administration released a report warning that "Iranian Cyber Actors" may target U.S. firms and "operators of critical infrastructure."
Korean food — ranging from the fine cuisine that wins James Beard awards to the gooey corn dog cheese pulls trending on TikTok — is surging in popularity across the U.S.
Why it matters: Although most Asian restaurants in America serve Chinese, Japanese or Thai food, there's clearly an appetite for more Korean restaurants.
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