Elon Musk walked into a federal courthouse in Oakland on Tuesday, sat across from the man he calls "Scam Altman," and told a jury that losing this case would "give license to looting every charity in America." The AI industry's messiest breakup is finally in front of a judge — and a trillion-dollar IPO is sweating every word.

Emeryville AI company Profluent struck a multi‑program deal with Eli Lilly that could pay up to $2.25 billion as the partners chase larger, more precise gene edits.

A decade-old suit accuses San Jose-based Cisco of helping build China’s "Golden Shield" surveillance network. The Supreme Court’s decision could reshape liability for tech firms.

Google DeepMind and South Korea signed an MOU to build an AI campus in Seoul this year, promising internships, joint research and closer ties with Samsung and chipmakers.

China’s NDRC ordered the cancellation of Meta’s acquisition of Manus, forcing parties to withdraw and raising new risks for cross‑border AI deals. The move unsettles Bay Area dealmaking.

San Jose Water will deploy a $3 million mobile purification unit to test direct potable reuse, with a pilot expected within about two years.

Bay Area tech executives Kathy Chiao and Ken Hao donated $75M to UC Davis to fund scholarships, research and a new veterinary hospital as part of a campus expansion.

A new international advisory warns China‑nexus actors are routing attacks through compromised routers and IoT to mask espionage and pre‑position strikes.

A Financial Times report says a White House memo accuses China of "industrial-scale" theft of U.S. AI labs' IP, echoing Anthropic and OpenAI warnings and raising enforcement questions.

Meta reserved up to 100 GWh from Palo Alto’s Noon Energy to back up AI data centers. The project begins with a 25 MW pilot aimed for completion in 2028.

SpaceX said Tuesday it can buy San Francisco’s Cursor for $60 billion or pay $10 billion for a partnership. The move ties Musk’s AI push to a startup that has raised billions and rapidly grown revenue.

Japanese materials firm Resonac opened the U.S.'s first advanced semiconductor packaging R&D center in Union City, joining a US‑JOINT consortium to speed AI chip development.

Meta will install software to log employees' mouse movements and keystrokes to train AI agents, prompting fresh privacy concerns and regulatory scrutiny.