Amogy, a Brooklyn-based startup, has raised $23 million in funding, bringing its total to $80 million, with a valuation of $700 million. The company focuses on ammonia-to-power technology and targets Asian markets like Japan, South Korea, and Singapore.

The funding round was led by the Korea Development Bank and KDB Silicon Valley LLC. Amogy's technology aims to replace fossil fuels by cracking ammonia into hydrogen and using it in fuel cells to generate electricity and water vapor.

Amogy is developing power plants for terrestrial customers, including data centers, with initial systems producing 500 kilowatts to one megawatt of electricity. Asian countries are looking to use ammonia in existing fossil fuel power plants and are developing ammonia infrastructure, viewing it as a carbon-free alternative to LNG.

Nextdoor is rolling out a major redesign, introducing AI-powered recommendations, local news integration, and real-time alerts to enhance its neighborhood social app. The update aims to boost user engagement by providing more helpful and timely local information.

Key Features:

• Local News: Partnership with 3,500 local publications to bring news directly to the platform.
• Real-Time Alerts: Dynamic neighborhood map displaying weather, traffic, power outages, and other critical updates.
• AI-Powered "Faves": A feature leveraging 15 years of neighbor conversations to provide curated recommendations for local businesses and spots.

Nextdoor emphasizes its focus on digitizing local word-of-mouth, offering hyperlocal information not available on broader platforms like Google or ChatGPT.

Meta is rapidly expanding its AI infrastructure, evidenced by the construction of temporary data centers using tents and the development of a 5-gigawatt data center named Hyperion in Louisiana. This urgency is driven by the desire to catch up with AI leaders like OpenAI, xAI, and Google. Hyperion is expected to have a 2-gigawatt capacity by 2030. The focus is on speed and getting compute power online quickly, prioritizing efficiency over redundancy.

Malaysia has announced new restrictions on exporting U.S.-origin AI chips to prevent them from ending up in China. Individuals and companies exporting or transshipping these chips must now notify Malaysian authorities 30 days in advance. The Malaysian Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry emphasized that it will take strict legal action against anyone attempting to circumvent export controls or engage in illicit trade activities.

These measures follow allegations of chip smuggling into China, with reports suggesting smugglers were using extreme methods to bring AI chips into the country. The Trump administration is reportedly planning further restrictions on AI chip exports to Malaysia and Thailand to prevent China from accessing them through alternative routes.

The U.S. Department of Commerce is also developing its own set of AI chip export restrictions.

Google is enhancing NotebookLM by introducing featured notebooks from reputable sources such as The Economist, The Atlantic, and various experts. This update allows users to explore diverse topics like health, travel, and finance. Users can interact with the original content, ask questions, and receive cited answers. Additionally, the platform offers audio overviews and Mind Maps for easy navigation. This builds upon the recent launch of public notebook sharing, with over 140,000 notebooks already shared.

The initial collection includes notebooks on longevity advice from Eric Topol, predictions for 2025 from The Economist, life advice from Arthur C. Brooks, a Yellowstone guide, wellbeing trends from Oxford, parenting advice from Jacqueline Nesi, Shakespeare's works, and Q1 earnings reports. These notebooks are designed to provide users with practical examples of how to effectively use NotebookLM for in-depth exploration of subjects.

Cognition, the company behind the AI coding agent Devin, has acquired Windsurf, an AI coding startup, after Google hired away Windsurf's CEO and research leaders. The acquisition includes Windsurf's IP, AI-powered IDE, and remaining employees.

Windsurf had reached $82 million in annualized recurring revenue (ARR) and served 350 enterprise customers with hundreds of thousands of daily active users. The Windsurf team will focus on enhancing Devin, with plans to integrate Windsurf's technology into Cognition's products.

Cognition emphasized that all Windsurf employees will financially benefit from the deal, with vesting cliffs waived.

Malaysia is increasing its efforts to prevent advanced AI chips from the U.S. reaching China. The Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry has announced new restrictions requiring individuals and companies to notify Malaysian authorities 30 days in advance when exporting or transshipping U.S. AI chips.

These measures are effective immediately, and the Malaysian government has stated it will take strict legal action against anyone attempting to circumvent export controls or engage in illicit trade activities.

This action comes amid growing concerns about chip smuggling, with reports suggesting sophisticated networks are already in place to move AI chips into China. The U.S. is also considering further restrictions on AI chip exports to Malaysia and Thailand to prevent China from accessing these chips through alternative routes.