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Last updated: May 17, 2026, 5:37 PM ET

Energy & AI Infrastructure

Scientists bottled solar energy in a liquid battery achieving 94% efficiency, while private equity backed $1.2B for AI data center expansion in Japan. The twin developments highlight surging power demands from compute-intensive AI and new storage solutions to meet them.

AI Efficiency & Memory

DeepSeek's new model cut inference costs by 60-80%, challenging GPU dependency, as Microsoft pioneered silicon-photonic memory promising 10x bandwidth. Together, they signal a shift toward optimizing AI's energy and memory footprint at the hardware and algorithmic levels.

Fintech & Developer Tools

A major crypto exchange adopted native ETH staking, simplifying yield for developers building on Ethereum, while a neobank secured $50M to launch an API platform for embedded finance. Both moves expand programmable money infrastructure for fintech builders.