**🎉 Today’s Tech & AI News Digest 🎉**

📉 Tech Layoffs 2025: The Continued Downturn
Tech layoffs continue in 2025 with over 22,000 workers affected so far, impacting innovation and job security.

A comprehensive list of 2025 tech layoffs

🚗 Autonomous Vehicles: Uber and Pony.ai Partnership
Pony.ai’s shares surged after partnering with Uber to offer autonomous vehicle rides, marking a significant step towards mainstream robotaxi services.

China’s Pony.ai sees shares surge after Uber deal, as truly autonomous cars move closer to reality

🧠 Vagus Nerve Stimulation Erases PTSD
A clinical study showed that pairing vagus nerve stimulation with traditional therapy eliminated PTSD diagnoses in participants, offering new hope for treatment.

Vagus Nerve Stimulation Erases PTSD

🔍 OpenAI Partners with Governments to Expand AI Infrastructure
OpenAI’s new program aims to build local AI infrastructure worldwide by partnering with governments to enhance data center capacity and customize AI products.

OpenAI wants to team up with governments to grow AI infrastructure

💳 Rove: Earning Airline Miles Without Credit Cards
Rove, founded by a 22-year-old, helps Gen Z earn airline miles through strategic methods without needing credit cards.

Rove, founded by a 22-year-old, is helping Gen Z earn airline miles without credit cards

💼 ServiceNow Acquires Data.World
ServiceNow announced its acquisition of Data.World, enhancing its data catalog and governance capabilities for enterprise workflow management.

ServiceNow acquires Data.World months after snatching up Moveworks

🎨 Figma’s New AI-Powered Design Tools
Figma introduced AI-powered tools for creating websites, app prototypes, and marketing assets, competing with other creative solutions.

Figma releases new AI-powered tools for creating sites, app prototypes, and marketing assets

🖥️ Mistral’s Le Chat: Enterprise AI Assistant
Mistral introduced Le Chat Enterprise, an AI assistant designed to solve enterprise AI challenges with a unified platform.
https://mistral.ai/news/le-chat-enterprise

💡 Fastino’s Affordable AI Model Training
Fastino developed a cost-effective AI model training method using low-end gaming GPUs, attracting $17.5 million in seed funding.

Fastino trains AI models on cheap gaming GPUs and just raised $17.5M led by Khosla

💳 Stripe Unveils AI Foundation Model for Payments
Stripe launched an AI foundation model for payments and announced a deeper partnership with Nvidia to enhance transaction efficiency.

Stripe unveils AI foundation model for payments, reveals ‘deeper partnership’ with Nvidia

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