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• 🎥 YouTube Brings Generative AI to Shorts

• 💰 Alphabet Joins the $3 Trillion Club

• Nothing Raises $200M to Drive AI-First Smartphone Vision

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🎥 YouTube Brings Generative AI to Shorts

At its Made on YouTube event, YouTube unveiled new AI-powered tools to supercharge Shorts creation.

The biggest update is Veo 3 Fast, a lighter, faster version of Google’s text-to-video model. It can now generate sound-enabled clips at 480p and supports features like animating still images, applying artistic styles, and adding props or characters via text prompts.

YouTube also introduced:

• AI remixing with Lyria 2 → turn dialogue into custom soundtracks with moods like “chill” or “danceable.”

• Edit with AI → transforms raw footage into polished drafts with music, transitions, and even voiceovers in English or Hindi.

These updates, rolling out across multiple regions, aim to make Shorts creation faster, more fun, and more accessible.

💰 Alphabet Joins the $3 Trillion Club

Alphabet’s market cap crossed the $3 trillion mark on Monday after a federal judge opted against breaking up the tech giant. 

Judge Amit P. Mehta outlined softer remedies to last year’s ruling that Google maintained a monopoly in search, rejecting the DOJ’s push to force the sale of Chrome. 

Bidders like Perplexity and Ecosia had lined up in anticipation, but those options are now off the table.

Investors rewarded the decision, with Alphabet’s stock climbing as its search dominance and fast-growing AI-powered cloud business continue to fuel revenue. The company now joins Nvidia ($4.3T), Microsoft ($3.8T), and Apple ($3.5T) in the exclusive trillion-dollar club, while Amazon ($2.5T) trails behind.

Nothing Raises $200M to Drive AI-First Smartphone Vision

London-based startup Nothing has raised $200M in Series C funding led by Tiger Global, pushing its valuation to $1.3B. 

Founded by Carl Pei, the company has built a name with its transparent design and bold marketing, surpassing $1B in sales and shipping 5.1M devices to date.

The new funding will power its shift toward AI-native smartphones, with the first AI-first handset planned for 2026. Nothing is developing an AI-powered OS, with features like Essential Search, and has hired Sélim Benayat as Head of AI Services to lead the effort.

While rivals like Humane and Rabbit have struggled with AI hardware, Pei insists smartphones will remain the dominant form factor for consumer AI in the coming years.

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