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Spotify founder Daniel Ek is making a serious bet on preventive medicine. His health startup Neko Health has raised seven hundred million dollars to expand its body-scanning technology, which combines proprietary imaging with bloodwork to build a comprehensive picture of a person's health before problems emerge. It's a big number for a big idea.

Meanwhile, OpenAI finds itself in an unusual position — facing legal allegations that it stole hardware trade secrets from Apple, while simultaneously launching its own hardware. The company just released a two hundred thirty dollar light-up keyboard designed to pair with Codex, its agentic coding tool. The timing, to put it gently, raises eyebrows.

And in the chip world, Nvidia's Jensen Huang is pushing back hard on reports of delays to the company's next-generation Vera Rubin AI platform. Speaking to reporters this week, Huang said the delays are simply not true and promised, quote, giant amounts of Vera Rubin are coming. He did stop short of addressing concerns about the ultra-scale rack systems specifically, so some questions remain open.

That's what's moving today. Keep surfing. Tech Beat out.

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