A wave of spinouts from former Nvidia staff is turning stock gains and in-house experience into a new generation of AI startups, encouraged publicly by CEO Jensen Huang (Business Insider) — think rocket-fuelled résumés. [P]New research also ties early social advantages to founder outcomes (oldest-in-class kids make more friends and lead more) and highlights how neurodivergent women founders often thrive once they leave traditional roles (Marginal Revolution, Inc.), reshaping who builds companies and why.

Google sued a China-based scam ring accused of weaponizing Gemini AI to phish hundreds of thousands of victims and is teaming with the FBI and major carriers to dismantle it (Android Central), a sharp reminder that AI scales fraud as fast as it scales value. [P]A federal court restored the 5% safe harbor for clean-energy tax credits, reviving certainty for solar developers ahead of a July 4 deadline (Electrek), while Palantir reported an eye-popping $1.63B Q1 revenue — up 85% YoY — showing AI software demand is still printing big wins for public tech vendors (Yahoo Finance).