LightPath Technologies (NASDAQ: LPTH) has been awarded more funding from the United States Department of Defense for advancing their novel optical technology.

One of Napa Valley’s most iconic wine companies The Duckhorn Portfolio (NYSE: NAPA) has agreed to be acquired for $1.95 billion by Butterfly Equity.

Rocket Lab (NASDAQ: RKLB) has been selected by NASA to leverage their space technology to retrieve rock samples from Mars and bring them back to Earth.

Aerial mobile robotics startup Voliro has raised $12 million in a Series A financing round led by European venture capital fund Cherry Ventures.

Costco (NASDAQ: COST) has begun selling platinum bars for the first time ever in the United States of America, adding to their gold and silver offerings.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) has officially opened their first European based IBM Quantum Computer Data Centre located in Ehnigen, Germany.

Airship AI (NASDAQ:AISP) has won a $4 million contract from the United States Department of Homeland Security to use their proprietary AI software and hardware.

Natural gas company NG Energy (TSXV: GASX) has raised $30 million in a new financing round to expand their Colombia operations.

Couer Mining (NYSE: CDE) has announced they will acquire SilverCrest Metals (NYSE: SILV) in an all stock deal worth $1.7 billion.

TeraWulf (NASDAQ: WULF) has sold their minority interest in the Nautilus Bitcoin mining property located in Pennsylvania to Talen Energy (NASDAQ: TLN) for $85M.