According to TheRundownAI, Meta’s next generation Ray Ban AI glasses appeared in FCC filings, signaling imminent hardware with on-device AI and improved connectivity that could accelerate multimodal assistant adoption in consumer wearables; the filing indicates pre-launch compliance steps, as reported by FCC records via TheRundownAI. According to TheRundownAI, Meta is investing $10 billion into a Texas megadata center, a move consistent with hyperscale AI infrastructure expansion to train and serve large-scale foundation models and recommendation systems; as reported by TheRundownAI, this spend reflects intensifying GPU and power procurement, with potential benefits for AI inference latency in North America. As reported by TheRundownAI, defense startup Shield AI reached a $12.7 billion valuation, underscoring rising demand for autonomous systems and AI-powered mission autonomy software across defense and dual-use markets; according to TheRundownAI, this positions Shield AI to scale swarming, navigation, and edge inference capabilities. According to TheRundownAI, Elon Musk aims to take SpaceX public on his own terms; while not directly AI, SpaceX’s satellite and launch scale can support AI edge connectivity and global data backhaul for inference workloads, as reported by TheRundownAI. Overall, according to TheRundownAI, these moves highlight 2026 AI trends: multimodal assistants in smart glasses, hyperscale datacenter buildouts for training and inference, and defense autonomy platforms reaching unicorn-plus scale.