Here's a quick overview of today's main events:

  • OpenAI acquires cloud startup Ona to expand the Codex AI agent.

  • KKR, Nvidia, Kuwait, and Vistra establish Helix Digital Infrastructure with a $10 billion investment.

  • The ECB raised interest rates to 2.25% – the first increase in a year.

  • The Tesla Roadster is delayed again – the launch is now scheduled for August 2026.

  • US inflation at 4.2% puts pressure on the Fed to maintain a restrictive policy.

Foreign Investments

OpenAI announced on June 11th the acquisition of the startup Ona, which develops a secure cloud environment for long-running AI agents. Ona's technology will allow the Codex coding agent to perform complex tasks lasting hours or days without being tied to a single device. Codex is currently used by over 5 million people per week, a 400% year-over-year increase. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed; the closing is subject to standard regulatory approvals.

The private investment firm KKR, along with the Kuwait Investment Authority, chip giant Nvidia, and energy group Vistra, launched a new company called Helix Digital Infrastructure on June 11th. It will serve as a single coordination point for data centers, power, and connectivity for hyperscalers. Helix is starting with over $10 billion in long-term capital commitments and is led by Adam Selipsky, former CEO of Amazon Web Services. Nvidia will be a strategic partner for deploying AI factory infrastructure, and Vistra will be the preferred energy supplier.

From the automotive sector, there's news that will disappoint, especially fans of electric vehicles. The second generation of the Tesla Roadster sports electric car still doesn't have a firm launch date – according to the publication The Information, the final version, whose concept was presented in 2017, has been moved from April to May and now to an unspecified day in August 2026. This is the second delay this year.

In the real estate financing sector, two American companies completed their consolidation: Ridgewood Infrastructure announced on June 11th the acquisition of the aerial firefighting company Dauntless Air, which operates a fleet of aircraft for fighting wildfires. The transaction expands Ridgewood's infrastructure portfolio into the segment of climate-sensitive critical infrastructure. The financial terms were not disclosed.

Significant Events with Global Impact

The ECB raised the deposit rate by 25 basis points to 2.25% at its meeting on June 11th, as the market almost certainly expected. This is the first increase since the rate cuts in June 2025. Inflation in the Eurozone reached 3.2% in May, significantly above the 2% target, driven mainly by energy prices due to the conflict in the Middle East and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. ECB President Christine Lagarde hinted that, depending on the further development of data, a second increase in September 2026 cannot be ruled out.

US inflation reached 4.2% year-over-year in May, the highest in three years, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Fed therefore has no room for easing – on the contrary, some analysts are now not ruling out further Fed rate hikes before the end of 2026, if the Strait of Hormuz...

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