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January 19, 2026, 10:25 AM
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Sarah Friar / OpenAI:
OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar says compute grew from 0.2 GW in 2023 to 0.6 GW in 2024 to ~1.9 GW in 2025 and ARR grew from $2B in 2023 to $6B in 2024 to $20B+ in 2025  —  We launched ChatGPT as a research preview to understand what would happen if we put frontier intelligence directly in people's hands.
The Information:
Sources: after five Thinking Machines staff left, investors are rattled, potentially impacting fundraising; two researchers quit via Slack during an all-hands  —  The timing couldn't have been more awkward for Thinking Machines Lab.  —  On Wednesday, during an all-hands meeting at the AI startup …
Financial Times:
The IMF says the “surprisingly resilient” global economy is at risk of a sharp AI boom reversal, but “the levels of market frothiness” are below the dotcom bust  —  Fund's chief economist says there are reasons to be concerned about a potential AI correction
Jack Dunn / Variety:
On Joe Rogan's JRE, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck discuss Hollywood and AI; Damon says Netflix wants movies to restate the plot because viewers are on their phones  —  Matt Damon and Ben Affleck recently appeared on the “Joe Rogan Experience” to promote their new Netflix film “The Rip,” …
Katherine Doherty / Bloomberg:
NYSE plans to use its tech that matches buyers and sellers, alongside blockchain networks, to facilitate real-time trading of tokenized securities in 2026  —  The New York Stock Exchange is building a venue using blockchain technology to allow for trading tokenized stocks and exchange-traded funds around the clock.
Erin Woo / The Information:
Sources: internal Google data shows Gemini API calls surged from 35B in March 2025 to 85B in August 2025; Google says Gemini Enterprise hit 8M subscribers  —  Google's improvements to its Gemini AI models are boosting the company's top line.  —  Over the past year, Google's business selling access …
Palmer Luckey / @palmerluckey:
Meta's VR layoffs may help the industry long term, as most of the ~1,500 roles worked on first-party content and games that competed with the broader ecosystem  —  I have an opinion on the Meta layoffs that is contrary with most of the VR industry and much of the media, but strongly held. This is not a disaster. They still employ the largest team working on VR by about an order of magnitude. Nobody else is even close. The “Meta is
Axios:
OpenAI executive Chris Lehane says the company is “on track” to unveil its first device in the “latter part” of 2026; reports suggest it will be a wearable  —  OpenAI is “on track” to unveil its first device in the second half of 2026, the company's policy chief, Chris Lehane, said Monday at Axios House Davos.

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Todd Spangler / Variety:
A US judge approves Paramount's settlement with 12 state AGs who tried to block its WBD deal, and Paramount tentatively sets October 6 to close the acquisition

Los Angeles Times:
California Governor Gavin Newsom signs a bill that creates refundable tax credits for local news outlets based on the number of journalists they employ

Raquel Coronell Uribe / NBC News:
The White House once again removes CNN from the press pool traveling with Trump; the judge's order only addressed access to White House grounds

More News

James Peckham / PCMag:
Taiwanese media: Asus Chair Jonney Shih says the company won't release any new smartphones in 2026, signaling the brand's exit from the Android market
Suvashree Ghosh / Bloomberg:
Bitcoin fell 3.6% to under $92K, ether fell ~5%, and solana fell 8.6%, wiping ~$100B from crypto's total value, after Trump proposed new 10% European tariffs

Earlier Picks

Bradley Olson / Wall Street Journal:
Similarweb: Claude's web audience more than doubled YoY in December 2025, as many coders spent their holiday breaks on a “Claude bender” testing Claude Opus 4.5
More: Telegraph and Anthropic
X: @jasonlk, @bcherny, and @wsj
LinkedIn: Dave Schroeder and Cat Hicks, PhD
Bluesky: @andytseng and @markkamstra.com.  Forums: Hacker News
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Similarweb: Threads had 141.5M DAUs on iOS and Android as of January 7, driven by Instagram promotions, while X had 125M DAUs; X continues to lead on the web
George Hammond / Financial Times:
Sources: Sequoia plans a big investment in Anthropic, joining a round led by GIC and Coatue, which are investing $1.5B each, as Anthropic aims to raise $25B+
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