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Sources: the Trump administration is discussing an EO to create an AI working group to examine AI oversight procedures, including vetting models before release — The Trump administration, which took a noninterventionist approach to artificial intelligence, is now discussing imposing oversight …
More: Wall Street Journal, Engadget, Axios, CIO.com, The Information, Tom's Hardware, Implicator.ai, Colorado Politics, Mashable, Tom's Guide, Yahoo Finance, and NewsMax.com
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Bluesky: @masnick.com, @attorneynora, @ericjgeller.com, and @karlbode.com
Forums: Hacker News, r/ArtificialInteligence, r/singularity, r/Anthropic, r/OpenAI, r/politics, r/technology, r/LocalLLaMA, and Slashdot
| Bloomberg: |
Musk v. Altman: Greg Brockman testifies that his OpenAI stake is now worth ~$30B; a Musk attorney asks why he hasn't donated $29B to OpenAI's nonprofit arm — OpenAI co-founder and President Greg Brockman testified that his stake in the startup is now worth almost $30 billion … | Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
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X: @cristinaibalan, @fredlambert, @jimstewartson, @gerritd, @benhylak, and @zeffmax
| Nicola M White / Bloomberg: |
Elon Musk agrees to pay $1.5M to settle SEC allegations that he cheated Twitter shareholders in 2022 by failing to disclose the 5%+ stake he had in the company — Elon Musk agreed to settle Securities and Exchange Commission allegations that he cheated Twitter shareholders out of millions … | Jack Clark / Import AI: |
Anthropic co-founder explains why there's a 60%+ chance of AI systems autonomously building their successors by 2029 and the consequences of automated AI R&D — The first step towards recursive self improvement — Welcome to Import AI, a newsletter about AI research.
X: @jackclarksf, @andymasley, @binarybits, @jackclarksf, @danwilliamsphil, @_nathancalvin, @emollick, @ahall_research, @jackclarksf, @mariushobbhahn, @petermccrory, @sjgadler, @ilex_ulmus, @jason, @krishnanrohit, @jackclarksf, @sudoraohacker, @jackclarksf, @jackclarksf, and @alexolegimas. Forums: r/singularity
| Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
Ex-iRobot CEO Colin Angle launches Familiar Machines & Magic and unveils Familiar, a dog-like, “emotionally intelligent” robot that reacts to owner's feelings — The inventor behind the world-famous robot vacuum is now designing robots that form an emotional bond with their owners
More: The Verge, Familiar Machines & Magic, Associated Press, Mashable, The Boston Globe, Boston Business Journal, Inc.com, TechRadar, The Robot Report, and iPhone in Canada. LinkedIn: Colin Angle
| Bloomberg: |
Source: OpenAI has raised $4B+ at a $10B pre-money valuation for The Deployment Company, a new joint venture that will aim to help businesses adopt OpenAI tools — OpenAI and Anthropic PBC are both forming joint ventures with some of world's most recognizable financial institutions in a race … | Wall Street Journal: |
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LinkedIn: Scott Griffiths, Krishna Rao, Karina Taveras, and M Mohan. Mastodon: @paco@infosec.exchange
Forums: r/technology and Slashdot
| Peter Loftus / Wall Street Journal: |
How AI is transforming the pharma industry, with most gains so far from back-office streamlining and faster manufacturing rather than breakthrough drug research — Drug companies like Eli Lilly and Roche are racing to build supercomputers to help fix the 90% failure rate in drug development| Tanaya Macheel / CNBC: |
Crypto stocks jump after lawmakers struck a compromise on the CLARITY Act to preserve stablecoin rewards under certain conditions; Circle's stock closed up ~20% — Shares of Circle surged after lawmakers over the weekend struck a compromise on the market structure bill known as the CLARITY Act … | Kate Rooney / CNBC: |
Bret Taylor's Sierra, which sells AI customer service agents, raised a $950M Series E led by Tiger and GV at a $15.8B post-money valuation, up from $10B in 2025 — Artificial intelligence startup Sierra is raising nearly a billion dollars in a new funding round, CNBC has learned …
More: Sierra blog, TechCrunch, The Economic Times, Yahoo Finance, and Axios
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| Reuters: |
Amazon debuts Supply Chain Services, which lets companies use its logistics network to move, store, and deliver everything from raw materials to final products — Amazon.com (AMZN.O) is opening the supply-chain network that has powered its operations for decades to other businesses …
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LinkedIn: Farzin Shadpour and Doug Herrington
| Mike Rogoway / Oregonian: |
Lattice Semiconductor agrees to acquire AMI for $1.65B in cash and stock; Georgia-based AMI provides firmware and infrastructure manageability for cloud and AI — Hillsboro-based Lattice Semiconductor said Monday it is buying a Georgia tech company called AMI for $1.65 billion in cash and stock …
More: Portland Business Journal, Reuters, Yahoo Finance, AMI, and Lattice Semiconductor
| Jaspreet Singh / Reuters: |
Palantir reports Q1 revenue up 85% YoY to $1.63B, vs. $1.54B est., US government revenue up 84% to $687M, and US commercial revenue up 133% to $595M — Palantir Technologies (PLTR.O) beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter revenue on Monday, driven by rising demand for its data analytics software … | Reuters: |
Cerebras seeks a valuation of up to $26.62B in its US IPO, aiming to raise $3.5B by selling 28M shares at $115 to $125 apiece in its second attempt to go public — Nvidia-rival Cerebras is seeking a valuation of as much as $26.62 billion in its U.S. initial public offering … | Meir Orbach / CTech: |
Cisco agrees to acquire Astrix Security, which helps companies monitor and control the permissions granted to AI agents, a source says for approximately $400M — The Israeli startup, backed by Menlo Ventures and Anthropic, targets growing risks from non-human identities and autonomous AI agents.
More: Cisco Blogs, The Information, Network World, and CRN
| Larry Dignan / Constellation Research: |
SAP to acquire Dremio, an open data lakehouse provider, and Prior Labs, which it pledges to invest €1B in over four years, hoping to create a frontier AI lab — SAP said it will acquire Dremio, an open data lakehouse player, in a move that aims to use SAP Business Data Cloud combine SAP data with non-SAP data.
More: SAP News Center, SiliconANGLE, SAP News Center, CIO Dive, Yahoo Finance, Techstrong.ai, The Next Web, and CRN. LinkedIn: James Rowland-Jones
| Natasha Mascarenhas / Bloomberg: |
Katie Haun raises $1B for two funds split between early and later-stage investments, looking at startups blending financial services, AI, and alternative assets — Katie Haun, a former Andreessen Horowitz general partner and federal prosecutor who made her name investigating digital assets …
More: Decrypt, Blockchain.News, The Next Web, and TechCrunch
X: @alexrkonrad, @katie_haun, and @katie_haun
| Diana Novak Jones / Reuters: |
New Mexico child safety trial: New Mexico asks a judge to declare Meta a public nuisance and to order it to pay $3.7B and overhaul its apps to protect children — The U.S. state of New Mexico on Monday asked a judge to declare Meta Platforms (META.O) a public nuisance …
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X: @swiftstories, @moflatley, @swiftstories, @andymstone, @swiftstories, and @swiftstories. Bluesky: @vivarioarriba. Threads: @andymstone
| Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
Pinterest reports Q1 revenue up 18% YoY to $1B, vs. $966M est., MAUs up 11% YoY to 631M, and forecasts Q2 revenue above estimates; PINS jumps 17%+ after hours — Pinterest reported first-quarter earnings on Monday that beat on the top and bottom lines. Shares soared 15% after the report.
More: Bloomberg, Investor's Business Daily, The Next Web, Benzinga, and Pinterest
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple prepares a “Create a Pass” feature for iOS 27, which lets users take a QR code and generate a custom pass around it for concerts and other venues — Apple Inc. is preparing a new “Create a Pass” feature for its next major iPhone software update …
More: CNET, PYMNTS, 9to5Mac, Macworld, The Next Web, iPhone in Canada, MacRumors, The Tech Portal, Cult of Mac, BGR, Digital Trends, AppleInsider, and MacRumors
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Panthalassa, which aims to power floating data centers using energy generated by ocean waves, raised $140M led by Peter Thiel, source says at a $1B valuation — US tech billionaire leads $140mn investment into Panthalassa as search for AI power pushes into exotic new frontiers
More: GeekWire, Portland Business Journal, Panthalassa, TheEnergyMag, Washington Examiner, Ventureburn, and Portland Oregon startups …
X: @brexton, @tim, @jaykapoornyc, @ramez, @tracydinunzio, @willob, @garthsc, and @tim. Forums: r/technology
| Ben Weiss / Fortune: |
Trump's World Liberty Financial countersues Tron founder Justin Sun, alleging defamation, contract violations, and more — One of the Trump family's biggest early crypto backers is now a foe. In response to claims of fraud by billionaire Justin Sun, the Trump-backed crypto firm World … | Dylan Martin / CRN: |
Intel taps Alex Katouzian, an ex-Qualcomm EVP, to lead Client Computing & Physical AI group, and names Pushkar Ranade as CTO, after serving on an interim basis — With the hiring of Alex Katouzian, who was responsible for mounting a new challenge against Intel's PC dominance …
More: Intel, Reuters, Tom's Hardware, and HotHardware
X: @benbajarin, @intel, and @iancutress
LinkedIn: Annie Shea Weckesser, Lip-Bu Tan, and Dylan Martin
| Akash Sriram / Reuters: |
Duolingo reports Q1 revenue up 27% YoY to $292M, vs. $288.5M est., bookings up 14% to $308.5M, and expects slower growth in Q2; DUOL drops 12%+ after hours — Duolingo (DUOL.O) posted strong first-quarter results but signaled a more measured growth trajectory ahead, as the language-learning …
More: Duolingo, Barron's Online, and Sherwood News
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