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OpenAI launches the OpenAI Deployment Company with a $4B+ investment to help organizations build and deploy AI systems, and acquires AI consulting firm Tomoro — OpenAI said on Monday it is setting up a new company with more than $4 billion in initial investment to help organizations build …
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| Dustin Volz / New York Times: |
Google's TIG reports the first known example of hackers using AI to discover and weaponize a zero-day; TIG's chief analyst says “this is the tip of the iceberg” — The company said that it had identified, for the first time, hackers using artificial intelligence to discover an unknown bug.
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| Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
Google's TIG says it likely thwarted the use of an AI-generated zero-day in a “mass exploitation event” and tools like OpenClaw are being used to find exploits — Google's Threat Intelligence Group said in a report on Monday that it thwarted an effort by hackers …
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| CNBC: |
Musk v. Altman: Satya Nadella says Elon Musk never contacted him with concerns that Microsoft's investments in OpenAI violated any special terms or commitments — Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella took the stand in the Musk v. Altman trial on Monday, where he testified that Elon Musk never contacted …
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| Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: |
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| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
Texas AG Ken Paxton sues Netflix for allegedly spying on consumers by collecting their data without consent, and designing its platform to be addictive — Netflix (NFLX.O) was sued on Monday by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who accused the streaming company of spying on consumers … | Tanaya Macheel / CNBC: |
Circle raised $222M via the presale of its native Arc token at a $3B valuation; a16z led with a $75M investment, with participation from BlackRock and others — Circle Internet Group has raised $222 million in the presale of Arc, the native token of its new blockchain … | Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple releases iOS 26.5, introducing end-to-end encryption for RCS messaging in beta with supported carriers; the setting is enabled by default — iOS 26.5 is now available to everyone after six weeks of beta testing. The update adds fresh wallpapers, new features to Apple Maps, and more.
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| Carmen Reinicke / Bloomberg: |
SEC filing: Cerebras upsizes its IPO to 30M shares at $150-$160 each, up from 28M shares at $115-$125, aiming to raise up to $4.8B at an up to $34.4B valuation — Cerebras Systems Inc. increased the size of its initial public offering, now seeking to raise as much as $4.8 billion … | Daniel Stenberg / daniel.haxx.se: |
curl founder Daniel Stenberg says Mythos identified five vulnerabilities in curl, but a manual review found three were false positives and one was “just a bug” — yes, as in singular one. — Back in April 2026 Anthropic caused a lot of media noise when they concluded … | Inti Landauro / Reuters: |
The European Commission says it is in ongoing discussions with OpenAI and Anthropic to access their latest AI models; OpenAI is “proactively offering” access — The European Commission is in ongoing discussions with U.S. artificial intelligence giants OpenAI and Anthropic, a spokesperson said on Monday.| @trq212: |
An Anthropic engineer argues HTML is a better output format for AI agents than Markdown, citing information density, ease of sharing, and two-way interaction — Using Claude Code: The Unreasonable Effectiveness of HTML
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| Aisha S Gani / Bloomberg: |
Filing: Wise plans to debut on the Nasdaq as WSE and relist in London for its secondary listing; Wise reports net revenue up 19% YoY to $2.5B in its fiscal year — Wise Group Plc is making its trading debut in the US with a Nasdaq listing as the financial technology firm tries to take advantage …
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| Sean Keach / The Sun: |
TikTok is rolling out TikTok Ad-Free, a £3.99-per-month subscription for UK accounts aged 18 or older “over the coming months”, after testing the option in 2023 — You can update your preferences at any time, and it's always possible to switch back to the free version of the app.
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| The Information: |
Sources: Kuaishou plans to spin off its Kling AI video unit for an IPO in 2027 and is seeking a $20B valuation in pre-IPO funding talks with potential investors — Chinese social media giant Kuaishou Technology is planning to spin off its Kling AI video business ahead of an initial public offering next year … | Bruce Einhorn / Bloomberg: |
Cowboy Space, led by Robinhood co-founder Baiju Bhatt to build data centers in orbit, raised a $275M Series B led by Index Ventures at a $2B valuation — A space unicorn started by Baiju Bhatt, the billionaire co-founder of Robinhood Markets Inc., raised $275 million, changed its name …
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| Sam Tobin / Reuters: |
In a two-week UK High Court trial, Shein accuses Temu of “industrial scale” copyright infringement of its photos; Temu says Shein is suing to stifle competition — Online fast-fashion platform Shein accused Temu of copyright infringement “on an industrial scale” … | Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Discord launches Nitro Rewards, giving Nitro subscribers access to offers from gaming services like Xbox Game Pass and hardware like Logitech G at no extra cost — Discord on Monday unveiled Nitro Rewards, which gives Nitro subscribers access to offers from other gaming and lifestyle brands for no additional cost.
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| Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: OpenAI let 600+ current and former employees sell their shares in a $6.6B secondary sale in October 2025; ~75 people cashed out the maximum cap of $30M — Employees waited two years to sell their shares. Then, the company let them unload $30 million.
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| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Agentic inference is set to be different than today's inference, and will change compute infrastructure because speed won't matter when humans aren't involved — Subscribe to get access — If you were looking for the ideal time to IPO, being a chip company in May 2026 is hard to beat.
| Financial Times: |
Sources: German defense tech startup Helsing is set to raise $1.2B led by Dragoneer and Lightspeed at a valuation of about $18B, up from $14B in June 2025 — German company backed by Spotify's Daniel Ek set to raise $1.2bn in latest funding round — Helsing, the German defence technology group backed …
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