May 04, 2026

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Elon Musk sent ominous texts to Greg Brockman, Sam Altman after asking for a settlement, OpenAI claims: Musk texted OpenAI's president and co-founder saying that he and CEO Sam Altman "will be the most hated men in America" if OpenAI doesn't settle the suit. Read More

Sierra raises $950M as the race to own enterprise AI gets serious: The raise gives Sierra more than $1 billion to work with — capital the company says it will use to become the "global standard" for AI-powered customer experiences. Read More

Elon Musk's only AI expert witness at the OpenAI trial fears an AGI arms race: Stuart Russell is a long-time AI researcher who thinks governments need to restrain frontier labs. Read More

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Afternoon Must-Reads

Ouster's new color lidar is coming to replace cameras: A sensor that can simultaneously capture depth and image data has long been a "holy grail," Ouster CEO Angus Pacala told TechCrunch. Read More

Anthropic and OpenAI are both launching joint ventures for enterprise AI services: Both Anthropic and OpenAI have partnered with asset managers to more aggressively market their enterprise AI products. Read More

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Amazon opens up its global logistics network to all businesses: The new service, called Amazon Supply Chain Services, pits the e-commerce giant directly against UPS and FedEx. Read More

US healthcare marketplaces shared citizenship and race data with ad tech giants: Virginia and Washington, D.C. paused the data collection and sharing, after Bloomberg's investigation found their health insurance marketplaces were sharing users' information with advertisers. Read More

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Last but Not Least

Katie Haun raises $1B for new venture funds: Katie Haun announced on Monday that $1 billion has been raised across new funds to continue the firm’s thesis of backing crypto and blockchain startups. Read More

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