Sam Altman Goes Under Oath Monday With OpenAI's Secrets on the Line
The discovery process alone could reveal more about how AI frontier models get built than the industry has disclosed in five years.
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Bitcoin Hits 10-Month High as Institutions Pour in $1.2B
Institutions just ended a four-month outflow streak with their wallets wide open, and the timing says more about macro fear than crypto faith.
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China Just Showed Silicon Valley Who Really Controls AI's Future
The deal that wasn't tells you more about the future of AI than most deals that close. China blocked Meta's $2 billion acquisition of Manus, an agentic AI startup, citing concerns about technology transfer to the US
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MegaETH Hits 10 Apps, Unlocks $1.6B Token in 48 Hours
A $1.6 billion token launch triggered by hitting a product milestone, not a calendar date or investor FOMO. MegaETH cleared its first KPI milestone of 10 live applications, triggering a seven-day countdown to the MEGA token generation event on April 30
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Acko Targets $350M India IPO While US Insurtechs Bleed Cash
India's digital insurance upstart is taking the public exit while most insurtechs are still burning cash in private markets. Acko Technology & Services, a General Atlantic-backed digital insurer, has hired investment banks for an IPO targeting up to $350 million
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German Startup Raises $110M Teaching Robots to Predict What Happens Next
While everyone else is teaching robots to follow instructions, one German startup just raised $110 million to teach them how to think ahead. Sereact, a German robotics AI company, raised $110 million to build software that lets robots predict consequences before acting
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Denso Abandons $6.3B Chip Deal as Japan's Semiconductor Revival Stalls
The deal that was supposed to fix Japan's chip problem just became the deal that proves why Japan has a chip problem. Denso is considering pulling its takeover bid for power chipmaker Rohm, sending Rohm shares down 16% and killing momentum for semiconductor consolidation in Japan.
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Sierra Swallows Fragment in First AI Agent Consolidation Wave
The agent companies are starting to eat each other, and the winner is whoever controls the workflow layer. Sierra, Bret Taylor's AI customer service agent startup, acquired Fragment, a YC-backed French company that builds AI workflow automation tools
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Prediction Markets Price GPT-5.5 June Launch at 100% Certainty
Prediction markets just turned AI product launches into a tradeable asset class, and they're pricing GPT-5.5's June arrival at 100% certainty.
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Disney Engineer Hit Claude 460,000 Times in Nine Days
Disney just turned AI usage into a workplace sport — and one engineer racked up 460,000 Claude invocations in nine days, probably without typing a single one of them.
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Pentagon Now Running Live Bitcoin Node as Military Asset
The Pentagon just became a Bitcoin validator, and the geopolitical implications matter more than the tech specs. The US military is running a live Bitcoin node as part of national security testing, with Admiral Paparo endorsing Bitcoin's role in cybersecurity strategy
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Strategy's $63.4B Bitcoin Bet Now Dwarfs Most Corporate Treasuries
When your stock outperforms the asset you're hoarding, you're either early or delusional. Strategy now holds 815,061 BTC worth $63.4 billion, adding another 34,000 Bitcoin in recent purchases totaling $2.54 billion
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Mill Valley Mansion Requires Anthropic Stock to Buy
Real estate meets cap table, and suddenly your down payment needs a liquidity event. A 13-acre Mill Valley property is being sold with Anthropic equity as the required payment method, marking a new intersection of illiquid startup ownership and real estate transactions
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Grant Thornton makes partner pay depend on using AI that could eliminate their jobs
When your bonus depends on building with the tools that might replace you, behavior changes fast. Grant Thornton tied US partner bonuses to AI adoption, effective January 2026, under new advisory chief Tom Puthiyamadam (ex-PwC, 28 years)
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Ethereum Foundation Pulls $49M as Holders Brace for Selloff
The nonprofit that built the second-largest crypto network just unlocked $48.9 million in ETH, and the market is wondering if the Foundation's about to pay its bills by dumping on holders. The Ethereum Foundation unstaked 17,000 ETH worth $48.9M, nearing a cumulative 70,000 ETH unstaking milestone
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OpenAI's $100B Betrayal Goes to Trial as Musk Exposes the Receipts
Two billionaires arguing over who broke the handshake deal isn't news — but when that handshake was supposed to keep AI nonprofit and the trial might expose exactly how OpenAI became a $100B for-profit, the discovery docs are the real story.
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Treasury Summons Bank CEOs After Anthropic AI Exposes Security Flaw
Anthropic's AI went from cybersecurity savior to regulatory headache in 72 hours. US Treasury convened bank CEOs to discuss cybersecurity risks from Anthropic's Mythos AI tool, while Switzerland's FINMA issued warnings about the same system
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Bitcoin Holds $75K While Traditional Markets Panic Over Tariffs
Bitcoin just proved that geopolitical panic is no longer a reliable price signal in crypto. Bitcoin stabilized between $75K-$78K after US-Iran ceasefire, with market data showing a sub-1% chance of dipping below $60K in April despite earlier volatility that saw prices fall from near $80K.
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Kraken Bets Its Future on Making Crypto Irrelevant
The exchange that survived everything crypto could throw at it is now betting it can make crypto irrelevant to its own business model.
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Solana Now Hosts Tokenized SpaceX Stock Alongside Meme Coins
The line between owning a meme coin and owning a piece of SpaceX just got thinner, and it's all happening on the same blockchain. Tokenized SpaceX shares launched on Solana, letting retail investors buy fractions of private equity that was previously locked behind accredited investor gates
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