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# The Daily Signal: Tech Giants Bet Billions on AI Amid Market Chaos
- URL: https://wire.fourthweb.ai/the-daily-signal-tech-giants-bet-billions-on-ai-amid-market-chaos/
- Published: 2026-04-24T01:01:18.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-24T08:30:56.000Z
- Description: Strategy adds another 2.5 billion in Bitcoin while a Middle East ceasefire triggers 40 million in crypto liquidations. Cognition AI reaches 25 billion valuation in record time as OpenAI's GPT-5.5 begins autonomously shipping code. Meta and Microsoft eliminate 23,000 positions to accelerate AI invest
- Author: Travis Wright
- Tags: daily-signal

Strategy adds another 2.5 billion in Bitcoin while a Middle East ceasefire triggers 40 million in crypto liquidations. Cognition AI reaches 25 billion valuation in record time as OpenAI's GPT-5.5 begins autonomously shipping code. Meta and Microsoft eliminate 23,000 positions to accelerate AI investment while Lido votes to absorb losses from a massive partner hack.

*Friday, April 24, 2026 — 413 words / \~2.8 min*

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