DeepSeek reaches $20 billion valuation while showing up Silicon Valley's biggest spenders. Anthropic faces a security breach using old API keys. Plus SpaceX makes a surprising $60 billion bet on an under-the-radar AI startup shaking up the industry.

April 22, 2026 — 603 words / ~4.0 min

Stories covered:

  1. Anthropic's Locked AI Vault Picked Open With Stolen 3-Month-Old Keys
  2. DeepSeek Hits $20B Valuation After Humiliating Silicon Valley on a Shoestring Budget
  3. SpaceX Bets $60B on AI Startup Nobody's Heard Of