Tech giants are racing ahead with AI development but struggling with guardrails. Meanwhile MoonPay bets big on crypto infrastructure with a vault play, a robotics startup cracks the gripping challenge for physical AI, and one Chinese exec's AI clone experiment backfires spectacularly.

April 29, 2026 — 243 words / ~1.6 min

Stories covered:

  1. MoonPay Drops $100M to Build a Crypto Vault
  2. Eka Robotics Built the Gripper That Could Unlock Physical AI
  3. Chinese Entrepreneur Hires AI to Replace Himself, Gets Caught Lying to Clients