#AI

Moonshot AI raised $2B at a $20B valuation. Its Kimi models rank second on OpenRouter. What China's open-weight AI surge means for the global LLM market.

QuTwo, the Finnish AI lab led by former AMD Silo AI CEO Peter Sarlin, raised a $29M angel round at a $380M valuation — deliberately avoiding VC money. Here's the logic behind that bet.

AI is reshaping how citizens know, act, and deliberate together. Three researchers argue democracy's infrastructure wasn't built for this—and the design choices are already being made.

A closed Hormuz arrives at the kitchen table, Musk vs. Altman puts a trillion dollars on trial, the Big Four bet $650 billion on AI, and Trump sends 25% tariff invoices to long-time allies. K-pop's seventeen-year slave-contract era closes with a standard-contract reform.

Two days before trial, Elon Musk texted OpenAI's Greg Brockman warning he and Sam Altman would become "the most hated men in America." The judge ruled it inadmissible — but the damage to Musk's narrative may already be done.

Meta acquired humanoid robotics startup ARI, adding to a Big Tech arms race in physical AI. The real prize isn't a robot product — it's a new way to train intelligence.

Anthropic is closing what may be its final private fundraise at a $900B valuation, surpassing OpenAI. Investors have 48 hours to commit to the ~$50B round.

At his OpenAI trial, Elon Musk testified under oath about a falling-out with Larry Page over AI safety. The story reveals how personal philosophy shapes billion-dollar industries.

Tim Cook's 25-year goodbye, $40 billion poured into Anthropic, shots near the White House dinner, and TXT's first Grand Slam — a week of power handed over and crises distributed.

Apr 27, 2026·

Jeong Jin Lee

From hyper-personalized phishing to deepfake video calls, AI has turbocharged cybercrime. Meanwhile, hospitals adopt AI tools whose patient benefits remain unproven. What does this mean for trust?

Cohere and Aleph Alpha are merging to build a transatlantic AI challenger valued at $20 billion. Their pitch: sovereignty, not just performance. Can it work?

Google is committing up to $40 billion to Anthropic, a direct AI competitor. The deal reveals how the real AI arms race isn't about models — it's about who controls the infrastructure beneath them.