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OpenAI's Head of Data Centers Has Left the Company, Adding to a Long List of Senior Departures
Chris Malone, who oversaw OpenAI's data center strategy during a critical period of infrastructure growth, left last week. He is at least the 13th senior executive to exit the company in 2026.

Greg Brockman is quietly becoming the most powerful person at OpenAI
While executives have been leaving OpenAI at an unusual pace, co-founder Greg Brockman has been picking up the pieces, accumulating control over products, strategy and commercial operations just as the company heads toward a stock market listing.

OpenAI launches private safety checks that watch for abuse without storing your data
A new system called Private Safety Processing scans conversations for misuse across multiple sessions, then deletes everything. It is a direct shot at Anthropic, which keeps customer data for 30 days under its newest policy.

Anthropic's revenue hits $65 billion a year, and it's still accelerating
The maker of the Claude AI assistant is growing faster than almost any company in history, and investors expect it to hit $100 billion or more by year's end.

Two Top OpenAI Executives Out in One Week as IPO Clock Ticks
Chief Revenue Officer Denise Dresser is leaving OpenAI within weeks, days after former COO Brad Lightcap announced his exit. A Wiz executive steps in to run revenue as the company prepares to go public.

OpenAI Replaces Its Top Sales Executive as Leadership Shake-Up Continues
Dali Rajic, formerly president at cybersecurity firm Wiz, steps in as chief revenue officer. He is the latest in a string of senior departures and arrivals at the company.

Anthropic investors expect a $2 trillion valuation when the AI company goes public
Half a dozen backers told the Financial Times they believe the Claude-maker could debut on public markets at a figure that would surpass SpaceX and break the record for the largest IPO in history.

Should the US government take a stake in OpenAI and Anthropic?
Both companies launched with promises to put humanity first. Now they're filing for stock-market listings at trillion-dollar valuations. Some researchers think Washington should step in before the wealth concentrates further.

OpenAI's Longtime Operating Chief Brad Lightcap Is Leaving to Start a New Venture
The executive who helped build OpenAI's business from the ground up is moving on, adding to a run of senior departures as the company edges toward a public listing.

OpenAI buys back $7 billion in employee shares at an $852 billion valuation
The company paid out staff before a possible public stock listing, signalling that any IPO may be further away than many expected.

Big Tech's AI bets are making corporate profits look much bigger than they are
Microsoft, Amazon and Alphabet booked billions in paper gains from their stakes in Anthropic, OpenAI and SpaceX. Strip those out and earnings growth looks a lot more ordinary.

Jim Cramer Says Nvidia's AI Financing Deals Smell Like the Dot-Com Bubble
The veteran market commentator is not predicting a crash, but he sees a worrying pattern: a chip giant lending money to the very customers buying its chips.

Anthropic and a Billion-Dollar Robot Startup Held Talks This Spring. Here Is What We Know.
A weekend rumour about Anthropic buying robotics firm Physical Intelligence turned out to be more grounded than the denial suggested. And OpenAI may already hold cards that complicate any deal.

SpaceX Just Joined the Nasdaq-100. Should You Worry About Your Index Fund?
Elon Musk's rocket company is now inside the index funds that millions of ordinary people rely on for retirement savings. Here is what that actually means.

SpaceX Stock Slips Below Its IPO Price Just Weeks After Going Public
Shares dropped under $135 on Wednesday, and Thursday's Starship test could push them further in either direction.