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• Google centralizes its AI leadership at Mountain View in a bid to catch its rivals; Sebastian Borgeaud, who led a major AI coding effort, moved from the UK (Bloomberg)
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• A look at Sequoia's revamped strategy under new stewards Alfred Lin and Pat Grady, including bold AI bets; sources: Sequoia recently closed $10B in new funding (Bloomberg)
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• An interview with TMTG interim CEO Kevin McGurn on the paid API for high-speed access to Truth Social posts, the pending $6B TMTG-TAE merger, and more (Financial Times)
• A researcher with access to North Korean hackers' servers says their operations have impacted 1,640 companies across 57 countries over the past 22 months (Wired)
• PitchBook: AI voice startups raised $7B in Q1 2026, up from $1B in Q1 2025, as OpenAI and Google bet on voice as the main interface for next-gen AI agents (Cristina Criddle/Financial Times)
• How Trump's push for data centers is driving a boom in gas power plants, and a look at Meta's El Paso data center, which will have 813 gas-burning generators (Hiroko Tabuchi/New York Times)
• Sources detail Intel's turnaround under Lip-Bu Tan as AI demand for CPUs boosts business; Intel's deal to make Arm's AI data center chip fell through in 2024 (Michael Acton/Financial Times)
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