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Alphabet sold $3.6B of bonds in its debut yen-denominated bond sale, the largest by a non-Japanese company, as AI-driven capital spending accelerates (Atsuko Fukase/Bloomberg)
In a policy paper, Anthropic urges the US and allies to enforce export controls, curb distillation attacks, and export US AI to hold the lead over China by 2028 (Anthropic)
Security research firm Calif says it used Mythos to help build a macOS kernel memory corruption exploit circumventing Apple's Memory Integrity Enforcement tech (Robert McMillan/Wall Street Journal)
Sources: Anthropic has agreed to the terms of a $30B fundraising at a $900B valuation, with Sequoia, Dragoneer, Greenoaks, and Altimeter co-leading the round (George Hammond/Financial Times)
Sources: xAI co-founder Igor Babuschkin plans to raise up to $1B at an up to $5B valuation for a new AI research startup, with General Catalyst possibly leading (Forbes)
Musk v. Altman: in closing arguments, Musk's attorney doubled down on claims of Altman's untrustworthiness, while OpenAI's lawyer said Musk has no evidence (Associated Press)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom proposes a new 7.25% tax on web-based software sales, targeting $1.1B in state and local tax revenue in the upcoming budget year (Bloomberg)
Gemini reports Q1 revenue up 42% YoY to $50.3M, vs. $47.9M est., announces a $100M capital injection from Winklevoss Capital Fund; GEMI jumps 22%+ after hours (Tanaya Macheel/CNBC)
Cerebras co-founders CEO Andrew Feldman and CTO Sean Lie own stakes worth $3.2B and $1.7B, respectively, representing about 5.5% and 3% of the company (CJ Haddad/CNBC)
Cerebras shares closed up 68% at $311.07 in the company's Nasdaq debut after it raised $5.5B in the year's largest IPO, giving it a market value of $67B (Bloomberg)
OpenAI adds remote access to Codex in the ChatGPT mobile app, letting users control Codex sessions running on a connected computer directly from a phone (Zac Hall/9to5Mac)
Figma reports Q1 revenue up 46% YoY to $333.4M, vs. $313.2M est., and forecasts Q2 revenue above estimates, citing AI monetization; FIG jumps 8%+ after hours (Zaheer Kachwala/Reuters)
Sources: Joshua Kushner's Thrive Capital told its stakeholders that it has invested ~$100M in Shopify, framed as a bet on how AI could lead to gains in commerce (Natasha Mascarenhas/Bloomberg)
Sources: Microsoft plans to remove most of its Claude Code licenses and push its developers toward GitHub Copilot CLI, after previously pushing Claude Code (Tom Warren/The Verge)
The Senate Banking Committee advances the Clarity Act, which would make CFTC the primary regulator for most digital assets while SEC oversees digital securities (Bloomberg)

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