OpenAI

SoftBank cuts target for OpenAI margin loan by 40% to US$6 billion

Valuation concerns over the unlisted tech giant led investors to trim the US$10 billion plan

The fact that SoftBank cannot cash out from OpenAI is a big problem for Masayoshi Son, who habitually uses leverage to juice up returns.

OpenAI is so yesterday — even for SoftBank

Global markets pivot from AI model makers to chipmakers tied to the data-centre boom

Traders have pushed the implied valuation of Anthropic alone to US$1.6 trillion across Ventuals and PreStocks, double what investors assigned the company in its most recent funding round.

AI’s hottest private companies have booming crypto shadow market

The result is a new frontier in the financialisation of private markets

Elon Musk is seeking the ouster of Sam Altman and Greg Brockman (above) from leadership as well as US$150 billion in damages.

OpenAI co-founder discloses nearly US$30 billion stake, financial ties to Sam Altman

The startup has raised well over US$100 billion from investors to hire researchers, buy computing power and expand the company

Elon Musk at the federal court in Oakland, California, April 30, 2026.

Musk sought settlement with OpenAI before Oakland trial, filing shows

ELON Musk contacted OpenAI President Greg Brockman to gauge interest in a settlement two days before their high-stakes trial got underway in Oakland federal court, according to a new court filing.

Musk has accused OpenAI, Sam Altman and Greg Brockman of subverting the mission of the artificial intelligence non-profit that the men founded in 2015.

Musk’s trial against OpenAI hits some rough spots in first week

Musk was the first witness to testify at the high-profile trial in federal court in Oakland, California.

For many decision-makers, the beliefs on AI capabilities will not matter.

The parrot argument about AI is dead. The question now is permission

Adopting AI does not guarantee safety. But not adopting it guarantees exposure

Along with AI companies, legal firms are the latest to splash out in London, with US law consultants increasing the space they lease by 75 per cent in the final quarter of 2025

Anthropic, OpenAI splurge on London office space in leasing wave

AI-enabled firms are looking for roughly 630,000 square feet of space across the UK’s capital

Even the mere prospect of a leak will put Anthropic under unrelenting scrutiny over its fitness as a custodian of a system as powerful as Mythos, says the writer.
THINKING ALOUD

Anthropic risks shooting itself in the foot with Mythos

The AI firm might have bitten off more code than it can chew