Daily Digest — April 10, 2026
Regulators Invite Banks to Discuss Anthropic's Mythos
- Powell and Bessent convening banking sector briefing
- Mythos model's systemic risk profile driving federal engagement
OpenAI Stargate Exec Hoeschele Out in Leadership Shakeup
- Peter Hoeschele departure confirmed; broader data center strategy in flux
- Latest in a series of exits reshaping Stargate build-out
SpaceX Books Nearly $5B Loss on AI Spending
- Loss reported for fiscal year 2025
- AI infrastructure investment cited as primary cause of shortfall
OpenAI Backs Illinois AI Liability Shield Bill
- Bill covers mass casualties of 100+ or $1B+ in property damage
- Marks a shift to proactive legislative offense for OpenAI
Google Signs On for Intel Data Center Chips
- Intel silicon entering Google cloud infrastructure
- Diversifies Google away from Nvidia and custom TPUs
Anthropic Eyes Custom Silicon Development
- Company considering designing its own AI chips
- Would follow Google, Amazon, and Meta into in-house silicon
Alibaba Pivots Qwen to Paid Models; New AI Chief Installed
- Open-source to MaaS shift triggered Qwen executive departures
- Cloud CTO Zhou Jingren elevated to lead the AI unit
AWS Near Sold Out on AI Capacity; Eyes Rack-Scale Chip Sales
- Two customers each seeking to buy all available Graviton servers
- Jassy letter floats selling homegrown chips wholesale by the rack
GitButler Raises $17M to Reinvent Version Control
- Series A led by a16z; Fly Ventures and A Capital returning
- Aims to build infrastructure for what comes after Git