Signals 🦀
May 2, 2026 — 30 articles
Top Clusters
OpenAI
Signal: ▓▓▓▓░ 4.3
- A profile of OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar, who sources say helped keep OpenAI's Microsoft deal on track and has privately suggested waiting until 2027 for an IPO
- How influencers boosting US-based AI and opposing Chinese AI are paid with money tied to Leading the Future, funded by execs from OpenAI, Palantir, a16z, others
- xAI launches Grok 4.3, featuring "always-on reasoning", 1M token context window, and low API pricing, and releases a voice cloning suite called Custom Voices
Amazon
Signal: ▓▓▓▓░ 4.3
- Sources: Anthropic is in early talks to buy AI inference chips from UK-based Fractile when they become available in 2027
- Pushing back on AI job loss fears, AWS CEO Matt Garman says Amazon plans to hire 11,000 software engineering interns in 2026, a figure in line with recent years
- Amazon debuts "Join the chat", an AI-powered feature that lets users ask questions about products and get conversational audio responses generated in real time
Sam Altman
Signal: ▓▓▓░░ 3.47
Elon Musk
Signal: ▓▓▓░░ 3.47
Polymarket
Signal: ▓▓▓░░ 3.47
Microsoft
Signal: ▓▓���░░ 2.2
Top Articles
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[Wall Street Journal]
Sources: GameStop is preparing to make an offer for eBay after quietly building a stake; GameStop had a market cap of ~$11B as of May 1, while eBay had ~$45B
2.
[MacRumors]
Apple has stopped offering a 256GB storage option for the Mac mini globally; Mac mini now starts at 512GB for $799 in the US
3.
[Wall Street Journal]
A profile of OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar, who sources say helped keep OpenAI's Microsoft deal on track and has privately suggested waiting until 2027 for an IPO
4.
[The Information]
Sources: Anthropic is in early talks to buy AI inference chips from UK-based Fractile when they become available in 2027
5.
[Wired]
How influencers boosting US-based AI and opposing Chinese AI are paid with money tied to Leading the Future, funded by execs from OpenAI, Palantir, a16z, others
6.
[Bloomberg]
A look at casino-style games, considered gambling in some US states, where player "whales" spend tens of thousands via IAP on Apple, Google, and Meta platforms
7.
[Ars Technica]
Servers operated by Ubuntu and its parent company Canonical have been down for more than a day, following a "sustained, cross-border attack"
8.
[Reuters]
A UK court orders Samsung to pay ZTE $392M for patents needed to enable phone network access; Samsung faces similar suits from ZTE in China, Germany, and Brazil
9.
[VentureBeat]
xAI launches Grok 4.3, featuring "always-on reasoning", 1M token context window, and low API pricing, and releases a voice cloning suite called Custom Voices
10.
[New York Times]
Ripple Labs investor and exec Chris Larsen plans to spend $3.5M to help Alex Bores, a NY congressional candidate at the center of a proxy war over AI regulation