Thursday, May 7, 2026

The day in AI

The KeyNews.AI edition for Thursday, May 7, 2026 leads with “CoreWeave’s Balancing Act”, reported by The Information and ranked 92 out of 100 by KeyRank. Also in the top 10: “SpaceX has a $55 billion plan to build AI chips in Texas”, “China’s Moonshot AI raises $2B at $20B valuation as demand for open-source AI skyrockets”, “Akamai shares surge 26% on $1.8B AI infrastructure deal as earnings meet estimates” and “Chinese AI Model Developer Kimi Raising Funds Valuing It At $20 Billion”. Across the 5 desks, 145 stories cleared the KeyRank bar, with Tools the busiest at 53 and Work next at 51. Further down the list: “How Anthropic's 80x growth blew past its own infrastructure and straight into Musk's data center”, “Why Musk is Giving xAI’s Servers to Anthropic; AI Video-App Developer Reka Acquires Video-Generating Startup” and “OpenAI’s AI Chip Deal With Broadcom Hits $18 Billion Financing Snag”.