Apr 27 – May 3, 2026

Models, benchmarks, the lab race. · 30 stories

1. 1GPT-5.5 is OpenAI’s most capable agentic AI model yet85
2. 2NVIDIA Launches Nemotron 3 Nano Omni Model, Unifying Vision, Audio and Language for up to 9x More Efficient AI Agents
3. 3Xiaomi's open-weight MiMo-V2.5-Pro takes aim at Claude Opus with hours-long autonomous coding

The AI products people actually use. · 123 stories

1. 1Microsoft's GitHub shifts to metered AI billing amid cost crisis78
2. 2Google Bets Agents Replace Apps. Here Is What That Means For Your IT Stack
3. 3Show HN: AI CAD Harness

Autonomous systems in the wild. · 0 stories

1. Nothing cleared the bar today.

Funding, M&A, valuations, earnings. · 60 stories

1. 1Sources: Anthropic could raise a new $50B round at a valuation of $900B92
2. 2Sources: Anthropic potential $900B+ valuation round could happen within 2 weeks
3. 3Amazon’s Up to $20 Billion Anthropic Investment Will Be Convertible Financing

Silicon, racks, the compute buildout. · 50 stories

1. 1AI boom: Big Tech capital expenditures now seen topping $1 trillion in 202785
2. 2OpenAI says it hit its 10 gigawatt compute goal years ahead of schedule
3. 3Amazon chips no longer just a side dish, they're a $20B biz

Jobs, industries, people & policy. · 137 stories

1. 1Brussels orders Google to share Android's AI sandbox with the other kids78
2. 2The OpenAI Trial That Could Rewrite How AI Companies Are Built
3. 3Moonshot AI and Other Chinese Firms Weigh Corporate Overhaul in Wake of Meta-Manus Deal Reversal