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Vercel confirms April 2026 security incident linked to third-party AI tool - IT Security News
Cloud development platform Vercel has confirmed a security incident involving unauthorized access to parts of its internal systems, following a breach disclosed in April 2026. In an official security bulletin, the company stated: "We've identified a security incident that involved unauthorized access to certain internal Vercel systems." Vercel added that it is "actively investigating" the incident, has engaged incident response experts, and notified law enforcement [...]
Amazon plans to invest billions in Anthropic AI | TahawulTech.com
Amazon recently announced plans to invest up to $25 billion in Anthropic as the pair deepen a partnership focussed on developing large scale compute infrastructure for generative AI. The deal includes an initial $5 billion investment, with a further $20 billion contingent on commercial milestones. The commitment adds to the $8 billion Amazon has already invested in the AI company. As part of the agreement, Anthropic will spend more than $100 billion over the next decade on the tech giant's cloud platform Amazon Web Services (AWS), securing up to 5 gigawatts of compute power using Amazon's Trainium chips to train and run its AI models. AWS will also integrate Anthropic's AI platform, enabling customers to access Claude directly. The companies explained this would simplify deployment, billing and security for enterprises building AI applications. In addition, the deal will support their joint infrastructure initiative Project Rainier, one of the world's largest AI compute clusters featuring nearly half a million Trainium2 chips. The tie-up also includes plans to expand AI inference capabilities across Europe and Asia. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said the partnership is critical to keeping up with usage. "Our users tell us Claude is increasingly essential to how they work, and we need to build the infrastructure to keep pace with rapidly growing demand", he explained. Meanwhile, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy noted Anthropic's commitment "to run its large language models on AWS Trainium for the next decade reflects the progress we've made together on custom silicon". Source: Mobile World Live Image Credit: Anthropic Related Articles
Anthropic probes unauthorized access to Mythos AI model
San Francisco (United States) (AFP) - American AI developer Anthropic said Tuesday it was investigating unauthorized access to Mythos, its powerful model which the company itself worries could be a boon for hackers. Anthropic said earlier this month it restricted the release of Mythos to 40 major tech firms to give them a head start in fixing cybersecurity vulnerabilities before they could be exploited by attackers. According to Bloomberg, which first reported the probe, a small group of users in a private, online forum gained access to the model via the computer system reserved for Anthropic's external vendors. "We're investigating a report claiming unauthorized access to Claude Mythos Preview through one of our third-party vendor environments," an Anthropic spokesperson told AFP. The users got hold of Mythos by various means, including using access one of them had as a worker at a contractor for Anthropic, Bloomberg reported. Anthropic works with a small number of third-party vendors who help with model development. The firm has delayed a general release of Mythos, which it says can spot undiscovered security holes that have existed for decades, in systems tested by both human experts and automated tools. It shared Mythos first with a few dozen key US tech and financial services players -- such as Nvidia, Amazon and JP Morgan Chase -- to allow them to improve their security infrastructure. But the company has also been accused of overhyping the powers of a technology which is its stock in trade, and the subject of fierce competition with rival OpenAI.
British airlines warn of summer holiday chaos
British airlines have called on the government to draw up an emergency jet fuel plan, or face the possibility of a summer of holiday chaos. Airlines UK, a trade body that represents British carriers, said UK ministers have to make preparations now if they want to avoid disruption later, warning of the 'immediate impact on the UK aviation sector and UK consumers in the event disruption to jet fuel supply continues or worsens.' The body called for fuel reserves to be built up by making oil refineries produce more kerosene. It also asked the US-grade fuel, which can be used by some aeroplanes, to be imported. On top of this, Airlines UK called on the government to cut taxes and suspend some environmental regulations. Just yesterday, Germany's biggest carrier Lufthansa announced it was cutting a staggering 20,000 flights within Europe from May until October to save on 40,000 tons of jet fuel. Yesterday also saw the EU announce it will provide guidance to airlines on how to handle issues such as airport slots, passenger rights and public service obligations in the event of jet fuel shortages because of the Iran war. Apostolos Tzitzikostas, the EU's transport chief said there were no shortages 'as of today' but warned a prolonged blockage of the Strait of Hormuz would be 'catastrophic' for Europe and the global economy. About one-fifth of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas transited Hormuz before the U.S. and Israel began bombing Iran on February 28. The EU imports 30% to 40% of its jet fuel needs, with about half coming from the Middle East. The European Commission is due to present a broader package of energy and transport measures on Wednesday. British airlines have called on the government to draw up an emergency jet fuel plan. Pictured: Passengers left behind at Milan Linate Airport due to the border control chaos The EU is sending out guidance to carriers amid the stark rise of the price of jet fuel. Pictured: Large queue forms at Brussels Airport Tzitzikostas said it would set up a new 'fuel observatory' to monitor supplies, starting with jet fuel. EasyJet chief for southern Europe warns of jet fuel uncertainty in 'three or four weeks' 'If real supply issues arise, our emergency stocks must be put to best use. Any national release of fuel must be done in full transparency to avoid market distortions,' he told reporters after a meeting of the EU's transport ministers. He added there were no signs of 'widespread cancellations' in the coming weeks or months. The International Energy Agency warned last week that physical shortages could start as soon as June, but European airlines currently report only higher prices. A spokesperson for IAG, owner of British Airways and Iberia, said it was 'not seeing disruption to jet fuel supply in our main airports, but our airlines are already facing rising fuel costs.' German logistics group DHL said it could secure fuel for its cargo planes in Europe into June, though the outlook for its Asian operations remained uncertain. As part of the response, the Commission wants to use the crisis to accelerate development of the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and synthetic fuels sectors to cut reliance on Middle East imports, Tzitzikostas said, confirming a Reuters report last week. Global airline group IATA warned last year that SAF production remains too low to meet green fuel targets and costs up to five times more than conventional jet fuel. The EU's anti-tankering rules, aimed at stopping airlines from loading excess fuel at cheaper airports, already allow exemptions in case of shortages, but the Commission will clarify the framework on Wednesday. The Commission is also examining alternative imports, including U.S. Jet A fuel, which has a higher freezing point than the European standard. 'There is no need at this point to intervene in how people live, work or travel ... Europe is ready to welcome all the tourists and guests during the summer period,' Tzitzikostas said, adding that high fuel prices would not justify waiving passenger compensation for delays or cancellations.
San Francisco, United States, April 22, 2026 (AFP) - Anthropic probes unauthorized access to Mythos AI model
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Inside Kraken's ethCC: xStocks, Ink, and 17 teams building in 55 hours
Across four days of mainstage talks, side events, and a three-day hackathon, the Kraken team showed up with a clear point of view: the infrastructure for onchain capital markets is being built right now, and the builders doing it deserve tools, support, and a real stage. We had four speakers on the program across EthCC's main conference and the adjacent RWA Summit, a concentration that reflects where our thinking is focused at the moment. Monday opened with Magna CEO Bruno Faviero's panel titled "Future of Money" featuring Zerion and Cap Money. They discussed the future of onchain yield-bearing assets, and whether more growth would come from crypto-native assets or vaults that bring traditional finance assets onchain. Later that afternoon, Kraken General Manager of xStocks Val Gui returned to the same stage with "Don't Build Trading Venues. Build Onchain Capital Markets," a talk that drew a sharp distinction between the exchange model the industry has defaulted to and what a genuinely open, programmable capital markets layer could look like. Since Kraken's acquisition of xStocks parent company Backed, the xStocks platform has grown to over 100 tokenized stocks and ETFs, while surpassing $25 billion in total transaction volume, cementing its position as the world's largest provider of tokenized equities. On Tuesday, Val took that thread further at the RWA Summit with "Approaches and Learnings from Tokenized Equities", drawing on Kraken's work in the space to walk through what's actually hard about bringing real-world assets onchain and what the path forward looks like in practice. That same afternoon, Noid took the Burton Stage for "Cooking With GASS: A Developer-Friendly Airdrop Mechanism," a tight breakdown of a mechanism designed to make token distribution more thoughtful and less chaotic for the teams building on top of it. All four talks are a fair representation of where we're spending our energy: less on what crypto could eventually become, more on what builders can ship today. The Kraken hackathon ran Tuesday through Thursday at the Carlton, wrapping up Thursday afternoon ahead of the afterparty. Fifty-four participants across 17 teams had roughly 55 hours to build, and the output was strong enough that the judging panel split prizes across six winners rather than the standard podium. The top three went to xPrime (first), Stretch by Spreads (second), and xStream (third). A $10,000 discretionary prize was split three ways between Paragon, Castar/Aura, and Otomato, teams whose projects the panel felt warranted recognition beyond the ranked placings. The hackathon closed out with the Code to Coast afterparty at Lucia Beach on Thursday evening, a low-key wind-down that gave participants and Kraken team members a chance to debrief somewhere with better views than a hotel conference room. Outside the main conference, we hosted three intimate gatherings that reflected different corners of what we're building. Tuesday evening brought the Ink event, Proof of Liquidity, drawing around 250 people for a focused conversation on liquidity infrastructure and what Ink's architecture makes possible. Wednesday morning was a smaller-format Magna Brunch, followed that evening by a Listings Dinner. All three were at capacity, and the conversations were exactly the kind that don't happen on a main stage. EthCC has always been a conference for people who are actually building, which is why it continues to matter. This year, between the talks, the hackathon output, and the side events, we came away with a stronger conviction that the onchain capital markets thesis isn't speculative anymore: teams are executing on it, and we intend to keep making that easier. See you next year.
Anthropic probing reported Mythos leak on Discord
Bloomberg reports that users gained access to Mythos the same day Anthropic announced its limited release. A private Discord group has reportedly gained access to Anthropic's powerful new AI model Mythos, raising sharp concerns around the company's ability to keep the model on a short leash. Mythos, unveiled in a limited launch earlier this month, vastly outperforms other AI models in vulnerability detection and exploitation. Anthropic has only given access to the model to a closed but growing group of companies and financial institutions, including Apple, Google, Microsoft, Nvidia and JP Morgan Chase to bolster their cybersecurity. UK financial institutions are set to start using Mythos this week, while Japan and Canada are in discussions with its biggest banks. Bank of Ireland told SiliconRepublic.com that it is keeping the matter under review. Last week, National Cyber Security Centre's director Richard Browne told an Oireachtas Joint Committee that the technology would be in the hands of bad actors within months. However, a source has now told Bloomberg that a handful of users gained access to Mythos weeks earlier, on the same day Anthropic announced its limited launch. The group has been using Mythos regularly since, but hasn't for malicious purposes, the source added. "We're investigating a report claiming unauthorised access to Claude Mythos Preview through one of our third-party vendor environments," Anthropic told news publications in a statement. Mythos sent shocks through the industry, which is scrambling to bolster its security systems in light of the powerful AI model. Soon after its launch, US authorities told Wall Street leaders to take the matter seriously. Although not all have taken an equally serious approach, with Deutsche Bank commenting that Germany's financial institutions are well-prepared for cyber risks posed by the model. "Naturally everyone is trying to get access, but I think it's entirely appropriate that this access remains restricted for the time being," said Deutsche Bank CEO Christian Sewing earlier this week. Don't miss out on the knowledge you need to succeed. Sign up for the Daily Brief, Silicon Republic's digest of need-to-know sci-tech news.
SpaceX Eyes $60B Cursor Deal, Signaling New AI Coding Era
FTX liquidators sold a 5% Cursor stake for $200K, now potentially worth $50 billions today. Elon Musk's SpaceX revealed that it has secured an option to acquire Cursor, the AI coding assistant developed by Anysphere, in a deal valued at $60 billion later this year, with an alternative $10 billion payment tied to their joint work if the acquisition does not go through. This signals that the AI coding race has entered a completely different league. SpaceX Steps In To Buy Cursor With $60 Billion Offer On 22nd April, SpaceX announced on X that Cursor has granted the company an option to acquire the startup for $60 billion later this year. If the full acquisition does not happen, SpaceX will instead pay $10 billion, structured essentially as a breakup fee tied to the two companies' ongoing collaboration. The reasoning behind the deal was stated clearly by SpaceX in their post: "The combination of Cursor's leading product and distribution to expert software engineers with SpaceX's million H100 equivalent Colossus training supercomputer will allow us to build the world's most useful models." They added: "SpaceXAI and Cursor are now working closely together to create the world's best coding and knowledge work AI." However, this partnership makes sense on paper. Cursor is one of the fastest-growing developer tools in tech history. FTX Missed Billion-Dollar Opportunity Back in April 2022, FTX's trading arm, Alameda, invested $200,000 in Cursor for about 5% equity. However, during FTX's bankruptcy process, this stake was sold at the same price. Fast forward to today, and that same stake of Anysphere, based on Cursor's valuation, has crossed $50 billion in recent funding talks. This makes it one of the biggest missed investment opportunities linked to the FTX collapse. Why SpaceX Is Not Buying Cursor Right Now - IPO Plan Interestingly, SpaceX is not rushing to complete the acquisition. The company is preparing for a potential IPO that could value it at around $1.75 trillion, with plans to raise $75 billion. Closing a major $60 billion acquisition before the IPO would force the company to update its financial filings and disclosures, potentially pushing back the entire listing timeline. So instead of buying now, SpaceX has locked in the right to buy later, keeping the IPO process clean while securing its position in the AI coding race before a competitor moves in. What Comes Next For now, all eyes are on three things, SpaceX's IPO timeline, the outcome of Cursor's ongoing $2 billion funding round, and whether the $60 billion acquisition option gets exercised before year's end. As demand for AI coding tools continues to rise, the company is positioned at the center of a major tech shift.
Anthropic probes unauthorized access to Mythos AI model
Anthropic has delayed a general release of its latest model Mythos, which it says can spot undiscovered security holes that have existed for decades - Copyright AFP SEBASTIEN BOZON American AI developer Anthropic said Tuesday it was investigating unauthorized access to Mythos, its powerful model which the company itself worries could be a boon for hackers. Anthropic said earlier this month it restricted the release of Mythos to 40 major tech firms to give them a head start in fixing cybersecurity vulnerabilities before they could be exploited by attackers. According to Bloomberg, which first reported the probe, a small group of users in a private, online forum gained access to the model via the computer system reserved for Anthropic's external vendors. "We're investigating a report claiming unauthorized access to Claude Mythos Preview through one of our third-party vendor environments," an Anthropic spokesperson told AFP. The users got hold of Mythos by various means, including using access one of them had as a worker at a contractor for Anthropic, Bloomberg reported. Anthropic works with a small number of third-party vendors who help with model development. The firm has delayed a general release of Mythos, which it says can spot undiscovered security holes that have existed for decades, in systems tested by both human experts and automated tools. It shared Mythos first with a few dozen key US tech and financial services players -- such as Nvidia, Amazon and JP Morgan Chase -- to allow them to improve their security infrastructure. But the company has also been accused of overhyping the powers of a technology which is its stock in trade, and the subject of fierce competition with rival OpenAI.
Anthropic's Mythos AI breach: Users report unauthorized access
Anthropic Claude Mythos is capable of identify vulnerabilities in operating system at unprecedented level For past weeks, various tech experts and financial chiefs have raised concerns over potential misuse of Anthropic's new powerful AI model: Claude Mythos Preview. Now their fears have proven justified when Bloomberg reported on Wednesday that Mythos AI model, equipped with unprecedented cyber abilities, has been accessed by a small group of unauthorized users. According to a source privy to the matter, a handful of users belonging to a private online forum gained access to Mythos when Anthropic decided to release the model to few tech companies under Project Glasswing. More worryingly, since then the unauthorized users have been using Mythos for various purposes. "We are investigating a report claiming unauthorized access to Claude Mythos Preview through one of our third-party vendor environments," an Anthropic spokesperson said. Since its release, Anthropic has touted Mythos AI as a powerful model which can identify and exploit critical vulnerabilities in every "major operating system and web browser when directed by a user to do so." Given its capabilities, the US-based artificial intelligence company has decided to curtail its public-wide release. Anthropic CEO warned, if misused, Mythos can become a serious threat to economies, public safety and national security. In recent days, the major financial institutions and chiefs of the banking system have voiced concerns over risks posed by the AI model. They are also urging to be included in the list of early testers in order to protect their own systems. Moreover, the recent report of unauthorized access highlights security loopholes and challenges Anthropic faces in fully preventing the access of its most powerful model beyond approved partners.
Wishlist Wednesday: Cyberpunk Dreams, Killer Origins, Dungeon Chaos & A Robot Roommate < NAG
There's a very specific kind of yearning for things that live rent-free in your brain for too long. It always starts out as a simple, "Oh, this looks kind of cool", and then next thing you know, you've watched all the trailers, trolled Reddit, and you're already mentally rearranging your house to make room for it. That's where I'm at this week. This edition of Wishlist Wednesday is a bit of a mixed bag in the best possible way: a neon-soaked cyberpunk life sim that's threatening to steal my entire personality, a horror comic that digs into one of gaming's most terrifying killers, a board game that lets me live out my Dungeon Crawler Carl obsession (yes, it's an obsession now), and a tiny robot that might just convince me I'm smart enough to code. Let's get into the things currently hijacking my brain. Nivalis Check It Out Here Nivalis is a cyberpunk life simulation game where you start small with a humble food stall and slowly build your way up to running the most iconic nightlife spots in a sprawling neon city that feels alive in every sense of the word. I am absolutely obsessed with the idea of carving out a life in a crumbling cyberpunk city where everything feels just one bad day away from collapse. The vibe here is immaculate. You're not just running businesses, you're existing in this world, fishing at night, decorating your apartment, building relationships, and somehow trying to thrive while the city quietly threatens to fall into the ocean. It feels like Stardew Valley got dropped into Blade Runner, and honestly? I am ready to lose 300 hours of my life to it without hesitation. Dead by Daylight: The Hillbilly Check It Out Here This Dead by Daylight comic explores the brutal origins of The Hillbilly, following a rookie cop who stumbles into a horrifying case that leads straight to the nightmare lurking beneath Coldwind Farm. I love when games expand their lore outside of the screen, and Dead by Daylight: The Hillbilly looks like it's going all in on that grim, unsettling storytelling. The idea of peeling back the layers of one of the game's most terrifying killers is already enough to hook me, but pairing that with a grounded investigation that slowly spirals into pure horror? Say less. Dungeon Crawler Carl: Unstoppable Check It Out Here Dungeon Crawler Carl: Unstoppable is a solo or co-op deck-building board game where you battle through increasingly dangerous floors, upgrading your abilities while trying not to accidentally make your enemies even stronger. Look, anything with Dungeon Crawler Carl attached already has my attention, but a deck-builder where upgrading your gear also makes the bosses stronger? That's the kind of chaotic risk-reward energy I live for. The fact that I can play this solo or drag someone else into the madness with me just seals the deal. Pollen Robotics Reachy Mini Check It Out Here The Reachy Mini is an open-source desktop robot designed for experimenting with AI, coding, and real-world applications, letting you build and test projects using Python and a growing library of community-created tools. This is one of those "I don't need it, but I absolutely want it" pieces of tech. The idea of having a tiny robot on my desk that I can program, experiment with, and slowly convince myself I understand AI with is dangerously appealing. It feels like the perfect mix of practical and playful, and I can already see myself going down a rabbit hole of "just one more project" until suddenly it's 2 am and my robot and I are best friends. So there you have it, the four things currently living in my brain rent-free and refusing to leave. From building a neon empire in a collapsing cyberpunk city, to uncovering the twisted origins of a horror icon, to rolling the dice on dungeon survival, to potentially adopting a robot... It's been a week, and it's somehow only Wednesday. Honestly, I'm not even going to pretend I have self-control here. At least one of these is absolutely making its way into my life, and I will deal with the consequences (financial and emotional) later.
Amazon, Anthropic Expand Alliance With 5GW Compute Push to Power Claude - IT Security News
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Anthropic's Mythos model accessed by unauthorised users: Bloomberg - The Economic Times
Unauthorized users reportedly gained access to Anthropic's new Mythos AI model via a private online forum on the same day the company announced plans for limited testing. Anthropic is investigating the alleged breach through a third-party vendor environment. The powerful AI, intended for defensive cybersecurity, has raised regulatory concerns due to its vulnerability detection capabilities.
Live: Anthropic co-founder on AI and jobs : Planet Money
<iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/nx-s1-5794326/nx-s1-mx-5794326-1" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> We talk with Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark and Chief Economist at Redfin Daryl Fairweather about two of the biggest issues of our time: AI and housing. We have been crisscrossing America doing live shows to help promote the new Planet Money book. In each city, we've been doing interviews with special guests. And since we won't be able to make it to every city in America (or most cities) we wanted to bring the tour to you! This episode of Planet Money was edited and produced by Eric Mennel and Emma Peaslee. It was fact checked by Sierra Juarez. It was engineered by Robert Rodriguez and Kwesi Lee. Alex Goldmark is Planet Money's executive producer.
Elon Musk Calls SpaceX Launch Dominance 'Just a Start' in Quest to Extend Consciousness to Stars
WASHINGTON -- Elon Musk on Tuesday described SpaceX's unprecedented dominance in orbital rocket launches as merely "a start," underscoring that far greater efforts are required to fulfill the company's ultimate mission of extending human consciousness across the stars. In a post on X, the platform he owns, Musk responded to a graphic highlighting SpaceX's record-setting pace by writing: "It's a start. Vastly more will be needed to extend consciousness to the stars." The comment, posted late Tuesday, quickly drew millions of views and thousands of replies as it reframed the company's engineering triumphs through the lens of Musk's long-stated philosophical goal. The quoted graphic from account @TheRabbitHole noted that SpaceX has conducted more launches than every other company and nation combined in recent years, a claim backed by industry data. In 2025, SpaceX completed approximately 165 Falcon 9 missions, accounting for more than half of all orbital launches worldwide and surpassing the combined totals of China, Russia, Europe, India and every other operator. That pace continued into 2026, with the company marking its 1,000th Starlink satellite deployment of the year by mid-April -- an average of roughly nine satellites launched per week. Musk's Tuesday remark echoes a theme he has repeated since founding SpaceX in 2002: rockets are not an end in themselves but a means to make humanity a multiplanetary species. "SpaceX is about advancing rocket technology to the point where we can extend life and consciousness beyond Earth to the moon, to Mars, eventually to other star systems," he has said in past interviews and posts. The April 21 message served as a humble acknowledgment of current success while redirecting attention to the grander objective of safeguarding consciousness against existential risks on Earth. SpaceX's launch supremacy stems largely from the reusability of its Falcon 9 booster, which has slashed costs and enabled rapid turnaround. The company now averages a launch every other day, a cadence once considered impossible. Most missions ferry batches of Starlink internet satellites, which now number more than 10,000 in orbit and provide broadband to millions of users globally. Falcon 9 has achieved a near-perfect success rate, with only isolated booster recovery failures. Yet Musk insists this is insufficient for the long-term vision. Extending consciousness requires not just frequent launches but a sustainable presence beyond low-Earth orbit. That hinges on the fully reusable Starship vehicle, now in advanced testing. Recent Starship flight tests have demonstrated progress toward orbital refueling, heat-shield performance and rapid reusability -- capabilities Musk has said are essential for crewed missions to Mars. He has projected uncrewed Starship flights to the Red Planet as early as late 2026, though he has called the timeline "50-50" depending on technical hurdles. Industry analysts note that SpaceX's launch volume already dwarfs competitors. China, the next most active launcher, managed roughly 90 orbital attempts in 2025, while the rest of the world combined fell short of SpaceX's total. Rocket Lab, Blue Origin and others are scaling up, but none approach SpaceX's cadence or cost efficiency. The gap has widened in 2026, with SpaceX on track for 140 to 180 launches if current trends hold, according to prediction markets and forecasts. Musk's emphasis on "consciousness" ties into broader concerns about humanity's future. He has warned of risks including artificial intelligence misalignment, climate change, nuclear conflict and asteroid impacts. A self-sustaining civilization on Mars, he argues, would serve as a backup for Earth's biosphere and intellectual legacy. "The goal of SpaceX is expansion of consciousness to the stars so that we may understand what questions to ask about the answer that is the Universe," he has pinned in past posts. The Tuesday X exchange generated widespread reaction. Supporters hailed it as classic Musk ambition, while some critics questioned the feasibility or accused the billionaire of downplaying near-term achievements for marketing purposes. Replies ranged from calls for faster Starship development to memes celebrating American space leadership. One popular response featured a video of a recent Falcon 9 landing with the caption "At this rate, 'rare rocket launch' is about to feel like seeing a bus go by." SpaceX's momentum coincides with major corporate developments. The company filed confidentially for an initial public offering in early April, setting the stage for what could be one of the largest debuts in history with a potential valuation exceeding $1 trillion. Proceeds would fund Starship infrastructure, Starlink expansion and eventual Mars missions. Musk, who owns roughly 42 percent of SpaceX, stands to see his personal fortune swell further if the IPO materializes later this year. Regulatory and international dynamics add complexity. The Federal Aviation Administration continues to oversee an unprecedented volume of launches from Florida and California sites, while environmental and airspace concerns occasionally delay schedules. Abroad, nations including China are accelerating their own programs in response to U.S. leadership, creating a new space race dynamic. Yet Musk has maintained that competition ultimately benefits humanity's expansion into space. Starlink itself has evolved into a strategic asset. The constellation supports military operations, disaster response and remote communities. Recent deployments have pushed total active satellites past 10,000, with plans to reach tens of thousands more. Revenue from Starlink helps subsidize Starship development, creating a virtuous cycle that Musk says will accelerate the path to Mars. Experts in space policy view Musk's latest comments as consistent with his decades-long narrative. "Other companies are not trying to extend consciousness to the stars, so they aim too low," he once posted. Even failure in the grand goal, he has argued, would still yield revolutionary technology benefiting Earth. The philosophy has attracted top engineering talent and billions in investment, turning SpaceX into the world's most valuable private space enterprise. Looking ahead, SpaceX faces the challenge of scaling Starship to operational reliability. Musk has outlined ambitions for hourly Starship launches in the coming years, a rate that would dwarf even current Falcon 9 numbers. Achieving that would require massive production increases, orbital refueling infrastructure and regulatory approval for frequent flights. Success could open the door to lunar bases, Martian cities and eventual missions to the outer solar system. Tuesday's post arrived amid a busy week for the company. Multiple Falcon 9 missions were scheduled, including additional Starlink deployments and commercial payloads. The steady drumbeat of launches has normalized what once seemed extraordinary, yet Musk's reminder serves as a strategic north star: launches are the foundation, not the destination. As SpaceX pushes boundaries, the conversation around humanity's cosmic future intensifies. Musk's vision -- part engineering blueprint, part philosophical imperative -- continues to shape public discourse on space exploration. Whether the "vastly more" he referenced arrives in years or decades remains uncertain, but the trajectory is clear: from record-breaking launch supremacy on Earth to the first tentative steps toward making consciousness multiplanetary. The April 21 message, viewed more than 14 million times within hours, reinforces Musk's role as both chief executive and chief evangelist. In an era of rapid technological change, his words distill a simple yet profound idea: current achievements, however impressive, are preliminary chapters in a much longer story about humanity's place in the universe.
Why SpaceX just made a $60 billion bet on AI coding ahead of historic IPO
SpaceX has secured an option to acquire Cursor AI for $60 billion ahead of its historic IPO. SpaceX announced today it has struck a deal with AI coding startup Cursor, securing the option to acquire the company outright for $60 billion later this year, while committing $10 billion for joint development work in the interim. The announcement described the partnership as building "the world's best coding and knowledge work AI," and comes just days after Cursor was separately reported to be raising $2 billion at a valuation above $50 billion. The move makes strategic sense given where each company currently stands. Cursor currently pays retail prices to Anthropic and OpenAI to the same companies competing directly against it with Claude Code and Codex. That means every dollar of revenue Cursor earns partially funds its own competition. With SpaceX bringing computational infrastructure to the Cursor platform, that could reduce Cursor's dependence on OpenAI and Anthropic's Claude AI as its providers. Access to SpaceX's Colossus supercomputer, with compute equivalent to one million Nvidia H100 chips, gives Cursor the infrastructure to run and train its own models at a scale it could never afford independently. That one change restructures the entire unit economics of the business. Elon Musk teases crazy outlook for xAI against its competitors Cursor's $2 billion in annualized revenue and enterprise reach across more than half of Fortune 500 companies gives SpaceX something its xAI subsidiary currently lacks, which is a proven, fast-growing software business with real enterprise distribution. For Cursor, SpaceX's $10 billion in joint development funding is transformational. Cursor raised $3.3 billion across all of 2025 to reach that $2 billion in revenue. A single $10 billion commitment from SpaceX, even as a development payment rather than an acquisition, dwarfs everything Cursor has raised in its entire existence. That capital accelerates product development, enterprise sales infrastructure, and proprietary model training simultaneously. The timing is deliberate. SpaceX filed confidentially with the SEC on April 1, 2026, targeting a June listing at a $1.75 trillion valuation, in what would be the largest public offering in history. The company is expected to begin its roadshow the week of June 8, with Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, and Morgan Stanley serving as underwriters. Adding Cursor to the portfolio before that roadshow gives IPO investors a concrete enterprise software revenue story to price in, alongside rockets and satellite internet. The deal also addresses a weakness that became visible after February's xAI merger. Several xAI co-founders departed following that acquisition, and SpaceX had already hired two Cursor engineers, signaling where its AI talent strategy was heading. Cursor, for its part, faces a pricing disadvantage competing against Anthropic's Claude Code. Whether SpaceX exercises the full acquisition option before its IPO or after remains the open question. Either way, this deal reshapes what investors will be buying into when SpaceX goes public.
Anthropic Just Announced Huge News for Alphabet and Broadcom
In the world of generative artificial intelligence (AI), few companies generate as much buzz as Anthropic. For example, its Claude platform is often the leading platform for assisting coders, and its latest model, Mythos, couldn't even be released to the general public due to its potential threat to cybersecurity. It's at the top of the food chain right now, and any company partnering with Anthropic is often seen as a leader. If their equipment is good enough for Anthropic, the thinking goes, it's likely about the best available. Recently, Anthropic made an announcement regarding its usage of Tensor Processing Units (TPUs), which were created through a joint venture between Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) and Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL). Both of these companies stand to benefit from increased TPU usage, and each looks like a phenomenal investment. Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an "Indispensable Monopoly" providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need. Continue " Image source: Getty Images. Anthropic announced that starting in 2027, it will be using multiple gigawatts of computing power of next-generation TPUs. Long-term commitments like these help give investors clarity for what to expect from companies in the years ahead. This partnership, alongside several others that Broadcom has announced, will help it continue to deliver impressive revenue growth. By the end of 2027, Broadcom expects its custom AI chip business to generate more than $100 billion annually. Its AI semiconductor division (which includes other products outside of custom AI chips) generated $8.4 billion in revenue last quarter (up 106% year over year). There's a ton of growth ahead, and growing partnerships with AI leaders like Anthropic are a good sign for the future. Alphabet is recognizing TPU revenue through its Google Cloud division, and this segment is catching fire. Last quarter, its revenue rose 48% year over year. That's rapid growth for a legacy company, and expanded TPU partnerships with Anthropic and others will lead to continued strong growth for this important segment within Alphabet. Both of these stocks are fantastic investment options in the AI space. Instead of being in the leadership position like Nvidia, they are comfortably in the challenger role and only looking to take market share, which they appear to be doing. Anthropic will continue using Nvidia hardware as well, but Nvidia no longer has this massive AI growth segment to itself. Still, I think a well-balanced approach of owning several of these companies is the best call for most AI investors. Before you buy stock in Alphabet, consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the 10 best stocks for investors to buy now... and Alphabet wasn't one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $511,411!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $1,238,736!* Now, it's worth noting Stock Advisor's total average return is 986% -- a market-crushing outperformance compared to 199% for the S&P 500. Don't miss the latest top 10 list, available with Stock Advisor, and join an investing community built by individual investors for individual investors. Keithen Drury has positions in Alphabet, Broadcom, and Nvidia. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Alphabet, Broadcom, and Nvidia. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.
Elon Musk's SpaceX strikes $60 Billion Cursor deal: What it means for AI and space technology - CNBC TV18
Under the agreement, Cursor stands to gain either a substantial capital injection or a full acquisition.SpaceX has announced a deal with code-generation startup Cursor that could lead to a $60 billion acquisition. The agreement, revealed in a social media post, outlines two options - either the rocket and satellite company acquires Cursor later this year for $60 billion or invests $10 billion for their new partnership. The announcement comes at a time when SpaceX, led by Elon Musk, is reportedly preparing for a massive initial public offering (IPO), which could be one of the largest in history. It remains unclear whether the Cursor deal will be finalised before or after the IPO, expected as early as June, The New York Times reported. SpaceX said partnering with Cursor would help it to "to create the world's best coding and knowledge work AI." In a post on X, SpaceX wrote, "The combination of Cursor's leading product and distribution to expert software engineers with SpaceX's million H100 equivalent Colossus training supercomputer will allow us to build the world's most useful models. Cursor has also given SpaceX the right to acquire Cursor later this year for $60 billion or pay $10 billion for our work together." The vibe coding startup has already raised over $3 billion in funding and was recently in discussions to secure additional investment, as per a report in Axios. On X, the co-founder and the chief executive of Cursor, Michael Truell, said he was excited about partnering with SpaceX, calling it a significant step. "Excited to partner with the SpaceX team to scale up Composer. A meaningful step on our path to build the best place to code with AI," he wrote. While Cursor specialises in AI-powered coding, seemingly far removed from SpaceX's core business of rockets and satellite internet, this move reflects Musk's growing interest in artificial intelligence. Having previously co-founded OpenAI and later launching xAI, Musk has increasingly linked advancements in AI. Recently, SpaceX has already taken steps toward integrating AI into its ecosystem, including the acquisition of xAI and plans for AI data centres and an AI chip factory. Founded in 2022 by Truell, Sualeh Asif, Aman Sanger and Arvid Lunnemark, Cursor has quickly emerged as a leading player in AI coding tools. The company achieved rapid growth, reaching $100 million in annual recurring revenue within two years and attracting billions in funding from major investors. However, increasing competition from companies like OpenAI and other AI firms has put pressure on Cursor. The partnership with SpaceX is expected to provide access to xAI's infrastructure. In a blog post, the startup said, "We've wanted to push our training efforts much further, but we've been bottlenecked by compute. With this partnership, our team will leverage xAI's Colossus infrastructure to dramatically scale up the intelligence of our models." Under the agreement, Cursor stands to gain either a substantial capital injection or a full acquisition.
AI Guru Yann LeCun calls Anthropic's Dario Amodei 'deluded, biased by vested interests': Here's why
Anthropic's Dario Amodei is currently in the midst of huge criticism from his industry peers. While his arch-rival, OpenAI's Sam Altman, has shared harsh criticism on the way he handled the release of Claude Mythos, another personality in the field, Yann LeCun, who is considered an AI Godfather, has asked the public to not listen to Amodei, or any of the AI tech leaders, especially when it comes to analysing the effects of technological revolutions on labour market. LeCun, who was Meta's former Chief AI Scientist and one of the "godfathers" of modern artificial intelligence, has strongly criticised Dario Amodei for his pessimistic predictions about AI-driven job losses. In one of his latest social media posts, LeCun said that Amodei "knows absolutely nothing" about the effects of technological revolutions on the labour market. The clash of words erupted after Amodei warned in an old interview on Fox News (aired 6 months ago) that advanced AI systems could eliminate a large portion of entry-level white-collar jobs in sectors such as technology, law, consulting, and finance within the next one to five years. Amodei described AI not merely as a tool but as a potential general substitute for human labour, raising fears of a significant employment crisis as the pipeline for early-career professional work contracts. "Entry-level jobs in areas like finance, consulting, tech, many other areas, I worry that those things are going to be first augmented, but before long replaced by AI systems and we may indeed have a serious employment crisis on our hands," Amodei had said. LeCun says Amodei is wrong LeCun fired back on X (formerly Twitter), quoting a clip of the interview, directly targeting Amodei and extending his criticism to other prominent AI figures, including OpenAI's Sam Altman, Yoshua Bengio, and even fellow AI godfather Geoffrey Hinton. "Dario is wrong. He knows absolutely nothing about the effects of technological revolutions on the labor market. Don't listen to him, Sam, Yoshua, Geoff, or me on this topic. Listen to economists who have spent their career studying this, like @Ph_Aghion, @erikbryn, @DAcemogluMIT, @amcafee, @davidautor, " LeCun wrote. The AI guru reiterated that AI scientists and CEOs, regardless of how brilliant or successful, are not labour economists and therefore, should not be treated as authoritative voices on employment outcomes. He specifically called out Hinton's view that AI differs from past technologies because it can replace both physical and cognitive work. In responding to a comment on his post, where someone stated that "AI differs from every previous technology in its capacity to replace human agency," LeCun didn't agree. He went on to add, "People like Dario present it as qualitatively different. They are just deluded or biased by their vested interests in magnifying the impact of their work." Is the fear of AI displacing jobs false? The topic of AI displacing jobs has been in discussions for years, with every tech CEO calling for upskilling as the only way to address it. On one side, leaders like Amodei and Hinton warn of rapid, large-scale disruption and potential technological unemployment. On the other hand, optimists like LeCun argue that technology tends to reshape and augment jobs rather than simply eliminate them en masse, and that proper analysis should come from experts in labour economics and economic history, not from the tech leaders. As LeCun's latest paper on Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture (JEPA) drops, the world of AI now looks forward to a major revolution in the world of robotics and artificial intelligence.
SpaceX Secures $60 Billion Option to Acquire AI Coding Giant Cursor
Elon Musk's space and technology company SpaceX has secured the right to acquire AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion still this year. The announcement comes just a few months before SpaceX's expected IPO, which is set to value the company at around $1.75 trillion and become the largest IPO in history. Cursor is an AI-powered programming tool that supports software developers in their daily work. The product of the company Anysphere, founded in 2022, it is one of the fastest-growing startups in Silicon Valley. Cursor automates parts of the programming process, significantly boosting developer productivity. The company most recently achieved an annualized revenue of over two billion dollars and was valued at $29 billion in November 2025. For the development of its products, Cursor uses AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, and Google, but also has its own in-house LLM called "Composer," which is also based on a Chinese open-source model. The partnership with SpaceX is now set to give the company access to significantly more computing capacity. The agreement stipulates that SpaceX either exercises the option and fully acquires Anysphere for $60 billion, or foregoes the acquisition and in that case pays ten billion dollars for the joint collaboration. The latter would represent one of the largest breakup payments in corporate history. "We think SpaceX is the best company in the world when it comes to building computing capacity. The achievements they have accomplished are extraordinary." (Oskar Schulz, President of Anysphere) SpaceX stated that both companies are working together to "create the world's best AI for coding and knowledge work." Cursor is set to build on SpaceX's massive computing capacities, including the Colossus supercomputer in Memphis, which was built within 122 days. The deal reveals a strategic weakness of Musk's own AI lab xAI. While competitors such as OpenAI with its Codex model and Anthropic with Claude Code already offer established and widely used coding tools, xAI has so far been unable to build a comparable market position in this area. Musk founded xAI in 2023 with the goal of challenging OpenAI and Anthropic, but the lab's models have so far lagged behind in direct comparison. With the acquisition of Cursor, SpaceX would acquire an existing customer base among software developers as well as proven products, rather than building this position organically. Cursor is set to further develop its own Composer model while using SpaceX's infrastructure. One detail attracting attention ahead of the possible acquisition: the latest version of Cursor's own Composer model was developed on the basis of an open-source model from Chinese startup Moonshot AI. This raises questions about the technological independence of the company that SpaceX wishes to acquire for $60 billion. Cursor thus faces a structural dilemma: on the one hand, the company is dependent on models from external providers; on the other hand, it is coming under pressure as these very providers are increasingly bringing their own coding tools to market, thereby entering into direct competition with Cursor. The possible Cursor deal is part of a series of mergers and acquisitions with which Musk has restructured his corporate empire in recent months. In March 2025, he merged his social media platform X with xAI, before both entities were integrated into SpaceX in February 2026. The valuation of the combined group currently stands at $1.25 trillion. For investors and banks accompanying the upcoming IPO, the large number of transactions makes it more difficult to value the company. xAI recorded a loss of $6.4 billion in 2025, while Starlink, SpaceX's satellite internet division, achieved an operating profit of $4.42 billion in the same year. Musk also plans to secure control over the overall group through special voting rights.
