Newsletter Archive
Every issue of Oakgen AI Daily, from newest to oldest.
April 2026
Google just bet $40B on its own competitor
Plus: enterprise software execs are fleeing to OpenAI in droves.
OpenAI's GPT-5.5 codes itself. The race just got faster.
Plus: Meta is cutting 8,000 jobs while tracking employee keystrokes.
OpenAI is dropping $1.5B into its own venture fund
Plus: Google admits AI writes most of its code now.
Google's new chips are gunning for Nvidia's crown
Plus: Amazon bets $5B on Anthropic, and your data is probably already exposed.
Two execs just bailed on an AI nuclear startup
Plus: AI chatbots are steering cancer patients away from chemo.
OpenAI built a cybersecurity AI - and the timing is no accident
Plus: Allbirds sold its shoes and bought itself an AI future.
Zuckerberg is building a digital clone of himself
Plus: China nearly caught up to the U.S. in AI - by 2.7%.
Japan just dropped $16B on an AI chip underdog
Plus: Vercel's IPO signals, and the 5 skills that keep you employed.
Nvidia just backed a $3.65B chip startup you haven't heard of
Plus: an open model that rivals Claude Opus - built on half a VC round.
Alibaba's video AI just hit number one on day one
Plus: Anthropic wants to build its own chips and escape the Nvidia tax.
AI is already hacking you - Anthropic just proved it
Plus: China bans AI girlfriends for kids, and xAI picks a fight with Colorado.
Anthropic built an AI model just for hackers (the good kind)
Plus: Perplexity wants to do your taxes. No, really.
OpenAI just raised more money than most countries have
Plus: Anthropic dropped a new model the same week. Timing is everything.
Iran just threatened America's AI data centers
Plus: Slack quietly became a workflow engine while you weren't looking.
Google and Microsoft just declared war on OpenAI
Plus: Sony's new AI makes game artists sweat, and everyone's using AI badly
Microsoft just ghosted OpenAI with 3 new models
Plus: why one person with AI just replaced your entire startup
AI Just Made Your "Unhackable" System Look Adorable
OpenAI just hit an $835 billion valuation - that's more than the GDP of Switzerland. Meanwhile, AI researchers proved they can crack even the most paranoid operating systems, and one startup liter
OpenAI's Money Printer Goes Brrrr at Historic Levels
OpenAI just raised $122 billion - enough money to literally buy Belgium - while Anthropic accidentally shipped their homework to the entire internet. If you thought AI was moving fast before, wait