Daily Briefing
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
Top Stories
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OpenAI's $852B Valuation Faces Investor Doubt
- Investors question $852B amid enterprise strategy pivot
- IPO would need $1.2T+ valuation to justify round
Reuters,
TechCrunch
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Snap-Perplexity $400M Deal Dead; Layoffs Incoming
- Perplexity would have paid Snap $400M for AI search
- Snap set to announce significant layoffs Wednesday
Techmeme
- Apple Targets AI Apps; Grok and Anything Both Hit
AI & Models
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Novartis CEO Takes Seat on Anthropic's Board
- Novartis CEO joins AI lab's board of directors
The Information
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Salesforce Bridges Third-Party Agents to CRM Data
- New tool connects external AI agents to Salesforce data
The Information
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Gartner: AI Mainframe Exit Projects Are a Bubble
- 70%+ of 2026 migration projects will miss intended goals
- 75% of vendors in the space expected to disappear
The Register
Worth Reading
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What Amazon's Globalstar Buy Means for SpaceX
- Analysis of Globalstar deal's competitive impact on SpaceX
The Information
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Zig 0.16.0 'Juicy Main': A Release Worth Reading
- Comprehensive notes with examples for each new feature
- 'Juicy Main' singled out as especially notable addition
Simon Willison