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Apr 13, 2026
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Welcome back! Three OpenAI executives who led the Stargate data center initiative join Meta Platforms. Sam Altman addresses an attack on his San Francisco home. CoreWeave strikes a multi-year deal with Anthropic.
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Meta Platforms is bringing on three senior OpenAI executives who helped lead the ChatGPT-maker’s ambitious Stargate cloud and data center initiative, according to two people with direct knowledge, marking a notable escalation in the battle for AI infrastructure talent. The executives are joining Meta to help build and amass computing capacity for Meta’s new AI unit, known as TBD Lab, which is part of the AI organization run by former Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang. The people will work for the newly formed Meta Compute group. As part of creating Meta
Compute, CEO Mark Zuckerberg added the two leaders of the group as direct reports: Santosh Janardhan, head of global infrastructure, and Daniel Gross, vice president of product. While Janardhan oversees the design and construction of Meta’s data centers, Gross heads a newly formed group focused on strategy, industry analysis and supplier partnerships. (See our Meta Org Chart here.) The new hires will work closely with Gross and senior AI exec Nat Friedman. The Information first reported that Peter Hoeschele, who played a key role in getting OpenAI’s Stargate effort off the ground, along with Shamez Hemani, who worked on compute strategy and business development, and Anuj Saharan, another leader in the company’s compute organization, were leaving the company. A spokesperson for Meta couldn’t be reached for comment. Bloomberg earlier reported on some details of Meta’s hiring plans.
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman addressed an attack on his San Francisco home in a personal blog post on Friday, noting rising criticism of the AI industry and saying there is a need to “de-escalate the rhetoric.” Earlier that day, San Francisco police arrested a man for allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at Altman’s residence, according to media reports. The incident occurred at 3:45 a.m. on Friday and did not result in any injuries, Altman wrote.
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CoreWeave, a provider of cloud computing for AI, on Friday said it had struck a multi-year deal to develop and run Anthropic’s Claude AI models. The company expects the first servers to come online for Anthropic later this year. The two companies didn’t disclose the size of the deal. This is Anthropic’s first agreement to use CoreWeave and follows a surge in demand, which will likely drive up its compute needs. On Monday it said its annualized revenue jumped to $30 billion this week, up from $9 billion at the end of last year. This week, Anthropic also
announced a new deal with Broadcom and Google to bring more than 3.5 gigawatts of server capacity online starting in 2027. Anthropic previously discussed securing at least 10 GW of capacity over the next several years. OpenAI told investors this week that its warchest of billions of dollars worth of compute gives it an advantage over Anthropic.
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Tesla has won approval to sell its driver assistance software in the Netherlands, the country’s vehicle regulator said on Friday, in a key step toward potentially selling the service in the entire European Union. The Netherlands is the first country in the EU to approve the driving software, which is called “Full Self-Driving Supervised” and is already available in several other countries including the U.S. and China. In order for the software to be available across the EU, the Netherlands will have to submit an application for bloc-wide authorization and the majority of countries will have to vote in favor of it, the Dutch vehicle regulator said in a statement. It’s unclear how long that process could take. Driving software is a major driver of revenue for Tesla, though the company has repeatedly blown through deadlines CEO Elon Musk has set for offering software reliable enough to not require human supervision. Tesla currently sells Full Self-Driving Supervised subscriptions for $99 per month in the U.S. and had 1.1 million active subscribers at the end of 2025.
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Hong Kong has granted its first licenses to issue stablecoins to HSBC and a joint venture of Standard Chartered, allowing them to issue crypto tokens pegged to Hong Kong dollars. The move comes as Hong Kong pushes to become a global fintech and crypto hub, even as mainland China continues to ban crypto activities. The Hong Kong dollar is pegged to the U.S. dollar, making the new stablecoins equivalent to the dollar-pegged stablecoins that dominate the market. The People’s Bank of China has banned the issuance of stablecoins linked to the Chinese yuan without approval, citing risks to monetary sovereignty. HSBC said it plans to launch its stablecoin in the second half of the year, which will be available to retail clients and merchants through digital apps, PayMe and the HSBC HK Mobile app. Standard
Chartered’s joint venture, established with Animoca Brands, a crypto developer and investor, and Hong Kong Telecommunications, said it plans to distribute its stablecoins through authorized partners.
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