💰 OpenAI’s $1T IPO plan, a $38B AWS deal, and Cursor 2.0
OpenAI targets a late-2026 IPO with its nonprofit holding 26% & signs a multi-year AWS UltraServers pact. Plus: Cursor 2.0 has launched.
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Issues Archive
Browse through our previous AI Dev Roundup newsletter issues packed with the latest AI developments, tools, and trends for software engineers.
🚀 Anthropic’s 1M Google TPUs, Meta’s AI layoffs, and ChatGPT Atlas
Anthropic expands onto up to one million TPUs; Meta cuts 600 legacy AI roles while continuing major infra spend. Plus: OpenAI launches ChatGPT Atlas browser.
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🧰 Claude Haiku 4.5, ChatGPT team prompts, and Claude Code in the browser
Haiku 4.5 delivers strong coding performance at over 2x Sonnet 4’s speed and one-third the cost, shared prompts add templates and variables for ChatGPT team workspaces, and Claude Code brings parallel, GitHub-integrated workflows in a sandbox. Plus: Agent Skills, Codex IDE for VS Code, and Manus 1.5.
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💸 xAI’s $20B raise, Meta’s $1.5B hire, and OpenAI’s infrastructure deals
xAI doubles its round to $20B with $2B from Nvidia as it burns about $1B a month, Meta poaches Andrew Tulloch with a $1.5B package, and OpenAI expands AMD/Nvidia partnerships toward hyperscale. Plus: a deep dive on small‑sample data poisoning.
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🧰 ChatGPT Apps SDK, Sora 2, and Claude Skills
ChatGPT rolls out conversational apps with a new SDK and partners like Canva and Spotify, OpenAI debuts Sora 2 for video+audio, and Anthropic tests customizable Claude Skills. Plus: AgentKit for agents and Gemini 2.5 Flash Image hits production.
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🔧 Sonnet 4.5, Perplexity Search API, and in-chat checkout for ChatGPT
Anthropic’s top coding model ships with an agent SDK, Perplexity opens its real-time web index, and ChatGPT adds Instant Checkout via the Agentic Commerce Protocol. Plus: Data Commons MCP, vibesdk, and Copilot CLI preview.
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⚡ Anthropic’s postmortem, 10GW OpenAI-NVIDIA pact, and Grok 4 Fast
Anthropic details three infra bugs behind degraded Claude replies, OpenAI and NVIDIA plan 10GW GPU datacenters, and Grok 4 Fast cuts tokens 40% and cost 98%.
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☁️ OpenAI–Oracle cloud pact, Anthropic in Office, and Nvidia’s 1M‑token GPU
OpenAI reportedly inks a $300B, multi‑year Oracle deal as Microsoft brings Claude to Office and Nvidia unveils Rubin CPX for long‑context inference.
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🌟 Siri's Makeover, Apple's Search Ambitions, and Anthropic's $13B Boost
Apple revamps Siri with potential AI integrations from Google and Anthropic. Apple plans to challenge OpenAI with an AI-powered search tool, and Anthropic raises a staggering $13B to extend its enterprise reach.
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🚨 AI Job Impact, Meta Staff Exodus, and xAI vs. Apple
New research shows AI's impact on young developers' job prospects. Meta's AI team faces significant departures, and xAI sues Apple for alleged monopolistic practices.
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🛑 Meta's Hiring Freeze, Siri's AI Pivot, and Qoder's Coding Power
Meta halts AI hiring amid restructuring and Apple explores AI options, including Google Gemini, for Siri's overhaul. Also, Qoder emerges as a powerful platform for coding with intelligent agents.
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🔍 ChatGPT's Picker Dilemma, Musk's Legal Moves, and Anthropic's Talent Grab
OpenAI’s model picker complicates ChatGPT, Elon Musk targets Apple with a lawsuit, and Anthropic acquires Humanloop’s team in the competitive AI talent race.
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🚀 GPT-5 Launches, Claude Opus 4.1 Enhances Code, and Genie 3’s Realms
OpenAI’s GPT-5 debuts with enhanced features across sectors, Claude Opus 4.1 elevates coding prowess for developers, and Google DeepMind presents Genie 3 for interactive environments
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💰 OpenAI's $10B Milestone, Claude API Tensions, and Meta's Talent Snag from Apple
OpenAI doubles its annual revenue to $10B with 500M weekly users, while Anthropic restricts API access over TOS breaches. Plus. Meta attracts AI experts from Apple.
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🚀 GPT-5 Upcoming Launch, Google’s User Surge, and AI talent war continues
OpenAI may target an August launch for GPT-5. Google hits 2B monthly AI Overview users. AI talent war intensifies among tech giants.
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☁️ Vercel's AI Cloud, Claude Code limits, and OpenAI defection
Vercel unveils the AI Cloud, optimizing AI deployment. Claude Code tightens usage limits. Meanwhile, another top OpenAI researcher heads to Meta.
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🌐 OpenAI’s browser, xAI’s Grok 4, and acquisitions galore
Cognition acquires Windsurf, OpenAI builds a browser, and LangChain, Replit, Amazon, and xAI go big.
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💼 Meta’s hiring spree, Cloudflare’s crackdown, and Siri’s AI reboot
Meta lures top AI minds from Apple and OpenAI, Cloudflare blocks unpaid web scraping, and Apple eyes Anthropic to power Siri. Plus: new Claude Code tools, Gemini CLI benchmarks, and Perplexity Max.
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🧠 OpenAI brain drain, cheaper transcripts, and a legal win for Anthropic
Top OpenAI talent heads to Meta, Anthropic scores a fair use victory, Salesforce leans on AI, and new tools like Gemini CLI
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💰 MiniMax slashes AI costs, OpenAI parts ways with Scale, and Karpathy on Software 3.0
A $535K GPT-4 rival, Midjourney’s first video model, new Claude and Gemini updates, ChatGPT’s Record Mode, and Karpathy’s must-watch talk on the future of software.
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💥 New Models from Mistral, Cloud Outage Chaos & AI Browsers
Altman on superintelligence, Apple’s WWDC AI reveal, Mistral’s new models, Disney vs. Midjourney, and Google Cloud goes down.
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📚 Apple’s Reasoning Limits, Codex Released, and Meta’s $15B AI Play
Explore Apple’s research on LLM failures, Codex’s repo-editing powers, Scale AI’s big move, and a 2-week AI crash course
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🧠 AI Agents, On-Device Models, and GitHub That Codes for You
Google’s offline AI app, Copilot’s new coding agent, LangGraph orchestration, AutoGPT workflows, and a beginner’s guide to GenAI.
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🧠 Claude’s smarter, Google’s building, and AI is evolving fast
Claude 4, Gemini 2.5, Flow, AlphaEvolve — here’s what matters in AI this week (and why it matters to devs).
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