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4 May 2026 Vol 19

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Both sides of the aisle hate the AI moratorium

Hello and welcome to Regulator. If you’re a subscriber, you are stalwart and true, and if you’re here from the…

Intel Takes Major Step in Plan to Acquire Chip Startup SambaNova

Intel has signed a term sheet to acquire the AI chip startup SambaNova Systems, two sources with direct knowledge of…

The Best Down Comforter Deals for Winter Nights (2025)

Down comforter deals are usually easier to find during the warmest months of the year, but we’ve rustled up a…

Fal nabs $140M in fresh funding led by Sequoia, tripling valuation to $4.5B

Fal, a startup that hosts image, video, and audio AI models for developers, has announced that it raised $140 million…

SpaceX reportedly planning 2026 IPO with $1.5T valuation target

SpaceX is planning to go public in mid-to-late 2026 and is looking to raise $30 billion at a valuation of…

Why Cursor’s CEO believes OpenAI, Anthropic competition won’t crush his startup

Anysphere, the company that makes AI coding assistant darling Cursor, isn’t thinking about an IPO any time soon, its co-founder…

Rivian is building its own AI assistant

Rivian has spent nearly two years building its own AI assistant, an effort that remains separate from its multi-billion dollar…

Three in ten U.S. teens use AI chatbots every day, but safety concerns are growing

The Pew Research Center released a study on Tuesday that shows how young people are using both social media and…

Boom Supersonic raises $300M to build natural gas turbines for Crusoe data centers

Aircraft startup Boom Supersonic said Tuesday it will start selling a version of its turbine engine as a stationary power…

Truecaller now lets users protect households from scam calls

Truecaller has launched a household-level scam protection feature as the Swedish company broadens its role beyond caller ID in response…