
Image via OpenAI
Thursday, May 21, 2026
Anthropic pays SpaceX $45B for compute
Anthropic is paying SpaceX nearly $45 billion for computing infrastructure to run Claude. OpenAI's reasoning model solved an 80-year-old geometry conjecture from Erdős that mathematicians had long believed was true, disproving it with an original proof using algebraic number theory.

Image via OpenAI
Top Stories
Bloomberg
Anthropic will pay SpaceX nearly $45 billion over three years for computing resources to power its Claude AI, at $1.25 billion monthly. This unprecedented deal underscores the massive infrastructure costs required to compete in frontier AI development.
OpenAI
OpenAI's general-purpose reasoning model autonomously solved an 80-year-old mathematical conjecture (Erdős's planar unit distance problem) by applying unexpected connections from algebraic number theory, marking the first time AI has independently resolved a prominent open problem at the center of an active mathematical field.
OpenAI
OpenAI's new reasoning model has reportedly produced an original mathematical proof disproving an 80-year-old Erdős conjecture in geometry, marking what the company calls the first autonomous AI solution to a prominent open mathematical problem. This comes after a previous false claim about GPT-5 solving Erdős problems was retracted, but this time OpenAI has secured validation from multiple prominent mathematicians.
Google Blog
Google announced two new models at I/O 2026—Gemini Omni for multimodal content creation and Gemini 3.5 Flash for action-oriented tasks—alongside Google Antigravity, an agent-first platform that shifts AI from writing assistance to autonomous agents that can act across Google's product ecosystem.
TechCrunch
SpaceX's IPO filing reveals a company balancing ambitious space infrastructure (Starship, Starlink) with significant AI losses, as xAI's integration creates both massive capital expenditure and revenue underperformance relative to frontier AI labs.
Keep Reading
Industry Voices
Andrej Karpathy
AI Researcher at Anthropic
Breaks down complex AI concepts into crystal-clear explanations that make you actually understand what's happening under the hood.
Hongxun Wu
Researcher at OpenAI
Shares cutting-edge research insights and technical deep-dives from inside OpenAI's labs before they hit mainstream tech news.
Kevin Weil
Former Vice President at OpenAI
Offers rare perspective on scaling AI products from lab to billions of users, drawing from leadership roles at OpenAI, Twitter, and Instagram.
Enjoyed this issue?
Get daily AI intel delivered to your inbox. No fluff, just the stories that matter.