May 18, 2026

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Elon Musk has lost his lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI: Elon Musk's claim that he was mistreated by his OpenAI co-founders failed after nine California jurors decided in a unanimous verdict that his lawsuits had been filed too late. Read More

Open source tool maker Grafana Labs says hackers stole its code, refuses to pay ransom: The open source project said hackers stole its codebase and threatened to publish its source code if the company did not pay. Read More

Kin Health raises $9M to build an AI notetaker for patients: The app is similar to a meeting notetaker — you can record doctor visits, and it will return an AI summary of the meeting, with the next steps, all of which you share with family and friends if you want to. Read More

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Afternoon Must-Reads

Anthropic has acquired the dev tools startup used by OpenAI, Google, and Cloudflare: Stainless, a New York-based startup, founded in 2022, rose to prominence in the emerging AI industry for automating the creation and maintenance of software development kits, or SDKs — the libraries developers use to interact with APIs. Read More

For Eclipse, the $2.5B Cerebras win is just the start of realizing its physical-world thesis: Investing in the real world was lonely for Lior Susan 10 years ago. Now his firm finds itself at the center of the tech world's action. Read More

NYC Health + Hospitals says hackers stole medical data and fingerprints during breach affecting at least 1.8 million people: The New York public healthcare system said hackers stole personal and medical data, and scans of biometrics — including fingerprints — in one of the largest recorded breaches of 2026. Read More

Amazon's new Alexa+ powered feature can generate podcast episodes: Amazon’s Alexa+ can now generate custom AI podcasts on demand, as the company expands its assistant into a personalized AI content platform. Read More

TechCrunch Mobility: The AI skills arms race is coming for automotive: Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Read More

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