July 10 marked the first time OpenAI, xAI and Anthropic released frontier AI models simultaneously, flooding the market with GPT-5.6 Sol, Grok 4.5 and Claude Cowork in a single 24-hour period.
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OpenAI proposes a 5% US government equity stake worth $42.6 billion
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has proposed giving the US government a 5% equity stake worth roughly $42.6 billion as part of a new AI sovereign wealth fund, the FT reported.
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OpenAI and Broadcom unveil Jalapeño, the first custom AI inference chip from an AI lab
OpenAI and Broadcom have unveiled Jalapeño, OpenAI’s first custom AI inference chip, designed to cut inference costs and reduce dependence on Nvidia GPUs.
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OpenAI restricts GPT-5.6 rollout after Trump administration request
OpenAI launched its GPT-5.6 model family on June 26 in a restricted preview, gated to approved partners at the Trump administration’s direct request.
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OpenAI weighs 2027 IPO delay as Altman holds firm on $1 trillion floor
OpenAI is considering a 2027 IPO delay after Sam Altman rejected any valuation below $1 trillion, sending SoftBank’s market cap down $38 billion on the news.
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Forty-two state attorneys general subpoena OpenAI days after its IPO filing
A coalition of 42 states subpoenaed OpenAI just four days after its IPO filing, targeting ChatGPT’s health data practices, treatment of minors, and a design flaw called model sycophancy.
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Coinbase lists Anthropic and OpenAI pre-IPO perpetuals as $1.8 trillion AI IPO wave looms
Coinbase launched Anthropic and OpenAI pre-IPO perpetuals on June 22, giving non-US traders a public route to bet on AI labs valued at a combined $1.817 trillion.
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Transformer co-author Noam Shazeer leaves Google for OpenAI
Shazeer, co-author of the Transformer paper, left Google on June 18 for OpenAI less than two years after Google paid $2.7 billion to bring him back.
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Anthropic and DeepMind CEOs call for US-led global AI coalition at G7
Anthropic’s Dario Amodei and Google DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis called for US leadership on global AI standards at the G7 summit in Évian on June 17.
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US orders Anthropic to cut off Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all foreign nationals
The US government issued an export control directive on 13 June 2026 ordering Anthropic to disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all foreign nationals, citing a reported security jailbreak.