AI Daily Intelligence Briefing — Friday, May 15, 2026
Anthropic lands $30B at $900B valuation. Cursor halts $2B raise after SpaceX offers $60B buyout. Apple readies AI agents for App Store. xAI retires legacy Grok models. OpenAI publishes Codex Windows sandbox design.
Global Robotics Daily — May 15, 2026
JAL deploys humanoids at Haneda Airport; 1X NEO enters US homes; Apptronik hits $5B+; Agility targets cage-free Digit by 2027; Boston Dynamics' Atlas sells out 2026 production.
AI Daily — May 14, 2026
OpenAI's partnership with Apple is falling apart. Musk wanted to control OpenAI 'for his kids.' Google kills Chromebooks for AI-first laptops. Anthropic launches Claude for small business.
Robotics Daily — May 14, 2026
Unitree files for $610M IPO at $7B valuation. Tesla doubles down on Optimus despite EV slowdown. China races to cut Nvidia dependence with homegrown AI chips.
AI Daily — May 13, 2026
Anthropic overtakes OpenAI in business customers. Isomorphic Labs raises $2.1B for AI drug discovery. ChatGPT gets ads. Google stops first AI-written zero-day attack.
Robotics Daily — May 13, 2026
Vbot ships robotic dogs. Wandercraft raises $75M for medical exoskeletons. Neura Robotics hits €1B valuation. EU robotics sovereignty push.