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Sources: AI chipmaker Cerebras confidentially files for a US IPO after withdrawing a previous IPO last year, and a listing could take place as soon as April (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/exclusive-cerebras-files-confidenti…

Exclusive: Cerebras Files Confidentially For a U.S. IPO
Cerebras Systems has again made a confidential filing for a U.S. public offering, according to people with knowledge of its plans. The designer of AI chips and systems has been meeting with prospective investors before a potential listing that could take place as soon as this April, they said. The company had aimed to go public last year, but announced last December it was withdrawing its IPO

Twitter founder Jack Dorsey is running into some serious issues while overhauling his financial services company, #Block.
Earlier this month, the company started laying off its staff as part of what Bloomberg characterized as an “efficiency push,”
potentially affecting up to ten percent of the company’s workforce.
It’s been a painful, drawn-out process that could drag on for weeks, sources to…

Jack Dorsey’s New Company Falling Apart as It Forces Employees to Use AI
Twitter founder Jack Dorsey is running into some serious issues while overhauling his financial services company, Block.

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Sources: DOJ's review of Netflix's WBD takeover examines whether Netflix wields anticompetitive leverage over creators in violation of Clayton and Sherman Acts (Josh Sisco/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Sources: following Manus probe, Chinese authorities ordered at least one other prominent AI startup, MiroMind, not to send talent and research out of China (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/04/21/china-ai-competition-manus-meta/

Beijing tightens its grip on AI firms that try to shed their Chinese ties
A Chinese government probe of a Meta-acquired company, Manus AI, reveals a new red line.

Sources: DOJ's review of Netflix's WBD takeover examines whether Netflix wields anticompetitive leverage over creators in violation of Clayton and Sherman Acts (Josh Sisco/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Sources: AMD agrees to backstop a $300M loan from Goldman Sachs for Crusoe to buy AMD AI chips, the first known case of AMD chips used as debt collateral (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/amd-backstop-300-million-…

AMD to Backstop $300 Million Crusoe Loan, Following Nvidia Playbook
Chipmaker AMD is pursuing the same growth-driving strategy that has boosted sales at rival Nvidia: lending its financial support to upstart cloud providers buying its chips. AMD will effectively guarantee a $300 million loan for data center and cloud startup Crusoe to purchase AMD’s AI chips and ...

A US judge rebukes a DOJ prosecutor for not mentioning a 1980 law protecting journalists when seeking a warrant to search WaPo reporter Hannah Natanson's home (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/us/politics/washington-post-reporter…

Judge Rebukes U.S. Over Application to Search Washington Post Reporter’s Home
A prosecutor apologized for failing to alert the magistrate to a 1980 law that restricts searches for reporting materials.

Sources: OpenAI appoints new leaders to oversee Stargate after deciding to rent more AI servers from cloud providers, and splits its computing effort in three (Anissa Gardizy/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/op

OpenAI Names New Infrastructure Leaders Following Stargate Strategy Shift
OpenAI has appointed new leaders to oversee its Stargate computing initiative after deciding to rent more AI servers from major cloud providers rather than build its own data centers, according to two people familiar with the changes. As part of its reorganization, OpenAI has divided its ...

Sources: Uber is moving to bar drivers with convictions for violent felonies, sexual offenses, and child or elder abuse, after an NYT report in December 2025 (Emily Steel/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/business/u…