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AI sales automation startup Monaco raised a $50M Series B led by Benchmark, bringing its total funding to $85M after raising a $25M Series A in February 2026 (Ben Bergman/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/jack-altman-talks-about-his-fir…

Jack Altman's first Benchmark deal is an AI sales startup growing its revenue by 'seven figures' every month
The raise is the latest example of how quickly capital is moving into AI startups that are demonstrating strong revenue growth.

Musk v. Altman: in closing arguments, Musk's attorney doubled down on claims of Altman's untrustworthiness, while OpenAI's lawyer said Musk has no evidence (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/musk-sam-altman-ope…

Closing arguments begin in Musk-OpenAI trial that could shape AI’s future
Lawyers for Elon Musk and OpenAI began closing arguments Thursday in the landmark trial whose outcome could shape the future of artificial intelligence. Musk, the world’s richest man, was a co-founder of OpenAI, the company that launched in 2015 and went on to create ChatGPT. After Musk invested $38 million in its first years, his lawsuit filed in 2024 accused OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and his top deputy of shifting into a moneymaking mode behind his back.

Musk v. Altman: Altman faced an intense cross-examination from Musk's attorney, who asked "are you completely trustworthy?"; Altman replied "I believe so" (Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/sam-altman

Sam Altman faces awkward grilling over 'toxic culture of lying'
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was bombarded with questions from Elon Musk's attorney over whether he lies to advance his business interests.

Demis Hassabis, Sam Altman, and Dario Amodei have published detailed memos in recent weeks, basically agreeing on the need for a US-led AI regulatory framework (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/07/16/ai-regulations-openai-anthropic-google

Behind the Curtain: AI godfathers converge on regulations
The CEOs of Google DeepMind, OpenAI and Anthropic all agree the frontier needs to be regulated ASAP.

Sources: Sam Altman recently discussed launching an AI compute company that is majority-owned by OpenAI, similar to Stargate's original data center initiative (Alex Heath/Sources)
https://sources.news/p/sam-altman-stargate-redux-maybe

Sam Altman may start a new compute company
Stargate redux? OpenAI's CEO has recently discussed setting up a new compute effort that he would raise money for, with OpenAI as the majority shareholder.

Musk v. Altman: Altman testified that in 2017 Musk demanded complete control of a proposed OpenAI for-profit arm, musing that he would pass it to his children (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-12/altman…

Musk v. Altman filing: Sam Altman holds $2B in stakes in companies that have done business with OpenAI, including a $1.7B stake in fusion startup Helion Energy (Kenrick Cai/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/o

Musk v. Altman: Satya Nadella says Elon Musk never contacted him with concerns that Microsoft's investments in OpenAI violated any special terms or commitments (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/11/microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-musk-altman-trial.html

OpenAI trial: Nadella says Musk never raised concerns to him about Microsoft investment
Elon Musk named Microsoft as a defendant in his lawsuit against OpenAI

OpenAI says Apple's claim that OpenAI never responded to its concerns is false; emails: an Apple lawyer mixed up two OpenAI staffers in Apple's initial outreach (David Ingram/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/apple/apple-o

Bungled Apple lawyer email scuttled OpenAI talks ahead of lawsuit
A lawyer for Apple apologized for mixing up two OpenAI employees with the names Wang and Chang.

Musk v. Altman: Mira Murati testifies that Sam Altman lied to her about the safety standards for a new OpenAI model and that he made her work more difficult (Jay Peters/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/925338/openai-mu…

Mira Murati tells the court that she couldn’t trust Sam Altman’s words
Mira Murati, OpenAI’s former CTO, has testified under oath that CEO Sam Altman lied to her about the safety standards for a new AI model.