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OpenAI says it does not think Anthropic should be designated as a supply chain risk and it has made its position on this clear to the Pentagon (@openai)
https://x.com/openai/status/2027846016423321831

OpenAI (@OpenAI) on X
We do not think Anthropic should be designated as a supply chain risk and we’ve made our position on this clear to the Department of War.

RE: https://techhub.social/@Techmeme/116325860026985146
This, combined with the Cisco source code theft, equals a bad day for code security.

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Israel-based Guidde, which is developing a platform to accelerate the adoption of AI in organizations, raised a $50M Series B round led by PSG Equity (Meir Orbach/CTech)
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/hk4kpt2owl

Sam Altman says OpenAI reached an agreement with the DOD to deploy its models in DOD's classified network and asks DOD to extend those terms to all AI companies (Sam Altman/@sama)
https://x.com/sama/status/2027578580159631610

Sam Altman (@sama) on X
Tonight, we reached an agreement with the Department of War to deploy our models in their classified network. In all of our interactions, the DoW displayed a deep respect for safety and a desire to partner to achieve the best possible outcome. AI safety and wide distribution of

[Thread] In an AMA, Sam Altman says DOD blacklisting Anthropic sets an "extremely scary precedent", OpenAI rushed its deal to "de-escalate things", and more (Sam Altman/@sama)
https://x.com/sama/status/2027900042720498089

Sam Altman (@sama) on X
I'd like to answer questions about our work with the DoW and our thinking over the past few days. Please AMA.

OpenAI closed a record-breaking $122B funding round led by SoftBank, a16z, and others at a post-money valuation of $852B (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/31/openai-funding-round-ipo.html

OpenAI closes record-breaking $122 billion funding round as anticipation builds for IPO
The round totaled $122 billion of committed capital, up from the $110 billion figure that was previously announced.

Google launches Veo 3.1 Lite, costing <50% of Veo 3.1 Fast and meant for "high-volume video applications", and affirms its commitment to video generation tools (Abner Li/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2026/03/31/veo-3-1-lite/

Google commits to video generation, announces Veo 3.1 Lite
Following OpenAI’s Sora exit last week, Google today said it’s committed to offering video generation while announcing Veo 3.1 Lite.

SpaceX and Tesla are feeling the gravitational pull toward xAI, as Elon Musk looks to use his empire to fund xAI's ravenous appetite for cash and compute (Bloomberg)

Sources: Apple execs question if it has the ingredients to win in AI-first era, new MacBook Pros are about to launch, Apple considers clamshell foldable iPhone (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)