Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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For the first time, the U.S. government may start previewing the most powerful AI models before release. Combine that with Google proving AI can drive $100B+, the Pentagon is bringing frontier labs into the military stack, and compute is becoming scarce.

- Google Cloud hitting $20B in revenue with 63% growth, fueled by AI demand

- OpenAI signing a $100B AWS deal over 8 years

- GPT-5.5 reportedly matching major cyber benchmarks at 5x cheaper cost than Mythos

- Blitzy raising $200M

- China shuts down Meta’s attempted Manus acquisition valued at $2.5B