Pre-money valuation of approximately $900 billion, becoming the world's second-largest AI unicorn after OpenAI.
FT
Anthropic Publishes Research on Natural Language Autoencoder, Translates Claude's "Thinking" into Text
Maps the model's internal representations to readable text using autoencoder technology, opening new directions for interpretability research.
Anthropic
Google Releases AlphaEvolve, a Gemini-Powered Programming Agent Capable of Cross-Domain Influence Expansion
From biomedicine to materials science, automated programming agents are starting to enter real-world laboratory application scenarios.
Google DeepMind
> Spicy Take: Anthropic's funding valuation nears a trillion dollars, Claude transforms from "safety advocate" to "money magnet." OpenAI's competitor finally has real financial firepower.
DeepSeek 4 Flash Local Inference Engine Adds Metal Support, Open-Sourced by Developer antirez
Metal acceleration allows Mac users to run DeepSeek 4 locally, further improving the local inference toolchain.
GitHub
Mozilla Collaborates with Claude Mythos Preview to Enhance Firefox Security
AI models begin directly participating in browser security reinforcement, a new paradigm for technology and security research collaboration.
Mozilla Hacks
Crypto / Web3
Zcash Surges 70% in a Week, Privacy Coin Sector Regains Attention
Privacy narrative heats up, changing regulatory environment may open a new window for privacy coins.
Cointelegraph
Strait of Hormuz Tensions Escalate Again, US-Iran Clashes Drive V-Shaped Oil Price Rebound
Three US destroyers traversed the strait and were attacked by Iran. US counterattacked, Trump stated "we destroyed them," causing increased volatility in oil prices and risk assets.
CNN | White House Twitter
China's Central Bank Increases Gold Holdings for the 18th Consecutive Month
Safe-haven sentiment and de-dollarization persist, monthly increase in central bank gold reserves hits a 14-month high.
Wall Street News Agency
Chips / Hardware
SK Hynix Issues Millions in Per Capita Bonuses Amid AI Boom, Samsung Employees Plan Strike
Memory chip demand explosion grants SK Hynix employees huge bonuses, Samsung faces strike pressure due to treatment disparity.
Hot Topic: AI further widens the wealth gap within the semiconductor industry.
Zhihu
TSMC April Revenue Hits NT$410.73 Billion, Up 17.5% Year-on-Year
Sustained AI chip demand drives TSMC's performance growth.
Sino Market Twitter
NVIDIA's "Favorite Son" CoreWeave Faces Major Earnings Test Tonight, Stock Has Soared 245%
Market begins worrying about three major risks: overvaluation, intensifying competition, and high customer concentration.
Wall Street News Agency
Tech Companies
Cloudflare Announces Layoffs of ~20%, Over 1,100 Employees
Cloud services giant dramatically scales back amid economic uncertainty, layoff scale is rare in recent years.
Hot Topic: Tech company layoffs continue, even in high-growth sectors.
Reuters
> Spicy Take: Cloudflare cuts one-fifth of its workforce, the "We protect the Internet" slogan now seems somewhat ironic—can't protect its own employees' jobs.
Sony PS5 Sales Plunge, Memory Crisis and Price Hikes Are Main Causes
Soaring memory chip costs force Sony to raise prices, sales drop accordingly.
The Verge
Apple's Camera-Equipped AirPods Nearing Mass Production, Paving Way for AI Features
Camera AirPods may be used for spatial computing and AI-assisted scene recognition.
The Verge
US Stocks
Kodiak AI Raises $100 Million at a Significant Discount, Stock Plunges 37% in a Day
Discounted valuation funding triggers market panic, valuation bubble for autonomous trucking company begins to burst.
TechCrunch
US-Iran Peace Talk Uncertainty Suppresses Risk Sentiment, Three Major US Stock Indexes Close Lower
Volatile Strait of Hormuz situation makes market sentiment cautious, offshore Renminbi hits a four-year high intraday.
Wall Street News Agency
New Products / New Trends
World's First Dual-Core Neutral-Atom Quantum Computer "Hanyuan 2" Released, Whole Machine Power Consumption Under 7 kW
China's quantum computing makes new progress in the neutral-atom route, power consumption is only a fraction of the superconducting route.
IT Home
Russia Unveils Rassvet Satellite Network, a Starlink Competitor
Geopolitics drives independent satellite internet construction, intensifying competition in space infrastructure.
Wired
> Spicy Take: Quantum computer power consumption at 7 kW is roughly the level of three household air conditioners—finally can be placed in a lab instead of a power plant.
Today's Underlying Theme
AI valuation frenzy, tech company layoffs, geopolitical conflicts heating up—today's news appears to be three parallel lines on the surface, but in reality, they all point to the same anxiety: Where is the end of growth? Anthropic raises $50 billion betting on the AGI future, Cloudflare lays off one-fifth of its workforce to protect cash flow, and the gunfire in the Strait of Hormuz reminds everyone how fragile the globalized supply chain is. Money is concentrating towards the most certain future, while simultaneously withdrawing from the most uncertain present.
