AI BRIEFING · 2026-05-04

OpenAI Finalizes 10 Billion Joint Venture With PE Firms to Deploy AI

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Also: Anthropic teams with Goldman, Blackstone and others, and Nvidia Backs DeepInfra in 107 Million Raise. Every story links to its primary source.

Curated by Gaurav · May 4, 2026

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Nvidia Backs DeepInfra in 107 Million Raise

Bloomberg Technology ↗

Cloud inference platform DeepInfra closes a $107 million in Series B funding round, backed by the likes of Nvidia and Samsung, as it aims to tackle bottlenecks in AI compute. DeepInfra CEO Nikola Borisov speaks with Caroline Hyde on “Bloomberg Tech.” (Source: Bloomberg)

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BNY CEO: AI Helps 'Turbocharge' Business

Bloomberg Technology ↗

BNY CEO Robin Vince discusses the impacts of AI on business, including product improvement, operational efficiency, and providing cost cutting for clients. He talks with Katie Greifeld and Romaine Bostick at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California. (Source: Bloomberg)

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Week one of the Musk v. Altman trial: What it was like in the room

MIT Tech Review ↗

This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Two of the most powerful people in AI—Sam Altman and Elon Musk—began their face-off in court in Oakland, California, last week. Musk is suing OpenAI, alleging that the millions he spent to…

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Musk v. Altman: Stuart Russell, Musk's only AI expert witness, warned of AI risks but his concerns about AI's existential threats were excluded by the judge (Tim FernholzTechCrunch)

TechMeme ↗

Tim Fernholz /TechCrunch:Musk v. Altman: Stuart Russell, Musk's only AI expert witness, warned of AI risks but his concerns about AI's existential threats were excluded by the judge— When do we take AI doomers seriously? — That's a key subtext of Elon Musk's attempt to shut down OpenAI's for-profit AI business.

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