07 May 2026
Soon-to-be SpaceX billionaires are gearing up for a windfall
SpaceX’s looming IPO is set to mint more new billionaires than any liquidity event in history. Its Nasdaq listing in June could exceed $2 trillion, making it the largest company ever to go public.
07 May 2026
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Plans $55 Billion Investment to Make AI Chips
The scale of Elon Musk’s ambitious plan to build a giant computer chip plant in Texas is becoming clear — and it is stunning. The first stage of the chip manufacturing project led by his rocket company, SpaceX, will cost at least $55 billion, according to a public hearing notice filed on Wednesday in Grimes County, Texas, where the factory will be located.
07 May 2026
Elon Musk’s lawsuit is putting OpenAI’s safety record under the microscope
Elon Musk’s legal effort to dismantle OpenAI may hinge on how its for-profit subsidiary enhances or detracts from the frontier lab’s founding mission of ensuring that humanity benefits from artificial general intelligence.
07 May 2026
ARCA Champion Isaac Kitzmiller Targets Sixth Straight Top-10 in Watkins Glen Debut
With an off-weekend from his full-time ARCA Menards Series East campaign, reigning series champion Isaac Kitzmiller will join the national tour and make his road course debut at Watkins Glen International in Friday afternoon’s General Tire 100 at The Glen.
07 May 2026
Europe defense autonomy is in reach at €50 billion a year: German experts
PARIS — European sovereignty in defense and security is within reach and would require investing around €50 billion (US$59 billion) a year for the next decade, according to a paper by five prominent German defense investors, experts and industry executives.
07 May 2026
ChatGPT Has 'Goblin' Mania in the US. In China It Will 'Catch You Steadily'
Are you even online in 2026 if you haven’t experienced the verbal tics of ChatGPT? It loves goblins, em dashes, and “it’s not A; it’s B” sentence constructions. But what you might not know is that the chatbot also has plenty of strange phrases it loves to say in Chinese, and they are driving Chinese users crazy.
07 May 2026
OpenAI trial: Mother of Musk's children says he offered Altman a Tesla board seat
Shivon Zilis, former board member of OpenAI Inc., arrives at the federal court in Oakland, California, US, on Wednesday, May 6, 2026. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images The high-stakes trial in Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will conclude its second week of proceedings on Thursday.
07 May 2026
Milken crowd warns of populism’s poison
Good Thursday morning. In today’s Daily Kickoff, we cover the White House’s new counterterrorism strategy targeting the Muslim Brotherhood, Iran and Islamic State elements in Africa, and report on Rep. Nancy...
07 May 2026
AI is Already on Broadway — Just Not Where You're Looking
For an industry often described as slow to change, Broadway may be further along in its relationship with artificial intelligence than many people realize. Not on stage, and not in the rehearsal room, but behind the scenes in marketing strategy, forecasting, ticketing recommendations, and how audiences discover shows.
