Issue No. 20: OpenAI Raises $122B, Stanford Sycophancy Warning, Sora Shutdown, and 26 more

        April 3, 2026

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Vol. I · Thursday, April 2, 2026 · Issue No. 20 · 29 Stories

Funding · Infrastructure
OpenAI Raises  Billion at  Billion Valuation
Amazon led with B, Nvidia added B, SoftBank another B. Monthly revenue exceeds  billion. Meanwhile, Sora was burning M/day in inference before being killed six months after launch, with total lifetime revenue of just .1M.

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Opinion The Mirage of Visual Understanding in Frontier Models
Workforce 35% of Virginia Jobs May Be at Risk From AI

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