🗞️ Google’s rocket push
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The May 13, 2026 Bay Area Times covers major funding rounds and valuations including Anduril's $5B raise at $61B and Anthropic's reported $950B valuation target. Google is in discussions for a rocket launch deal with SpaceX and unveiled new Googlebook laptops with a unified ChromeOS-Android platform. The newsletter also covers OpenAI's equity stakes in AI compute companies and ongoing legal disputes between Sam Altman and Elon Musk.
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