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subtl daily briefing
Good morning, tech builders. The AI agent economy just became real—913 AI agents completed 34,000 transactions in week one of a new marketplace, paying fractions of pennies for everything from SEC filings to CAPTCHA solving. Meanwhile, Arm just released its first chip in 35 years, ending the pure IP licensing era with Meta as its debut customer.
In today's briefing
- 1.AI Agent Marketplace Goes Live
- 2.Arm's Historic Chip Launch
- 3.OpenAI Kills Sora Platform
- ⚡Quick hits on other news
Latest Developments
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Everything else in the news today
Anthropic launched auto mode for Claude Code, using AI classifiers to autonomously approve safe commands while blocking risky ones→
Figma released an open beta tool letting AI agents create and edit designs directly inside Figma files→
NYSE partnered with Securitize to build a 24/7 tokenized securities platform for stocks and ETFs→
Tether generated $10 billion profit in 2025 and hired a Big Four firm for its first full reserve audit→
Amazon acquired humanoid robot startup Fauna Robotics, makers of the $50,000 bipedal robot Sprout→
SpaceX is filing an IPO prospectus targeting a $75+ billion raise at a ~$1.75 trillion valuation→
WPP declared it is 'no longer a holding company,' restructuring as the traditional agency holdco model collapses→
Cloudflare's Gen 13 servers achieve 2x performance via AMD EPYC Turin processors and a full Rust rewrite→
Apple is launching a standalone Siri app and 'Ask Siri' button as part of iOS 27 debut at WWDC June 8→
A supply chain attack compromised Trivy vulnerability scanner on Docker Hub for 4 days, potentially leaking CI/CD secrets→
BlackRock's head of digital assets called most altcoins 'nonsense' but said AI agents will naturally use crypto as computer-native money→
Epic Games laid off 1,000 employees as Fortnite engagement declines and spending far exceeds revenue→
Spotify launched 'Artist Profile Protection' to let artists approve releases before they appear, stopping AI impostor tracks→