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Meta is pushing some post-layoff employees into new roles: some engineering managers are returning to IC work, while some Infra and AI engineers are being reassigned to data labeling; the article cites a manager-to-report ratio shift from 1:8 to 1:50 and says Meta holds a 49% stake in Scale AI.

Bloomberg reports that Anthropic is nearing a funding round of over $30 billion, expected to close as soon as next week, pushing its valuation above $900 billion, while the company projects second-quarter revenue of $10.9 billion and its first profitable quarter.

Mistral AI said it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Emmi AI, a physics AI pioneer, to strengthen its position as an AI transformation partner for industrial companies. Austria-based Emmi AI works on physics AI and large engineering models that speed up engineering workflows, replace multi-day computations with real-time simulation and build digital twins. Emmi's co-founders and more than 30 researchers and engineers will join Mistral's Science and Applied AI teams in May.

DeepSeek-V4-Pro API will keep its promotional pricing from June 1, with cached input at RMB 0.025 per million tokens, while Bloomberg says DeepSeek is pursuing a RMB 70 billion round at a USD 45 billion pre-money valuation.

People used AI to reconstruct voices from spectrogram images of cockpit recordings, and the NTSB temporarily blocked access to its docket system; the post does not disclose the model, case count, or duration of the access block.

NTSB pulled an accident docket after AI users recreated dead pilots’ voices; the post only includes RSS and Hacker News metadata with 20 points and 17 comments, and does not disclose the docket number, audio source, or removal conditions.

Anthropic plans to close a funding round of over $30 billion as soon as next week at a valuation above $900 billion, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter, which would put it ahead of OpenAI as the world’s most valuable AI startup.

The title says DeepSeek is advancing a $10.29 billion financing round and Liang Wenfeng commits to continued open-source AI model development; the body only links to Bloomberg and does not disclose round terms, investors, or a commercialization timeline.

404 Media reports that five girls at Radnor Township High School were targeted with AI-generated CSAM, and a freshman allegedly spent $250 on a Movely subscription from Apple’s App Store; the visible article does not disclose the police outcome.

Latent Space summarized AI News for May 20-21, 2026, confirming TurboPuffer reached $100 million ARR and profitability, Exa raised a $250 million Series C at a $2.2 billion valuation, and Modal raised a $355 million Series C at a $4.7 billion valuation.

DeepSeek is pursuing RMB 70 billion in funding at an estimated valuation of about $45 billion, with Tencent and IDG Capital close to participating and founder Liang Wenfeng potentially investing RMB 20 billion personally.

The title says DeepSeek’s founder declared an AGI goal and that a $10 billion funding round is advancing; the post does not disclose the founder’s statement, financing terms, investors, or timeline.

Cursor reached a $3 billion annualized revenue run rate in late April, up from more than $2 billion in February; the post says Cursor has over 3,000 customers paying at least $100,000 each.

Spotify is partnering with Universal Music Group to let Premium subscribers create AI-generated covers and remixes; the RSS snippet says participating artists receive a revenue share, but the post does not disclose the percentage or launch terms.

Waymo temporarily halted robotaxi service in five cities because its vehicles may attempt to drive on flooded roads; the RSS snippet says the same issue recently triggered a recall of thousands of vehicles, but the post does not disclose the city list or restart timing.

Bloomberg says SpaceX filed for a Nasdaq IPO and pitched a $28.5 trillion opportunity spanning AI to Mars; the snippet also says OpenAI is preparing an IPO filing that could arrive as soon as Friday.

The Wall Street Journal says Anthropic is nearing its first profitable quarter, with expected second-quarter revenue of $10.9 billion and operating profit of $559 million.

The jury found Elon Musk’s lawsuit was filed after the statute of limitations had expired, while the case centered on OpenAI’s shift from nonprofit to for-profit status and whether Musk lost money; the post does not disclose damages awarded or next legal steps.

Hark raised a $700 million Series A and plans to release its first multimodal models this summer; the post does not disclose investors, valuation, model specifications, or a hardware launch schedule.

SpaceX said in its S-1 filing that Anthropic agreed to pay $1.25 billion per month through May 2029 for access to Colossus I and II AI training centers in Memphis, totaling $15 billion annually.