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The Iran missile incident caused a drop in Bitcoin price, affecting Strategy's (MicroStrategy) Bitcoin holdings profitability. It holds 843,738 BTC with an average cost of approximately $75,700. Meanwhile, Saturn Foundation launched the Gravity Accelerate event with double points for Pendle_fi operations.

DeepSeek doesn't do programming packages, doesn't do multimodal, and insists on open source — seemingly sabotaging itself, but in fact aims to promote a $10 trillion Chinese AI hardware ecosystem.

The article analyzes Anthropic's Claude advertising strategy, pointing out that it has shifted from selling models to selling partnerships, emphasizing that team execution—not the model itself—has become the moat for AI startups.

Microsoft has hired game industry analyst Matthew Ball as Xbox chief strategy officer and Scott Van Vliet as CTO, signaling strategic changes for the Xbox division.

Civilization VII's 'Test of Time' update reintroduces the ability to play one civilization from start to finish, addressing player backlash against the game's original civ-switching mechanic while adding over 40 civs and balancing changes.

Viberia lets you command AI agents in a strategy game interface similar to Civilization.

Honda announced plans to launch 15 new hybrid models by 2030 in North America, targeting a 10% increase in fuel efficiency and 30% cost reduction, while absorbing a $9 billion loss from its EV business and converting US factories for hybrid production.

Bill Gurley announces a blog post exploring how executives use open source concepts strategically, tracing the history from GNU, Linux, and Eric Raymond's 'Cathedral and the Bazaar' to modern business applications.

Jack Dorsey describes his role as CEO of Square as a 'Chief Editor,' focusing on prioritizing inputs from the team, communication, and financial health to drive product success.

GitLab announces workforce reduction and organizational restructuring to pivot towards an AI-agent-driven software development strategy, reaffirming its focus on the Duo Agent Platform.

Miles Brundage comments on the necessity of willingness to take risks and delegate to scale AI development effectively.

Sam Altman confirms that a specific proposal or idea aligns well with OpenAI's current strategic priorities.

The article outlines the emerging role of AI leadership in enterprises, highlighting five converging responsibilities—strategy, governance, config management, performance oversight, and team coordination—needed to manage deployed AI agents at scale in 2026.

Apple is betting that AI’s future hinges on custom hardware and on-device inference via the iPhone’s advanced processors rather than cloud-based LLMs.