Elon Musk calls on California and Delaware to force auction of OpenAI stake https://www.ft.com/content/596dddb3-0607-44b9-b565-9c0d62e49b9f

Scoop: Elon Musk's attorney is pushing OpenAI to auction off a large stake in its business, opening a new front in his fight with the Sam Altman. Free link here: on.ft.com/4j7TlRc

I profiled Trump's new AI and crypto tsar David Sacks over the weekend. Those who know him describe a man who is controversial, theatrical - and offensive to those who take him literally but irreverent and witty to those who do not. Free article below on.ft.com/3ZEDPDu

David Sacks, from ‘PayPal mafia’ to Trump’s AI and crypto tsar https://www.ft.com/content/82e859c8-ab66-47ad-bea0-11277bcd7a86

SCOOP w/ Cristina Criddle OpenAI is discussing removing its “AGI” clause - which shuts out its biggest investor Microsoft from future AGI models - from its corp structure. That would extend MSFT's access to OpenAI's post-AGI tech in return for continued investment www.ft.com/content/2c14...

Scoop w/ @mshannahmurphy.bsky.social: Marc Andreessen has been helping with interviews for Elon Musk's DOGE. That should give some indication of Trump's likely tech policy, and helps explain why the president-elect is using terms like "Little Tech" www.ft.com/content/1f14...

ICYMI: - Boris Johnson recently renewed an acquaintance with Elon Musk, having been reintroduced by Sriram Krishnan, a London-based VC - Tony Blair and Musk have been speaking on the phone recently - The Nigel Farage-Musk bromance deepens Scoop w/ @annasophiegross.bsky.social on.ft.com/41jRWRb

“There are few adages in tech that really hold up,” said one investor in Musk’s companies. “Never bet against Elon is one.” New report with @tabbykinder.bsky.social looking at how xAI's soaring valuation is a big win for Twitter investors. www.ft.com/content/5c9c...

European AI darling Mistral its planting a flag in Silicon Valley, competing for talent with its bigger rivals OpenAI and Anthropic. www.ft.com/content/71e8...

Trump has vowed to crack down on universities involved in misinformation research, or what he dubs the "censorship cartel" - e.g. by curbing funds to those that have "flagged content for removal”, or legal threats “I'm pretty fucking scared," one professor tells me. www.ft.com/content/bfb4...

“Diversification is for people that don’t know what they’re doing. Investors are paid to know what they’re doing." Josh Kushner's Thrive Capital is shaking up venture capital. Today's @FT big read asks whether it can pull off being a $5bn boutique. www.ft.com/content/44c4...