Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A US judge says her “tentative view” is to grant OpenAI's motion to dismiss xAI's lawsuit accusing OpenAI of stealing trade secrets by poaching xAI employees  —  A federal judge signaled on Friday she may dismiss a lawsuit by Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI accusing …

Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen and crypto evangelist Tim Draper plan to spend millions this year on an effort to elect moderate California legislators  —  Chris Larsen and Tim Draper, two outspoken Silicon Valley leaders, are planning to spend tens of millions of dollars to elect moderate state lawmakers this year.

Fabiola Arámburo / Reuters:
Report: Jensen Huang has privately criticized what he has described as a lack of discipline in OpenAI's business approach  —  Nvidia's (NVDA.O) plan to invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI to help it train and run its latest artificial-intelligence models has stalled after some inside …

Komal Salecha / Reuters:
Indian e-commerce platform Meesho reports Q3 net loss of Rs. 4.91B, or $53.4M, up from Rs. 374.3M a year ago, in its first earnings report since its IPO  —  Indian e-commerce firm Meesho's (MEES.NS) quarterly loss widened sharply in its first earnings report since its blockbuster market debut in December last year, as costs rose.

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Nvidia's plan to invest up to $100B in OpenAI, announced in September 2025, has stalled after some inside Nvidia expressed doubts about the deal  —  Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has privately played down likelihood original deal will be finalized, although the two companies will continue to have a close collaboration