Natasha Mascarenhas / Bloomberg:
Katie Haun raises $1B for two funds split between early and later-stage investments, looking at startups blending financial services, AI, and alternative assets  —  Katie Haun, a former Andreessen Horowitz general partner and federal prosecutor who made her name investigating digital assets …

Amazon might have a part in delivering all kinds of stuff to your door soon, as its massive shipping network opens up to other companies outside its marketplace, more directly competing with giants like DHL, UPS, and FedEx. The new Amazon Supply Chain Services (ASCS) will offer freight, distribution, fulfillment, and parcel shipping to businesses […]

Kate Rooney / CNBC:
Bret Taylor's Sierra, which sells AI customer service agents, raised a $950M Series E led by Tiger and GV at a $15.8B post-money valuation, up from $10B in 2025  —  Artificial intelligence startup Sierra is raising nearly a billion dollars in a new funding round, CNBC has learned …

An Anthropic AI model that can find zero-days in every major operating system has become a geopolitical and prudential question. The Eurogroup met in Brussels on Monday with no answer in hand. Brussels on a Monday morning in early May is not, by tradition, the place where the world’s most powerful AI model gets discussed. […]

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Ben Weiss / Fortune:
Trump's World Liberty Financial countersues Tron founder Justin Sun, alleging defamation, contract violations, and more  —  One of the Trump family's biggest early crypto backers is now a foe.  In response to claims of fraud by billionaire Justin Sun, the Trump-backed crypto firm World …