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AI news brief: SK Hynix listed on US NASDAQ on July 10, 2026, issuing 177.9 million ADRs at $149 per share for a total raise of $26.5 billion (approximately KRW 40 trillion), setting a new record for the largest foreign company IPO in US history and surpassing Alibaba’s $25 billion 2014 offering. Each ADR represents roughly one-tenth of a Seoul-listed share, making it easy for US retail investors to participate. Demand exceeded supply by more than seven times, pushing day-one trading 14% above the IPO price, while the pricing came at a 2.7% premium over Seoul’s three-day average — completely shattering the long-standing ‘Korea discount’ that had weighed on Korean companies in international markets.

AI News Brief: Lyzr, an enterprise AI agent platform startup founded three years ago and headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey, has just closed a $100 million Series B at a valuation of around $500 million. What is rare about this round is that it was almost entirely led by the company’s own AI agent system SivaClaw. According to Bloomberg, SivaClaw answered questions from over 130 investors during the fundraise, auto-drafted investment memos, and tracked which slides investors lingered on longest…

AI News Brief: OpenAI officially released the GPT-5.6 series on Thursday, launching three tiers of models — flagship Sol, mid-tier Terra, and budget Luna. CEO Sam Altman emphasized that Sol’s token usage efficiency on AI coding tasks improved 54% over its predecessor, with overall cost-effectiveness significantly optimized. In coding capability, Ope…

AI news brief: OpenAI second-in-command Fidji Simo announced she is stepping down from her full-time role because her medical leave lasted longer than expected, preventing her from continuing her executive duties. Simo originally joined OpenAI in 2024 as head of the CEO Office, making her one of the most important executives under Sam Altman, responsible for coordinating the company commercialization and operations strategy. The timing of this departure is sensitive — OpenAI is actively evaluating an IPO while facing fierce competition from Anthropic in the enterprise market, making stable leadership critical for pushing commercial initiatives forward. OpenAI has not yet announced a successor or transition plan, so this story is worth watching.

AI News Briefing: This week Bloomberg reported that Microsoft is replacing OpenAI’s technology with its own in-house MAI models in some applications, with a wave covering productivity tools like Word and Excel, to reduce external API cost dependency. The news sparked widespread industry discussion, with observers questioning whether the years-long deep partnership between the two companies is loosening. In response to the speculation, Ope…

AI News Brief: SpaceXAI officially released its latest model Grok 4.5 on Wednesday — it’s also the first large language model the company has launched since going public. The company positions Grok 4.5 as an all-purpose workhorse model focused on automating everyday knowledge work including programming, office documents, research, and content writing. On cost competitiveness, SpaceXAI claims Grok 4.5’s t…

AI News Brief: Google’s SynthID watermark system successfully helped expose a high-profile AI-generated fake image this week, becoming a landmark case in deepfake prevention technology.

AI News Brief: French AI startup ZML has officially launched its inference server software LLMD, aiming to let major open-source LLMs run at near-native or beyond-native peak speeds across chips from various vendors. Supported hardware covers Nvidia GPUs, AMD, Google TPU, Apple Metal, and Intel Arc. Founder Steeve Morin said AI inference is gradually surpassing model training in importance, but the software-architecture divide locks enterprises into specific vendors. ZML’s core pitch is to let enterprises and cloud providers mix and match chips from different sources, cutting costs or energy use to make large-scale AI adoption possible.

AI news brief: Former OpenAI CPO Kevin Weil has joined the board of Seattle-based rocket startup Stoke Space as a formal director, following his earlier role as an angel investor. Weil previously held senior roles at Twitter, Meta, and Planet Labs, and most recently led OpenAI’s accelerated science research program before stepping down in October 2025. Stoke has raised 1.34 billion dollars to date and is targeting first flight this year with its fully reusable Nova rocket.

AI News Brief: Microsoft has begun replacing some third-party models from OpenAI and Anthropic with its in-house MAI models in core Office software like Excel and Word to handle a portion of user prompts. This strategic shift, reported by Bloomberg, signals Microsoft is actively reducing its reliance on external AI vendors and the associated licensing costs. In fact, Microsoft had previously…