Technology

OpenAI Just Hit $25 Billion in Annualized Revenue

OpenAI is at $25B in annualized revenue with a public listing being framed at up to a $1 trillion valuation. Anthropic is at $19B and growing 10x year-over-year. The AI capital cycle has officially crossed into public-market territory.

Sports

Spurs reach West semifinals for first time since 2017

San Antonio closed out Portland 4-1 Tuesday night, advancing to the West semis for the first time since 2017 — the same year a Kawhi Leonard injury detonated the last Spurs era. The injury that started the rebuild, and the rebuild that produced Wembanyama, have closed the loop.

Sneakers

The Air Jordan 6 "Cap and Gown" Drops Tomorrow

Jordan Brand's Cap and Gown series returns April 30 with a black multi-color Air Jordan 6 ($215, IR2266-010). It's a quiet annual ritual that ties the sneaker calendar to graduation season — and that's exactly why it works.

Culture

Lady Gaga and Doechii drop "Runway" music video

Parris Goebel directed it. Viktor & Rolf and Gaurav Gupta dressed it. Bruno Mars, Andrew Watt, Cirkut, and D'Mile produced it. The Devil Wears Prada 2 doesn't open until Friday — but its actual cultural opening statement landed Monday night.

Technology

Google launches TPU 8t for training and TPU 8i for inference

For ten years, AI accelerators have been general-purpose silicon. Google's eighth-generation TPU launch ended that. The TPU 8t is for training, the TPU 8i is for inference, and the rest of the industry now has to pick a side.

Sports

Brad Stevens wins second NBA Executive of the Year

Brad Stevens won his second NBA Executive of the Year in three seasons. The story isn't the trophy — it's the $352M cap surgery he performed on a defending-champion-caliber roster. Every front office in the league is now studying the receipts.

Sneakers

Patta designs Netherlands' 2026 World Cup kit

Nike handed an Amsterdam streetwear shop the keys to the Netherlands' 2026 World Cup wardrobe. The graphic language alone — orange lions, gold chains, Mercurial Cryoshot — tells you what just happened to the relationship between sport, identity, and the brands curating both.

Culture

Jay-Z Makes the New York Times' 30 Greatest Living American Songwriters — and Pusha T Wrote the Tribute

The New York Times named Jay-Z one of the 30 greatest living American songwriters — and Pusha T, his most famous adversary, wrote the tribute.

Technology

Ineffable Intelligence raises $1.1B seed at $5.1B valuation

Ineffable Intelligence launched with a $1.1 billion seed round and a central thesis that the future of AI isn't large language models — it's something architecturally different.

Sports

Knicks and Hawks tip off Game 5 at Madison Square Garden

Karl-Anthony Towns generated a 34-point per-100-possession swing for the Knicks against the Hawks — the single most decisive individual variable in the first-round series.

Sneakers

Nike Air Max 90 "Coconut Milk/Deep Royal Blue" drops April 28

The Nike Air Max 90 Coconut Milk and Deep Royal Blue pairs cream mesh with contrasting Deep Royal Blue overlays — here's the release date and every retailer you can buy it from.

Technology

DeepSeek Releases V4 Pro: 1.6 Trillion Parameters, Open-Source, 1 Million Token Context

DeepSeek drops V4 Pro — 1.6 trillion parameters, a 1M token context window, and fully open weights — immediately challenging every closed frontier model at a fraction of the cost.