Max Zeff

Senior Writer covering AI @WIRED, author of the Model Behavior newsletter | Formerly @TechCrunch, @Gizmodo, @markets | DM me off the record on Signal @ mzeff.88

[Max Zeff @ZeffMax]

New: OpenAI saw the AI coding revolution coming years ago, but was beat to market by Anthropic.

This is how OpenAI got in this position, and how a small Codex team spent the last year racing to build a billion-dollar competitor to Claude Code.

(yes Codex now has >$1B in ARR)

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@haydenfield Lmao

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@lmatsakis 🫢

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Big Tech is so 2010s. Welcome to the era of Big Lab

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@Miles_Brundage To the shock of many! But yes, more reporting on this flip flop coming soon :)

[Zeyi Yang 杨泽毅 @ZeyiYang]

Hell yeah https://t.co/g7KwP0gyJ7

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@OldCdnGuy Nope! just make sure you’re logged into your WIRED account to view it online. Subscribes can also sign up to have this newsletter emailed to your inbox once a week!

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New: A group of AI researchers from Google DeepMind, Apple, MSL, and OpenAI are launching a new startup called Trajectory to build a continual learning platform for companies.

They've raised a $15M seed round from Sarah Guo's Conviction, Jeff Dean, Fei-Fei Li, and others.

[Ronak Malde @rronak_]

Thank you @ZeffMax for covering of our team and company on @WIRED:

https://t.co/DfhjTniHG9

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Read more in WIRED: https://t.co/6drySlskTM

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Trajectory is trying to take a product feedback loop that has supercharged AI coding products like Claude Code and Cursor, and apply it to a broader set of AI products.

It's a big bet around post-training on real-world interaction data.

[Max Zeff @ZeffMax]

“clearing bureaucratic hurdles thrown up by state legislatures and woke politicians in DC”

The DC mythos freakout definitely created a window where AI regulation seemed possible. Perhaps it has closed?

[David Sacks @DavidSacks]

President Trump understands that unnecessary regulation is the biggest threat to innovation in America. Winning the AI race means not only beating China but also clearing bureaucratic hurdles thrown up by state legislatures and woke politicians in DC. No one is better positioned to support PCAST in this mission and to advise the President on legal and regulatory barriers than @PamBondi. Excited to have her on board!

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My DMs are open!

[Chris Olah @ch402]

https://t.co/udIVxLdid5

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@graceihle @BusinessInsider @theinformation congrats grace!

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The idea that AI labs could have their models ready 90 days before release lol

[Sophia Cai @SophiaCai99]

3/ The draft includes language that emphasizes the voluntary nature of the process.

Left undated - May XX, 2026

[Brody Ford @BrodyFord_]

How often do you see an AI demo and wonder if it’s real? I dug into one of tech’s loudest AI marketers, Salesforce, and found a pretty big gap between promotion and current reality. $CRM

https://t.co/wEumog2RiD

[Mia Silverio @silveriomia]

AI is mentioned more times in SpaceX's S-1 than Jesus is mentioned in the Bible.

[Max Zeff @ZeffMax]

whoa

[Hugo Lowell @hugolowell]

New: Trump says he postponed the AI exec order today because he did not like the proposed regulation: “I think it gets in the way of, you know, we're leading China, we're leading everybody, and I don't want to do anything that's going to get in the way of that lead”

[Max Zeff @ZeffMax]

the revenue will keep recurring, right? RIGHT?!

[Susan Zhang @suchenzang]

everybody racing to IPO
before anyone shows
how all the recurring revenue
might end up not recurring

[Max Zeff @ZeffMax]

@inafried exactly

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more here: https://t.co/faYSggrwSP

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Well, the SpaceX S-1 is out...

Anthropic's previously announced deal to rent compute from SpaceX is worth $1.25B a month, per disclosures. That means Anthropic will pay SpaceX $15B a year until 2029. SpaceX says it has plans to strike similar deals in the future.