Ukraine has built its first homegrown glide bomb, which is now ready for combat. Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Ukraine revealed its first domestically made glide bomb, announcing it's ready for combat deployment. The bomb, called Vyrivniuvach, is cheaper than US and Western options, an industry source said. The glide bomb adds an inexpensive, precise, and long-range weapon to Ukraine's arsenal. Ukraine has built its first-ever glide bomb after almost a year and a half of development. The new weapon is much cheaper than US-made alternatives, according to DG Industry information shared exclusively with Business Insider. The new glide bomb, called the "Vyrivniuvach" in Ukrainian or "Equalizer" in English, is designed to be carried by a range of aircraft, according to industry information shared by Brave1, Kyiv's national platform for developing defense technologies and a key player in Ukraine's push to build more weapons at home. On Monday, Brave1 released a video announcement that the new DG Industry-made glide bomb is ready for combat deployment after completing "all required trials." The Vyrivniuvach includes a 250kg warhead, is designed to hit targets deep behind enemy lines, and was built from scratch, "not copied from Western or Soviet systems," Brave1 added. The weapon was designed with high-precision targeting and compatibility with current Ukrainian aircraft and systems, a Brave1 representative told Business Insider. It's able to be launched from Ukraine's F-16 and Mirage jets, but it'll need additional certification for use. The bomb also has modern guidance algorithms that promote better targeting and accuracy. Ukraine's "pilots are currently rehearsing combat scenarios and adapting the new weapon system for use in real wartime conditions," Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said on social media. "Soon, Ukrainian glide bombs will be striking enemy targets. The first Ukrainian glide bomb from @BRAVE1ua is ready for combat deployment. Development took 17 months. The warhead weighs 250 kg. The Ukrainian glide bomb features a unique design created specifically for the realities of modern warfare. Pilots are currently rehearsing… pic.twitter.com/Pnr15iTG9L — Mykhailo Fedorov (@FedorovMykhailo) May 18, 2026 The bomb is said to be significantly cheaper than its Western equivalents. The Vyrivniuvach costs approximately three times less than the US-made Joint Direct Attack Munition-Extended Range, which Ukraine also has in its arsenal, the Brave1 representative told Business Insider, relaying DG Industry information. The Vyrivniuvach can also be deployed regardless of weather conditions or time of day, and preparation to deploy the weapon takes no more than 30 minutes, they said. Ukraine has previously relied on JDAM-ER kits from the US and European allies. JDAM-ERs are unguided bombs fitted with guidance kits and wings, turning them into longer-range precision glide weapons that let aircraft strike targets from farther outside Russian air defenses. Russia and Ukraine have both used glide bombs over the course of the war, but Russia, especially, has leaned on them heavily, converting Soviet-era bombs with wings and guidance kits to strike Ukrainian front-line positions and cities from far beyond the reach of Ukraine's air defenses. Russia has built some that weigh 3,000 kilograms, able to devastate an area, and it's expanding production. Glide bombs are difficult to counter because they have small radar signatures, have short flight times, and fly on non-ballistic trajectories. Taking out the launch aircraft is often the priority, but they tend to fire the weapon from stand-off ranges out of reach. Ukraine first received JDAM-ERs from the US in early 2023 and has since sought thousands more. Earlier this month, the US approved a potential sale of additional GBU-62 JDAM-ER precision-guided bombs, with the State Department saying the weapons would improve Ukraine's ability to respond to current and future threats. The new Vyrivniuvach is the latest example of Ukraine's push to develop more of the weapons and technology it needs at home rather than rely on partner nations. Ukrainian companies have shown they can build some of these systems quickly, cheaply, and at scale, drawing growing attention from Kyiv's allies and partners. Read the original article on Business Insider

The nine-member panel took only two hours to return a verdict in favor of OpenAI on Monday, which the judge quickly adopted as her own final decision.

CNBC: Musk v. Altman: the jury unanimously rejects Elon Musk's claims against Sam Altman, finding that the claims were filed outside of the statute of limitations  —  After less than two hours of deliberations, a jury on Monday rejected Elon Musk's claims against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman …

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Elon Musk's claim that he was mistreated by his OpenAI co-founders failed after nine California jurors decided in a unanimous verdict that his lawsuits had been filed too late.

Actor Anthony Hopkins stars as Titus Andronicus in the film, 'Titus.' ZUMA Press Wire via Reuters Connect A version of this story originally appeared in the BI Tech Memo newsletter. Sign up for the weekly BI Tech Memo newsletter here. Ahead of Nvidia earnings later this week, I suggest you check out an Amazon AI project. The codename is Titus and it reveals Nvidia's true power. The cloud giant says it's named after the Roman Emperor Titus Flavius Vespasianus, who completed the Colosseum, one of history's earliest examples of gigantic modular architecture. The Colosseum's repeating, self-supporting arches enabled rapid construction and scalable design, concepts Amazon wants to apply to next-generation AI data centers. That's the official explanation. But the name carries deeper resonance. Like the Shakespearean general, Titus Andronicus, Amazon faces a dangerous balancing act between loyalty and self-preservation. Business Insider's Eugene Kim revealed that "Titus" is an initiative to future-proof Amazon data centers for Nvidia's coming wave of monster GPU systems, including GB200 racks and beyond. Internal documents show Amazon redesigning power systems, liquid cooling, server layouts, and deployment timelines around Nvidia's increasingly demanding hardware requirements. That's notable because Amazon has been loudly promoting its in-house AI chips, Trainium, as an alternative to Nvidia. That suggests AWS is steadily reducing dependence on Nvidia's ecosystem. But the Titus project tells a different story. At the AI infrastructure level, where hundreds of billions of dollars are at stake, Nvidia still dictates the future architecture of the cloud in the AI era. AWS may be developing its own chips, but it's still building the empire around Nvidia's roadmap. There's an almost biblical interpretation here: Amazon as Titus, a trusted disciple helping carry forward the gospel according to St. Paul — in this case, Jensen Huang and Nvidia. But Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus offers a more nuanced reading. In the play, Titus destroys himself through rigid loyalty to Rome, honoring institutional power so completely that he loses independence, flexibility, and eventually, everything else. Amazon likely understands that risk. Trainium increasingly looks less like a rebellion against Nvidia than a strategic hedge against over-obedience. AWS may respect Rome's power. But it does not want to be consumed by it. Sign up for BI's Tech Memo newsletter here. Reach out to me via email at abarr@businessinsider.com. Read the original article on Business Insider

Elon Musk and Sam Altman. Getty Images A federal jury found Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and OpenAI not liable in Elon Musk's lawsuit. They ruled that the Tesla CEO waited too long to bring the case, missing the statute of limitations. Musk accused Altman of illegally turning OpenAI into a for-profit venture with Microsoft's help. A jury on Monday found Sam Altman and OpenAI not liable in a blockbuster lawsuit Elon Musk brought against them. The jurors in an Oakland, California, courtroom cleared the OpenAI CEO, its president, Greg Brockman, and OpenAI itself of Musk's allegations that they scammed him of early charitable contributions by operating OpenAI as a for-profit venture. They ruled that the Tesla CEO knew about the details he described in his lawsuit as far back as 2021, but waited too long and missed the legal deadlines to bring his claims. The jurors also found Microsoft not liable for "aiding and abetting" Altman and Brockman to violate charity laws while profiting from its deals with OpenAI, also because of the timing of Musk's lawsuit. A Microsoft spokesperson said the company welcomed the jury's decision. US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, who oversaw the case, said she accepted the jury's unanimous findings and would not overrule them. The verdict is a major victory for Altman, who can now say that the world's richest man took longstanding questions about his honesty and management of OpenAI to court — and couldn't make the allegations stick. It is also a victory for his lead attorney, William Savitt of the elite law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, which has forged close ties to OpenAI that continue to solidify as the company approaches an expected IPO. The jury's decision scuttled a hearing Monday on potential remedies in the case. When the jury said it had reached a verdict, after less than two hours of deliberation, the judge was listening to expert testimony about how much money the defendants would have owed Musk for violating the law. If the jury had found the parties liable, Gonzalez Rogers would have decided the penalties and weighed Musk's request to unwind OpenAI's for-profit arm. Because the jurors ruled that Musk missed the deadlines for his claims, they didn't reach a decision on the merits of his allegations. Following the jury's decision, Musk's attorney Marc Toberoff told journalists they planned to appeal the case. Musk co-founded OpenAI with Altman in 2015, designing it as a nonprofit to develop artificial intelligence technology that would benefit all of humanity. They planned it as a counterweight to Google's DeepMind, which they saw as a threat if it successfully created general AI technology that would be in the hands of a private company. The Tesla CEO's lawsuit, first filed in 2024, accused Altman and Brockman of perverting that mission by building a for-profit arm of OpenAI and partnering with Microsoft. They had effectively stolen the nonprofit and used it to enrich themselves off the back of Musk's $38 million in early donations to the organization, Musk alleged. In their own arguments, OpenAI, Altman, and Brockman said that Musk was simply trying to hobble OpenAI through the litigation as his own AI company, xAI — now renamed SpaceXAI and part of his rocketship company — lagged behind. During the trial, they presented evidence that Musk understood that partnering with a major tech company like Microsoft would be essential to raising the capital needed for the extensive computing power required for AI development. Microsoft had argued that it didn't know about and wasn't bound to any agreements between Musk and OpenAI. The trial featured testimony from Musk, who accused Altman of looting the OpenAI charity, and from Altman, who portrayed Musk as a power-hungry operator seeking to control the company himself. It also featured numerous witnesses — including Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and former OpenAI board members — who testified about "The Blip," the company's nickname for the brief period where its board fired Altman as CEO. This story has been updated. Read the original article on Business Insider

The author went to The Sphere to see No Doubt. Courtesy of the author I saw No Doubt open for David Bowie in Brazil in 1997. Almost 30 years later, I went to see No Doubt at the Sphere in Las Vegas. It was both a reminder about getting old, but also of still being myself even after all these years. My family had just moved to Brazil, and I had to beg my parents to let me go to a music festival with all of my new high school friends. It was going to be the first time I'd be going to a show without them supervising me. They were reluctant, but after chatting with other parents, they all agreed that it was time for my group of 13-year-old girlfriends to experience some independence. So they dropped us off at the stadium's door and told us to be back by midnight. I was thrilled. I was seeing my favorite band, No Doubt. My friends were thrilled about the main act, David Bowie. Almost 30 years later, I saw No Doubt again at The Sphere. I took a solo trip When I saw that No Doubt was coming back with a residency at The Sphere, I was thrilled. Not only had I been wanting to go to The Sphere for a show, but having No Doubt play felt like a full circle. I left my three kids and my husband at home and decided to make it a girls' trip with one of my best friends. That alone made me feel like I was a teenager again. The author flew to Las Vegas with a friend, leaving the kids and her husband behind. Courtesy of the author We planned fancy meals and pool hangs to catch up around the main event. It was refreshing not to have to think about snacks, carry water bottles, or deal with meltdowns for a couple of days. It really made me feel like myself again, and not just a mom. The anticipation had me on edge On days leading up to the show, my nerves were at an all-time high. I prepped outfits (with checkered Vans included, of course) and looked at prices of merch online to see what I wanted to get. I also saw online that people were complaining about the set list, but after finding it on Apple Music, I was confused about what the criticism was. This show was OG No Doubt. The same No Doubt I saw back in the 90s. The author saw the band in 1997 and again in 2026. Courtesy of the author Of course, some things had changed, though. Gwen Stefani's religious statements disappointed some longtime fans, who felt she was choking on her contradictions. Tom Dumont shared he was diagnosed with parkinson's shortly after the band announced the residency. There was no doubt (pun intended) that we weren't young anymore. The show was the first one to make me cry The Venetian hotel, which connects to The Sphere, was packed with women around my age in their best 90s punk outfits. There were tons of plaid, space buns, checkered Vans left and right, and so much excitement. Tom Dumont's diagnosis really pushed the author to go to the show. Courtesy of the author The Sphere is a wild experience on its own. Walking into the general admission area took my breath away. It's huge, a little overwhelming, but totally impressive. The screens projected images of the band from decades earlier, along with posters and mementos from their earlier shows. When the band came on, right on time, and the first chords of the guitars blasted (it is very loud in there), my entire body turned into a giant goosebump. It was happening, all the anticipation, and all these decades had passed; I was experiencing them again, live. It was the first time ever that I've cried at a show. All the memories of what the band has gotten me through, the heartbreaks, the indecisions, the feeling like I never really fit in, in the expectation that people had of me. But here I was, married, with kids, with a job, in a country that I never imagined in a million years would give me citizenship, and for a second, I felt like I made it. After all these years, despite going to the beat of my own drum, I became who I was meant to be. I left the venue with no voice, exhausted legs, but ready to do it all over again the next day. Turns out that 13-year-old me and 43-year-old me are so different, yet so the same. Read the original article on Business Insider

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Peter Steinberger posted a $1.3 million monthly token bill, mostly for the development of OpenClaw. While his employer, OpenAI, foots the bill, it spawned a discussion about token spend. YouTube/@OpenAI Peter Steinberger posted a screenshot of his $1.3 million monthly token bill — compute provided by his employer, OpenAI. In the OpenClaw creator's comments, users questioned the high total and asked for the budget to be reallocated to engineers. Steinberger wrote that he was testing the question: "How would we build software in the future if tokens don't matter?" Peter Steinberger is on a token spending spree. On Friday, the creator of OpenClaw posted a screenshot of his CodexBar, a tool that shows token spending on different AI coding tools. The image showed his token spending on OpenAI's API at just under $20,000 for the day. In 30 days, Steinberger had spent $1.3 million worth of tokens on OpenAI's API, according to the image. Steinberger notably doesn't have to pay out of pocket for the tokens thanks to the fact that he now works at OpenAI. He wrote that the token funds were "perks of OpenAI supporting OpenClaw." In response to an X user asking if OpenAI charged him for tokens, he responded "ofc not." But Steinberger's AI bill is the latest example of just how costly intensive use of AI can be, and how access to free compute has quickly become a selling point in the AI talent wars. The latest CodexBar update renders API costs wayyyy nicer. https://t.co/lJ4dxNHwzG pic.twitter.com/fCkWutJGzT — Peter Steinberger 🦞 (@steipete) May 15, 2026 High token bills are also all the rage as tokenmaxxing culture continues to sweep Silicon Valley. OpenAI is one of many companies to reportedly have a competitive token leaderboard. Still, for many commenters on X, seeing over $1 million in AI spending for one engineer was shocking. "Someone's burning through enough tokens to bankroll a small startup," one user commented. Others asked whether his token bill could be allocated to salaries for new engineers. The majority of his spending is around the development of OpenClaw, Steinberger wrote, the viral AI agent sparked a Mac Mini buying craze and has since become the fastest-growing open-source product of all time. Steinberger also shared a screenshot of his GitHub, which showed dozens of projects from a device sleep tool to a system for AI agents to make phone calls. Some social media users chalked Steinberger's screenshot up to a form of marketing that could incentivize others to spend more. "You shipped nothing," one user wrote. "You seem to have a very particular definition of nothing," Steinberger wrote back. He later posted again on X to acknowledge that people were "freaking out over my AI spend." He wrote that he was trying to answer the question: "How would we build software in the future if tokens don't matter?" Steinberger then listed a variety of skills he spends tokens on. AI agents listen to his meetings and start working based on what he says. They also review comments for spam. "All that automation allows us to run this project extremely lean," Steinberger wrote. In the comments, some users said that a project spending $1.3 million in tokens a month couldn't be "lean." The number may actually be bigger, too. On his original post, one user asked whether the number pictured was actually his usage. "Yup!" he replied. "At least on this account." Read the original article on Business Insider

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Tennessee Watt says her MBA program is helping her to build a portfolio business. Tennessee Watt Tennessee Watt left her dream job at Google in 2021 to pursue an MBA from Wharton. She questioned if she'd fit in at a finance-focused school, but her tech background became an asset. Watt says getting an MBA helped her start a portfolio career and gave her career options. I started working at Google in 2021 as an associate product marketing manager in its London office. It was my dream role, and I landed it after interviewing 10 times. Three years later, I left to pursue an MBA in artificial intelligence from Wharton with the goal of creating a portfolio career. I had no idea what that would look like at the time: only that I wanted to create more career options going forward. The higher education space is changing with AI and the creator economy, so I understand why some people might feel it's not as valuable as it once was. However, that hasn't been my experience; my unconventional background became my advantage. Now, as I prepare to graduate this month, I'm building a true portfolio business, and I have the MBA to thank. I wasn't afraid to leave Google, but there were moments I questioned my decision I didn't have any fears about leaving Google; however, I wondered how I'd fit in at a finance-focused business school. Initially, I questioned if this was the right choice. I figured everyone would be doing types of modeling I hadn't really heard of before, and I'd have to spend a lot of time ramping up. I had some analytical skills from my early career in growth marketing, but I realized the financial metrics were very different. I had to learn cap payrolls, discounted cash flows, and all these things that I'd heard about but never built on my own. At times, I could've been more social with friends, but I felt like I had to focus and really nail the program. I started building my new career in grad school AI skills weren't necessarily something that everybody around me had or really understood, so coming from an unconventional background was an asset to me. The biggest drawback about grad school was that the focus is on studying how to build products, not actually building them. I wanted to actually ship something with real users. I addressed these challenges by starting to build Moonlight Club — a newsletter and eventual community for multi-hyphenate women who are trying to build income, audience, and career optionality — in my second year. I learned that working on my MBA didn't have to mean stepping back from building. This MBA exposed me to paths I never considered I'm still building Moonlight Club, from a newsletter to in-person events, it's going to be a true portfolio business. It's absolutely possible to pursue business ideas without going to business school, but an MBA taught me the ecosystem. I got exposed to paths I'd never considered: search funds, newsletter businesses, and fractional consulting models. Hearing classmates and guest speakers talk about how they built these careers expanded my sense of what was possible and helped me get clear on what I wanted. There are a lot of paths that don't necessarily make sense to your average midlevel professional until you get exposure to them, and that's what my MBA program did for me. It gave me the courage to build my own path Getting an MBA was worth it for me Wharton costs about $135,000 a year, including tuition, fees, room and board, and more. I paid through a combination of savings, vested stock from prior roles, family support, and student loans. I'm proud of my decision to get an MBA, and believe it was worth the investment. I didn't take on outside work during the academic year because I wanted to use my time experimenting with riskier ideas like Moonlight Club, joining the AI product management incubator, doing hackathons, and building a real network. If you're looking to get an MBA, find a school that fits your values, learning style, and caters to the career path you'd like to take. Speak to students and alums from the schools you're targeting because the best way to understand the culture, the opportunities, and the exit paths is for you to speak to the community. Do you have a story to share about pursuing a master's degree? If so, please reach out to the reporter at tmartinelli@businessinsider.com. Read the original article on Business Insider