DX Today AI Daily Brief - Wednesday, May 6, 2026

DX Today AI Daily Brief - Wednesday, May 6, 2026Today on the brief: Sierra closes a $950 million Series E at a $15.8 billion valuation led by Tiger Global and GV. Coinbase lays off 14% of staff in an AI-driven restructuring that swaps managers for player-coaches. The Center for AI Standards and Innovation signs pre-release testing agreements with Google DeepMind, Microsoft, and xAI. OpenAI president Greg Brockman says the company will spend $50 billion on compute in 2026. Digi Power X signs a $1.1 billion ten-year colocation deal with Cerebras for a 40 megawatt Alabama AI campus. Anthropic launches ten finance agent templates plus Microsoft 365 add-ins for Claude. Reserv raises $125 million Series C led by KKR for AI-native insurance claims. Standard Intelligence emerges from stealth with $75 million for a screen-watching foundation model. Palantir beats Q1 with $1.63 billion revenue and 85% growth, but shares slide on valuation concerns. CopilotKit raises $27 million for its open-source AI agent protocol. ServiceNow unveils its Autonomous Workforce, Otto, and Action Fabric at Knowledge 2026. And ASML chief Christophe Fouquet tells Milken that AI demand is keeping the chip cycle alive.DX Today - Your daily AI news briefing, delivered every morning.Send us fan mail#AINews #ArtificialIntelligence #AIAgents #AIInfrastructure #DXToday