Kimi K3's Edge in the Anthropic Battle
Jul 18, 2026 · 15m
Summary
This episode covers Apple’s trade secret lawsuit against OpenAI as Apple surpasses NVIDIA in market value, alongside OpenAI’s new hardware releases ahead of its IPO. The hosts discuss Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 model beating competitors, New York Governor Hochul using AI to streamline laws while banning data centers, and Google rebranding Notebook LM to Gemini Notebook with added code execution. Additionally, the show highlights funding rounds for visual AI startup Exlorian and Databricks’ $188 billion valuation.
Topics discussed
Intro: Apple lawsuit, Moonshot valuation, and NYC AI ban
AI Box MCP: Generating images directly inside Claude
Apple vs OpenAI lawsuit and OpenAI's new hardware
Moonshot's Kimi K3 model and $31.5B valuation
NYC Governor uses AI to review laws but bans data centers
Notebook LM renamed to Gemini Notebook with code execution
Ex-DeepMind researcher raises $55M for visual AI startup
Databricks $188B valuation and podcast outro
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