AI News for April 19, 2026 — 7min.ai

[NEWS] Cerebras IPO filing reveals $23B valuation, $510M revenue, and OpenAI $10B+ compute deal: The Cerebras IPO filing disclosed a $23B valuation from its February Series H, $510M in 2025 revenue, and a non-GAAP net loss of $75.7M.
[NEWS] Meta preparing 8,000 layoffs May 20 to fund AI infrastructure push: Meta will cut roughly 8,000 jobs on May 20, about 10% of its global workforce, with a second round planned later in 2026 that could bring total cuts above 20%.
[NEWS] DeepSeek seeks first outside funding at $10B valuation: DeepSeek is in talks to raise at least $300M at a $10B+ valuation, its first outside capital after being funded entirely by hedge fund parent High-Flyer.
[NEWS] RAM shortage to stretch through 2027-2030 as AI HBM demand crowds out DRAM: Memory manufacturers will only meet 60% of DRAM demand by the end of 2027 even as Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron add fab capacity, per Nikkei Asia.
[NEWS] Recursive Superintelligence raises $500M at $4B valuation four months after founding: Recursive Superintelligence, founded just four months ago, closed a $500M round at a $4B pre-money valuation, with GV leading and Nvidia joining.
[NEWS] Bessent joins Amodei's White House talks; Pentagon dispute reframed as narrow and non-blocking: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent attended alongside Chief of Staff Susie Wiles in what both sides called a productive introductory meeting covering cybersecurity, America's AI lead, and AI safety.
[RESEARCH] Study: 10 minutes with an AI answer machine measurably erodes problem-solving: A new multi-university study found that just 10-15 minutes using GPT-5 as an answer machine leaves users worse at problem-solving than peers who never touched it, even after the AI is taken away.
[RESEARCH] Northwestern's printed artificial neurons directly trigger responses in living brain cells: Northwestern engineers built flexible, low-cost printed artificial neurons that successfully activated real neurons in mouse brain slices, producing electrical signals close enough to biological firing patterns to drive tissue-level responses.
[NEWS] Tesla robotaxi launches in Dallas and Houston, now live in three Texas cities: Tesla expanded its robotaxi service to Dallas and Houston, joining Austin as the only cities where the company runs vehicles without human monitors or drivers in the front seat.
[NEWS] Tesla Full Self-Driving launches in Europe after Netherlands regulator approval: Tesla's Full Self-Driving rolled out in Europe after the Netherlands' RDW auto regulator approved the driver-assist system, ending a multi-year campaign Elon Musk described as navigating a "layer cake of bureaucracy." Owners on early test drives reported the car handling Amsterdam's tangled bike lanes, tram routes and pedestrian crossings with minimal intervention.

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