March 19, 2026
The AI Race Is Now A Land Grab For Dev And Design Work
In three parts I’ll make the case that in Q1 of this year, the AI race has become basically a land grab for design and development tasks. MLB fully embraces our new prediction market overlords. Even if they’re behind in AI Apple is still making big money from AI. And Uber is still placing bets in the self-driving race.
- Google introduces 'vibe design' with Stitch (The Deep View)
- OpenAI to Acquire Startup Astral, Expanding Push Into Coding (Bloomberg)
- Crypto.com cuts around 12% of staff as CEO pushes enterprise-wide AI integration (The Block)
- Major League Baseball Steps Into the Prediction Markets, Strikes Deal With Polymarket (WSJ)
- Apple Is Way Behind in AI—and Still Making a Fortune From It (WSJ)
- Uber to invest $1.25 billion in Rivian as part of new robotaxi deal (The Verge)
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