April 11, 2026 – AI Daily Recap

The AI industry closed out the week with blockbuster infrastructure deals, a cybersecurity model that’s rewriting the vulnerability playbook, and a wave of state-level AI legislation that signals the regulatory tide is rising fast. Here’s everything that mattered.

Meta and CoreWeave Expand AI Cloud Partnership to $21 Billion

CoreWeave and Meta announced a $21 billion expanded agreement for AI cloud capacity running through December 2032. The deal gives Meta access to NVIDIA’s latest systems, including GB300 and early Vera Rubin platforms, across multiple locations optimized for large-scale AI inference. Combined with a prior $14.2 billion arrangement, CoreWeave now holds roughly $35 billion in total contracts with Meta, making the social media giant one of its largest customers. CoreWeave shares jumped nearly 16% on the news. The deal underscores a broader trend: Meta plans to spend between $115 billion and $135 billion in capital expenditures this year alone — nearly double its 2025 figure — as the race for AI compute capacity shows no signs of slowing.

Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview Discovers Thousands of Zero-Day Vulnerabilities

Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview continues to make waves after its reveal earlier this week. The model, purpose-built for cybersecurity, has already identified thousands of previously unknown zero-day vulnerabilities across critical infrastructure — including bugs in every major operating system and web browser, with the oldest being a 27-year-old flaw in OpenBSD. Through Project Glasswing, Anthropic is giving over 40 companies — including AWS, Apple, Google, Microsoft, and CrowdStrike — access to the model for defensive security work. Anthropic has no plans to make Mythos Preview generally available, acknowledging the model could supercharge cyberattacks if misused.

Perplexity’s Revenue Surges 50% as AI Agent Pivot Pays Off

Perplexity’s bet on autonomous AI agents is paying off in a big way. The company’s annual recurring revenue jumped 50% in a single month to top $450 million in March, fueled by more than 100 million monthly active users. The growth follows the launch of agent features like Computer and the Comet browser, as Perplexity shifts from AI-powered search to AI that can actually execute tasks. The company now serves tens of thousands of enterprise clients on subscriptions ranging from $20 to $200 per month, and has moved toward usage-based pricing and credit metering for premium tiers.

LM Studio Acquires Locally AI, Bringing On-Device AI to Mobile

LM Studio has acquired Locally AI, bringing mobile-native on-device AI capabilities to its popular desktop platform. Adrien Grondin, the creator of the Locally AI apps, is joining LM Studio to lead work on native AI experiences across devices. The acquisition signals a growing push toward seamless cross-device model and agent experiences — run a model on your laptop, pick up where you left off on your phone. For the local-first AI community, this is a significant step toward making on-device inference a first-class experience everywhere, not just on desktop.

Tether Launches QVAC SDK, an Open-Source On-Device AI Framework

Stablecoin giant Tether has entered the AI infrastructure space with QVAC SDK (QuantumVerse Automatic Computer), a fully open-source cross-platform framework for running and fine-tuning AI models locally. Built on a fork of llama.cpp, QVAC integrates text generation, speech-to-text, and on-device translation into a single SDK that works unchanged across iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, and Linux. True to Tether’s blockchain roots, the framework includes built-in peer-to-peer primitives for decentralized model distribution and delegated inference — no centralized infrastructure required.

AI Legislation Accelerates: 25 New Laws Passed Since Mid-March

The regulatory picture for AI is shifting fast at the state level. Since mid-March, 25 new AI laws have passed, with another 27 bills having cleared both chambers. Utah Governor Spencer Cox has signed nine AI bills into law this year alone. Meanwhile, therapy chatbot bans are gaining momentum — Maine has sent a ban to the governor, and Missouri is advancing a similar measure through an omnibus health care bill with $10,000 penalties for violations. Alabama’s SB 63, regulating AI use in health care coverage determinations, was approved by the full House on April 8. The pace of legislation suggests that AI governance is moving from debate to action across the country.

The Big Picture

This week’s news crystallizes the two forces shaping AI in 2026: massive capital deployment and mounting pressure for guardrails. Meta’s $21 billion CoreWeave deal and Perplexity’s explosive agent-driven growth show that the industry’s appetite for compute and autonomous AI is only accelerating. But Anthropic’s cautious rollout of Mythos — a model so powerful it found decades-old zero-days yet too dangerous to release publicly — illustrates the tightrope companies are walking between capability and responsibility. Meanwhile, the flood of state-level AI legislation signals that policymakers are done waiting for federal action. And on the open-source side, both LM Studio and Tether are betting that the future of AI isn’t just in the cloud — it’s on every device you own.

Sources

• CoreWeave and Meta Announce $21 Billion Expanded AI Infrastructure Agreement
• Meta commits to spending additional $21 billion with CoreWeave — CNBC
• Anthropic debuts preview of powerful new AI model Mythos in new cybersecurity initiative — TechCrunch
• Anthropic is giving some firms early access to Claude Mythos — Fortune
• Anthropic limits Mythos AI rollout over fears hackers could use model — CNBC
• Perplexity’s Shift to AI Agents Boosts Revenue 50% — PYMNTS
• Perplexity revenue surges 50% as AI startup shifts to autonomous AI agents — Tech Startups
• Locally AI joins LM Studio — LM Studio Blog
• Tether Launches QVAC SDK — Tether.io
• Tether launches open-source on-device AI framework — SiliconANGLE
• AI Governance Watch: Nineteen New AI Bills Passed Into Law — Plural Policy
• AI Legislative Update: April 10, 2026 — Transparency Coalition