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Yesterday in AI | June 27, 2026
The Agentic Squeeze: Inside OpenAI’s API Shift and Airwallex’s $11B AI Wallet
Federal oversight is shifting from formal mandates to quiet, downstream gatekeeping. Today's episode breaks down the launch of OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol, Terra, and Luna, and the White House's direct request to restrict initial access to a hand-picked list of trusted partners. We examine OpenAI's public pushback against this new pattern of government intervention.
We dive into the product updates from Figma’s Config conference, including Figma Motion and bidirectional GitHub sync tools designed to change how code and design assets interact. We cover Adobe's strategic acquisition of Topaz Labs to run high-end enhancement models locally on consumer hardware. Plus, we analyze Airwallex's massive $320 million funding round for autonomous corporate finance, and look at internal OpenAI data showing that agentic workflows have officially taken over the majority of API infrastructure, creating a massive pricing crunch.
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