Galaxy Digital releases its first annual report. Its founder, Mike Novogratz, says that the listing signals that the digital economy is now a reality. The company will shift its focus to compliant financial infrastructure, actively develop AI projects, and expects its Helios data center investment to exceed $15 billion, aiming to build a $1 billion-level asset portfolio.

Gate News message, April 9, Meta Platforms (META.O) pledged an additional $21 billion in investment to AI infrastructure company CoreWeave.

Valve is developing an internal artificial intelligence tool called “SteamGPT” to improve customer support efficiency and internal task management. The system includes features to automatically compile player information and provide intelligent summaries of support requests, with the goal of optimizing workflows. At present, it is used only as an internal productivity tool.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected Anthropic’s motion to pause the Department of Defense from listing it as a security risk, saying that military interests take priority over Anthropic’s harms. The dispute stems from a breakdown in its contract negotiations with the Pentagon, with Anthropic insisting that its AI technology not be used in lethal weapons. The court acknowledged that Anthropic may suffer harm, but said the case should be expedited.

Based on the announcement on April 9, Base unveiled 12 selected projects for the Base Batches 003 accelerator, including AI agent infrastructure and prediction markets. The official team will provide guidance and funding support, and plans to hold a Demo Day in San Francisco on May 19.

Visa officially launched its “Smart Business Connect” platform on April 9, aiming to provide AI agents and merchants with a gateway into AI-driven commerce. The platform supports multiple payment methods; it is currently being piloted and is planned to roll out nationwide in 2026.

MiniMax released MMX-CLI, a fully multimodal command-line tool designed for AI agents, on April 9, aiming to simplify how agents call the AI capabilities of the MiniMax platform. By executing commands and retrieving results, the tool improves the efficiency of automated workflows, and introduces three design improvements to address issues that command-line tools face in automated environments.

Surf launched the Surf Skill CLI tool, enabling AI agents with the ability to query cryptocurrency data and replacing 60+ separate APIs. Users can analyze the market, DeFi TVL, and social trends in real time, and get $200k in free API credit to simplify the development process.

Gate News message, April 9, OpenClaw released the 2026.4.9 version update. This update officially introduces the “Dreaming” feature, using REM backfilling to process historical data and adding a diary timeline UI so that AI agents can replay users’ notes to form memories. The update also strengthens security protections against SSRF and node execution injection, adds role atmosphere QA assessments, and fully optimizes the Android pairing process.

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