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California

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Also known as: california-state · ca

US state. Home to Silicon Valley + the bulk of frontier-AI HQ presence (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Apple, Meta, Nvidia HQ).

75 mentions · 46 days · first seen Apr 1, 2026 · last seen Aug 21, 2026

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Co-mentioned co-mentionedOpenAI together 20× ↗ · Donald Trump together 14× ↗ · Google together 13× ↗ · Sam Altman together 12× ↗ · Elon Musk together 11× ↗ · Newsom together 8× ↗ · Microsoft together 8× ↗ · San Francisco together 7× ↗

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Timeline

August 2026 16 stories · 8 days

August 21, 2026 2 stories

39World Liberty co-founder disputes Justin Sun’s court victory claim Crypto Briefing
39MacKenzie Scott gave California public education $461 million—and let the recipients decide how to spend every dollar Fortune Technology

August 20, 2026 1 story

42UC Berkeley professor admits to applying AI to edit op-ed on students’ math skills The Guardian Technology

August 18, 2026 3 stories

50Meta hooked children on Facebook and Instagram, court hears BBC Technology
50California’s billionaires just poured $40 million into blocking a wealth tax that threatens to force them to pay 5% of their Fortune Technology
43The critical tech staying safe by going underground BBC Technology

August 17, 2026 5 stories

53Meta runs into trial over child safety, potential damages of $1.4 trillion Crypto Briefing
52New Mexico’s attorney general reportedly pushes new social media safety laws a day before 29 AGs testify against Meta in Fortune Technology
51Meta heads to child safety trial facing financial damages as large as $1.4 trillion Fortune Technology
50‘Only idiot startup founders stay in Cali’: Mark Cuban rips billionaire tax—and opens a rift inside the Democratic Party Fortune Technology
47Meta confronts ‘astronomical’ consequences as legal fight reaches critical moment in California CNBC Technology

August 16, 2026 2 stories

50People Are Turning to AI for Mental Health, California Wants It Banned Decrypt
37Mark Cuban signals California billionaire tax could drive founders out of state Crypto Briefing

August 14, 2026 1 story

46California approves $34.5bn Charter-Cox merger agreement Datacenter Dynamics

August 13, 2026 1 story

45Crusoe-backed transformer manufacturer Heron Power selects Morgan Hill, California, as site of first large-scale factory Datacenter Dynamics

August 12, 2026 1 story

45Former LBNL supercomputing facility in Oakland, California, targeted for 20MW data center Datacenter Dynamics

July 2026 9 stories · 6 days

July 20, 2026 1 story

40AT&T drops key ruling in bid to stop offering basic phone service in California Ars Technica

July 17, 2026 2 stories

53Google-backed satellites for wildfire detection launch as smoke chokes US, Canada Ars Technica
45Palantir confirmed that the dataset in question had been purged NPR Technology

July 13, 2026 2 stories

July 11, 2026 1 story

44Apple sues OpenAI alleging trade secret theft, confirms scheme was 'at every level' CNBC Technology

July 9, 2026 2 stories

49Prologis files to build 99MW data center in San Jose, California Datacenter Dynamics
48In Northern California, its new proposed service area would span from Sea Ranch and Sacramento in the north Ars Technica

July 5, 2026 1 story

40Prediction Markets Let You Bet on Whether a Wildfire Will Burn Down Your Town Wired

June 2026 12 stories · 8 days

June 26, 2026 2 stories

46Unnamed data center developer eyeing former Crystal Geyser bottling site in Mount Shasta, California Datacenter Dynamics
43JD Vance raises $4.2 million in Silicon Valley Axios

June 23, 2026 2 stories

53The UK’s ban has set off an intense debate between child safety activists The Guardian Technology
53GitHub joins coalition advocating for addresses to California AI Transparency Act to protect open source GitHub Blog

June 18, 2026 1 story

45The blockbuster SpaceX IPO and potential upcoming public offerings for OpenAI and Anthropic could create a tax windfall CNBC Technology

June 16, 2026 1 story

43What Newsom's team is telling allies in Congress about Trump's DOJ investigating him Axios

June 15, 2026 1 story

62The complaint, filed June 14 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California by customer Karl Kahn Decrypt

June 13, 2026 1 story

35Netgear countersues TP-Link, saying firm 'remains, at its core, a Chinese company selling Chinese-made products' Tom's Hardware

June 3, 2026 3 stories

June 2, 2026 1 story

54FEC filings showed the crypto-backed PAC spent more than $3.1 million on media to support Democratic candidate Adrian Boafo Cointelegraph

May 2026 18 stories · 11 days

May 28, 2026 1 story

50California Attorney General sues 23andMe successor for 2023 data breach BBC Technology

May 27, 2026 1 story

44DOJ charges Google staffer over Polymarket trades netting $1.2 million NPR Technology

May 25, 2026 1 story

45Leaders of the California State University system, the CSU, want it to become the nation's first artificial intelligence-powered NPR Technology

May 19, 2026 2 stories

May 18, 2026 4 stories

50How Sam Altman’s victory over Elon Musk clears way for OpenAI’s trillion-dollar ambitions The Guardian Technology
48Jury unanimously dismisses Elon Musk's suit against OpenAI CBS News Technology
47Musk rebukes Altman trial verdict as a 'technicality,' vows to appeal CNBC Technology
42Elon Musk has dropped his suit against Sam Altman and OpenAI TechCrunch AI

May 15, 2026 1 story

47Closing arguments conclude in Musk v. Altman, jury to deliberate next week CNBC Technology

May 12, 2026 2 stories

May 10, 2026 2 stories

May 9, 2026 2 stories

May 7, 2026 1 story

42‘Highly qualified White, Asian, and other students were disputed admission’: DOJ accuses UCLA of discrimination Fortune Technology

May 5, 2026 1 story

47Inside Amazon Web Services' plan to make networking disappear The Register

April 2026 20 stories · 13 days

April 30, 2026 2 stories

58Left: The graphs show Google’s forecasted hospitalizations across California for flu, COVID-19 and RSV starting in November 2025 Google Research
44On the stand, Elon Musk can’t escape his own tweets TechCrunch AI

April 29, 2026 1 story

47Musk confirms basis of charitable giving at stake in OpenAI suit BBC Technology

April 28, 2026 3 stories

60Elon Musk and Sam Altman face off in court over OpenAI’s founding mission The Guardian Technology
48Cole Allen Charged With Attempting to Assassinate Trump Wired
35Judge in Musk v. Altman seats nine-person jury CNBC Technology

April 27, 2026 2 stories

April 24, 2026 1 story

52At 'AI Coachella,' Stanford Students Line Up to Learn From Silicon Valley Royalty Wired

April 20, 2026 1 story

46The 2028 Democratic primary is coming for hopefuls' joins forces with too Axios

April 13, 2026 1 story

41Eric Swalwell’s abrupt exit from the race for California governor left his rivals scrambling to lock down his former supporters Fortune Technology

April 10, 2026 2 stories

44He picks up his hands in front of him like a sleepwalker and puts a sheet on his bed MIT Technology Review
35Stalking victim sues OpenAI, argues ChatGPT fueled her abuser's delusions and ignored her warnings TechCrunch AI

April 7, 2026 1 story

46The code for Axplorer is open source and available via GitHub MIT Technology Review

April 4, 2026 1 story

37Ordenan evacuaciones por incendio forestal en el sur de California Associated Press Technology

April 3, 2026 3 stories

38Coristine, who joined DOGE at 19 years old with no prior government experience Wired
37California cements its role as the national testing ground for AI rules Axios
33Inside the stealthy company that pitched brainless human clones MIT Technology Review

April 2, 2026 1 story

34Readies for data center in Monterey Park withdrawn Datacenter Dynamics

April 1, 2026 1 story

33California Pauses Enforcement of Law Requiring VCs to Report Diversity Data Wired