FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has formally applied for a pardon, as he serves out a 25-year sentence on fraud charges tied to the high-profile collapse of his cryptocurrency exchange. Bankman-Fried is seeking a pardon after the completion of his sentence, according to the Office of the Pardon Attorney’s website. The disgraced crypto mogul, who was…

OpenAI has confidentially filed paperwork to go public, the company announced Monday. It is one of three leading AI companies preparing for an initial public offering (IPO), alongside SpaceX and Anthropic, which have both filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in recent months. The company said in a post on X it “recently…