Evening Scan

Amazon and Meta are now openly fighting over who gets to shop with your credit card. Amazon booted Muse from its checkout flow today, marking the first concrete clash in the agentic-commerce land grab. Elsewhere, the AI training-data gold rush continues to mint billion-dollar valuations.

Amazon Blocks Meta's Muse AI Assistant

Amazon cut off Muse from shopping on its behalf, a preview of how the agentic-commerce turf war will escalate. (GeekWire via Daring Fireball)

Snorkel AI triples valuation to $3.5B as demand for AI training data booms

Seven years old and $350M richer, proof that data labeling and cleaning remains a durable AI business. (TechCrunch)

Patreon co-founder Sam Yam joining OpenAI to lead Creator Product

He's bringing Patreon's head of product and head of engineering with him. A small team signals where OpenAI is positioning creator monetization. (X / @samyamiam)

A JavaScript OS for the ESP32

A real operating system now runs on a $2 microcontroller. (Hackaday)

"Heavily inspired by" — Nat Friedman on Meta building Muse after OpenClaw, a phrase doing considerable diplomatic work. *(TechCrunch)