
The AI Why with Liam Lawson · 2026-06-09 · 6 min
Anthropic is preparing for public markets. Europe is pushing to reduce its reliance on American tech. And CNN just filed a copyright lawsuit against Perplexity. This week, Anthropic files confidential paperwork for an IPO in one of the biggest milestones yet for the AI industry, Europe unveils a tech sovereignty plan to reduce its dependence on American technology, CNN sues Perplexity over the alleged redistribution of more than 17,000 copyrighted stories, Morgan Stanley opens its platform to external AI agents using MCP, and Microsoft teams up with Mayo Clinic to build an AI model for healthcare. If you are a founder, operator or executive trying to keep up with AI, this is your weekly five minute briefing.