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OpenAI allowed employees to sell up to $30 million worth of shares each in a recent financing, making them some of the earliest financial winners of the AI boom.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Among the earliest to scale online retail – and with a clear vision of how the internet could revolutionise shopping with convenience and speed – it captured market share faster than many rivals.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

In 2013, a team led by Reed discovered a 2.8 million year old jaw from the earliest known Homo specimen.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

That contest is expected in mid-June at the earliest, meaning any formal leadership challenge is likely to be triggered afterwards.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

The Greeks from the earliest mythologists on had a perception of the divine and the excellent.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton