Daniel Okafor

Daniel Okafor

AI Industry & Policy Reporter

Daniel is a tech reporter who covers the business side of artificial intelligence - funding rounds, corporate strategy, regulatory battles, and the power dynamics between the labs racing to build frontier models. Before joining Awesome Agents, he spent four years at Reuters covering the intersection of technology and finance, with a particular focus on how venture capital shapes the AI industry.

He holds a degree in Economics from the London School of Economics and a postgraduate diploma in Journalism from City, University of London. His economics training shows in his reporting: he follows the money, reads the filings, and is skeptical of growth narratives that do not come with numbers attached.

At Awesome Agents, Daniel covers AI industry news with an emphasis on deals, policy, competition, and market dynamics. He is especially interested in the geopolitics of AI - export controls, chip restrictions, and the US-China-EU regulatory landscape. His reporting tends to focus on who benefits, who pays, and what the incentives actually are.

Based in London, UK.

Articles by Daniel Okafor
The Claw Security Ledger - 10 Products in the Dock

The Claw Security Ledger - 10 Products in the Dock

We audited ten AI agent products sold under the Claw name. The ledger shows 11 live CVEs, 130 published advisories, 1,184 malicious marketplace skills, and one leaked SSL private key - concentrated almost entirely in a single vendor.

AI Labs Are Losing Billions - Here's Who Really Pays

AI Labs Are Losing Billions - Here's Who Really Pays

OpenAI burned $2.5B in cash on $4.3B of revenue in the first half of 2025. Anthropic cut its gross margin forecast from 50% to 40%. Here's the compute subsidy math behind every AI subscription, and who's actually paying for it.

Anthropic Passes OpenAI in Revenue at $30B ARR

Anthropic Passes OpenAI in Revenue at $30B ARR

Anthropic's annualized revenue crossed $30 billion in April 2026, topping OpenAI's $24 billion run rate and marking the first time a rival has outpaced OpenAI in the generative AI race.

Tesla Hid Thousands of Fatal Autopilot Incidents, RTS Says

Tesla Hid Thousands of Fatal Autopilot Incidents, RTS Says

Swiss broadcaster RTS reopens the 2023 Tesla Files leak in context of the confirmed $243M Miami verdict. The combined record: 2,400+ concealed sudden-acceleration complaints, 1,000+ undisclosed crashes, and a federal court that found Tesla knew.

A Shoe Company Ditched Shoes for GPUs and Surged 373%

A Shoe Company Ditched Shoes for GPUs and Surged 373%

Allbirds sold its entire footwear business for $39 million - roughly 1% of its $4 billion peak valuation - and is rebranding as NewBird AI to buy GPUs and rent compute to AI developers. The stock quadrupled in a day.

The Left Hand Bans What the Right Hand Deploys

The Left Hand Bans What the Right Hand Deploys

The Trump administration is simultaneously suing Anthropic in federal court over a supply chain risk designation and sending Treasury Secretary Bessent and Fed Chair Powell to convince Wall Street banks to use Anthropic's most powerful model.