A look at the Nvidia-OpenAI deal, where Nvidia will invest in $10B tranches; sources say OpenAI informed Microsoft about the deal a day before it was signed
ABILENE, Texas - Sam Altman had a deadline. OpenAI's CEO was headed to Texas to unveil his company's next big infrastructure push …
The US Secret Service says it has dismantled 300+ SIM card servers in the NYC area that could have disrupted communications ahead of the UN General Assembly
Federal agents dismantled a network of devices in the New York area that was used to threaten senior US government officials …
Jensen Huang says the 10 GW OpenAI project is equivalent to 4M-5M GPUs; the first phase is expected to come online in H2 2026 using Nvidia's Vera Rubin platform
The manufacturer of the chips is investing in the purchaser of the chips to help them continue to purchase more chips. Forums: r/CryptoCurrency : Nvidia plans to invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI r/...
Google adds a new You tab to Google Play, featuring player account information, personalized content recommendations, rewards, and more
Curated content, rewards, subscriptions, stats, and updates will live under a new ‘You’ tab. … Google Play is adding a new centralized user hub …
Source: the Nvidia-OpenAI deal has two separate transactions: Nvidia invests in OpenAI for non-voting shares, then OpenAI can use the cash to buy Nvidia's chips
- Nvidia to supply OpenAI with data center chips — Deal involves non-voting shares and chip purchases
Research: low productivity gains from AI may stem from employees using AI to produce “workslop”, or low-effort, passable work that creates more work for others
A confusing contradiction is unfolding in companies embracing generative AI tools: while workers are largely following mandates …
Larry Ellison is turning into a media magnate, potentially controlling CBS, CNN, TikTok, and more, amid a regulatory environment favorable to Trump allies
When Larry Ellison entered his ninth decade in 2024, his high-profile lifestyle seemed to be receding.
Sam Altman says OpenAI wants to create “a factory that can produce a gigawatt of new AI infrastructure every week” and plans to reveal more details this year
Growth in the use of AI services has been astonishing; we expect it to be even more astonishing going forward.
The EU's cybersecurity agency says a ransomware attack caused the recent disruptions that affected check-in systems at Heathrow and other European airports
- Collins Aerospace works to restore systems at key airports — Berlin Marathon worsens delays; Brussels uses manual check-ins
Google announces Play Games Sidekick for Android, an in-game overlay that provides access to Gemini Live while playing games downloaded from the Play Store
Google is bringing Gemini Live to Android gaming with Play Games Sidekick. Billed as a coach, it's meant to be a …
London-based Fnality, which lets banks transact in a digital cash asset backed with funds at the Bank of England, raised $136M led by BoA, Citigroup, and others
Fnality International Ltd., a UK-based blockchain-payments company, has raised $136 million in a funding round led …
Amazon plans to close all 19 Fresh stores in the UK and convert five of them into Whole Foods Market shops, four years after launching the first in London
Update Ana Nicolaci da Costa / CNN : All Amazon Fresh grocery stores due to close in the UK Steve Farrell / The Grocer : Amazon to close all its 19 UK Fresh stores Josh Milton / Metro.co.uk : Full lis...
A look at MrBeast's entertainment company, which has ~$450M in annual sales but faced three years of losses due to high production costs of $3M-$4M per video
The master of viral videos now has a CEO to rein in spending on Lambos—and give his “banger content” an even wider reach. LinkedIn: Lucas Shaw . Bluesky: @willoremus.com and @carnage4life See also Med...
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Go in Indonesia for ~$4.50 per month, expanding its budget-friendly ChatGPT subscription plan after debuting it in India in August
OpenAI is expanding its budget-friendly ChatGPT subscription plan beyond India. The company launched its sub-$5 ChatGPT Go paid plan …
Meta launches the American Technology Excellence Project, a super PAC to fight AI policy bills at the state level; it previously launched a California PAC
Meta launched a new super PAC on Tuesday to help fight off what it sees as onerous AI and tech policy bills across the country, per an announcement shared exclusively with Axios.
Google adds Gemini to Google TV, starting on TCL's new QM9K series TVs and expanding to Google TV Streamer 4K and other major TV brands later in 2025
but it'll cost you Elias Saba / AFTVnews : Google begins rolling out Gemini AI to Google TVs starting today NDTV Profit : Google TV Users Can Now Use Gemini To Get Movie Recommendations, Recaps And Id...
Meta starts rolling out built-in message translation in WhatsApp, with support for 19+ languages on iOS and six on Android
Translation is rolling out to iPhone and Android users, and will expand to support additional languages in the future.
A look at London-based “neocloud” startup Nscale, which landed a $500M investment from Nvidia and aims to scale up to 300K GPUs globally, on par with CoreWeave
Nscale, a tiny London-based startup, just landed $500 million in backing from AI chip giant Nvidia to help build … Bluesky: @iainmartin Bluesky: Iain Martin / @iainmartin : Nvidia's Jensen Huang just ...
Over 200 prominent figures, including senior staffers at AI companies, call for international action to create “red lines” for AI development by the end of 2026
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Perplexity debuts Email Assistant for Gmail and Outlook, which can manage inboxes, schedule meetings, and more, for subscribers of its $200/month Max plan
but it will cost $200 a month
Alibaba releases Qwen3-Omni, a family of open-source AI models that can process text, audio, image, and video inputs and generate both text and speech outputs
Introduction — Qwen3-Omni is the natively end-to-end multilingual omni-modal foundation models. Prasanth Aby Thomas / Computerworld : New Alibaba model Qwen3-Omni heightens competition in multimodal...
Revolut says it plans to invest $13B, including $4B in the UK, and expand into 30 new geographies by the end of the decade, aiming to reach 100M users globally
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Filing: CFPB scrapped a 2024 Apple credit card settlement implemented under Biden, ending oversight requirements years early; Apple had already paid a $25M fine
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A look at CoreWeave, whose financing strategy involves using GPUs as collateral for large loans, which enabled rapid expansion but resulted in $11.2B in debt
Rashi Shrivastava / Forbes : Bluesky: @rashis Bluesky: Rashi Shrivastava / @rashis : A series of bold bets and calculated risks helped Michael Intrator turn @CoreWeave from a no-name crypto miner int...
Meta rolls out an AI assistant for Facebook Dating in the US and Canada, to reduce “swipe fatigue” by letting users find matches via natural language prompts
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Source: Stripe is in talks to buy back shares from its VC backers at a $106.7B valuation; Sequoia bought $861M worth of shares in 2024 at a $70B valuation
Stripe is in talks to repurchase shares from venture capital backers at a $106.7 billion valuation, Axios has learned. X: @danprimack X: Dan Primack / @danprimack : Scoop: Stripe is in talks to buy ba...
Tech leaders embracing Trump for short-term gain may ultimately imperil their companies and is counter to Silicon Valley's idealistic roots
it's that Silicon Valley's view of freedom was always aligned with libertarianism, not progressivism. Levy suggests that Trump's “values violently clashed with the egalitarian impulses of the digital ...
Pharmacy benefit management startup Capital Rx raised $400M, including a $252M Series F; it has raised $607M+ to date and was valued at $3.25B pre-Series F
Claire Rychlewski / Axios :
Auterion, which provides autopilot and swarming software for military drones, raised $130M led by Bessemer at a $600M+ valuation, says it has ~$100M in revenue
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Bitcoin-treasury company Strive, co-founded by Vivek Ramaswamy, will acquire Semler Scientific, a medical device company that has a bitcoin treasury, for $1.34B
Ateev Bhandari / Reuters :
Indian AI app development platform Rocket.new raised a $15M seed led by Salesforce Ventures; it has 400K+ users, including 10K+ paid subscribers
Founders: Vishal Virani, Rahul Shingala, Deepak Dhanak Bhavya Dilipkumar / Moneycontrol : Dhiwise pivots to Rocket, raises $15 million from Salesforce Ventures, Accel and Together Naomi Li Gan / Tech ...
A look at India's $18.2B chipmaking push, with 10 projects across six states to cut import reliance, as experts question if talent and investment are enough
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Distyl AI, which provides AI tools to automate business processes like HR management, raised $175M led by Lightspeed and Khosla Ventures at a $1.8B valuation
Natasha Mascarenhas / The Information :
Sources: humanoid robotics startup 1X is seeking to raise up to $1B at a $10B+ valuation, more than 12x its previous valuation from a January financing
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