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Before we get to today’s main item, please check out my colleague Sri’s exclusive piece from Friday night revealing that OpenAI expects to burn $115 billion in cash through 2029, plus tons of other financial data the company has disclosed to investors. We are still having a hard time digesting the capital that cash burn will require the company to raise in the next five years! We will bring you more information and analysis on it later in the week.Now onto today’s column…AI researchers are training their ow
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Kevin Barry, founder and sole developer of Nova Launcher, has left parent company Branch Metrics after being told to stop work on both the launcher and an open-source release. While the app remains on Google Play, the launcher's website currently shows a 404 error. The Verge reports: Mobile analytics company Branch Metrics acquired Nova in 2022. The company's CEO at the time, co-founder Alex Austin, said on Reddit that if... Read more ›
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It's almost time for the September 9 Apple event, and last minute rumors have been trickling in. For a quick catch up, we've recapped the new information that we've heard over the last few days. Battery Alleged battery capacities for the iPhone 17 models were spotted in a Chinese regulatory database, and in the past, this database has provided accurate battery information. iPhone 17 - 3,692 mAh iPhone 17 Air... Read more ›
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This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Los Angeles can indiscriminately target people for immigration stops on the basis of race and several other factors, the […] Read more ›
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McKinsey & Company plans to boost hiring by 12% in 2026. The firm also plans to hire more entry-level workers, said North America chair Eric Kutcher. Read more ›
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Google is one of the largest buyers of Nvidia’s artificial intelligence chips, which it rents out to Google Cloud customers such as OpenAI and Meta Platforms. But Google’s grand ambitions for its own competing AI chips show no sign of slowing down. In the latest example, Google recently approached small cloud providers that primarily rent out Nvidia chips about also hosting Google’s AI chips in their data centers, according to... Read more ›
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KKR is bringing on former Amazon Web Services boss Adam Selipsky as a strategic advisor to bolster the private equity firm’s big bets on data centers and the technical infrastructure powering artificial intelligence. Selipsky will advise on strategy, capital allocation and governance for KKR’s ... Read more ›
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A small cloud provider for artificial intelligence that’s preparing to go public has secured a major boost from its most important supplier: Nvidia. The chip giant agreed this summer to rent 10,000 of its own AI chips from the cloud firm, Lambda, for $1.3 billion over four years, and a separate $200 million deal to rent 8,000 more Nvidia chips over an unspecified time frame, according to a person with... Read more ›
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Joint ventures. Backstop agreements. Syndicated debt offerings. The richest tech companies and their bankers are developing increasingly complicated financial strategies to meet the soaring demands of funding artificial intelligence. The goal for companies like Google and Meta Platforms is to stay ahead in the AI race while offloading some of the costs and risks of the buildout. Meta is raising $29 billion for a joint venture to build a data... Read more ›
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The NFL, the world’s richest and most powerful sports league, would like you to know something: It is not thrilled with the way Nielsen measures its TV audience. Earlier this week, the NFL took the extraordinary step of criticizing media measurement firm Nielsen, which the football giant argued is undercounting the number of viewers for its games by millions of people. While plenty of television broadcasters have groused about Nielsen... Read more ›
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Nasdaq is stepping up its scrutiny of companies listed on its exchange that are aiming to get a stock price boost by raising money to buy and hoard crypto, according to company filings and people familiar with the matter. The exchange’s move could slow the crypto boom that is putting increasingly exotic tokens on mainstream markets. The stock exchange, where the vast majority of crypto stocks are trading, is requiring... Read more ›
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U.S. tech merger activity is headed for its best year since 2021—driven in part by enterprise software and other older tech companies acquiring artificial intelligence startups to beef up their AI offerings. So far this year, U.S. software companies have spent nearly $33.8 billion on 140 completed AI acquisitions, surpassing the combined volume of the past three years, according to data provider PitchBook. During the same period, U.S. companies have... Read more ›
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Lambda, a cloud provider that rents out Nvidia graphics chips for artificial intelligence, has hired investment banks to prepare for an initial public offering in the U.S., according to people with direct knowledge of the talks. The San Jose, Calif.-based startup has hired Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan and Citi to prepare for a listing as soon as the first half of next year, the people said. The 13-year-old company is... Read more ›
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OpenAI could spend $10 billion next year on the artificial intelligence chip it is co-designing with Broadcom, according to a report in The Financial Times. The report indicated that mass production of OpenAI’s chip would begin next year. During Broadcom’s earnings call on ... Read more ›
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We’re in the midst of an M&A boom—for artificial intelligence startups. Among the latest: Nvidia last month bought Solver, according to a person with direct knowledge of the deal. The three-year-old startup formerly known as Laredo Labs has developed an AI coding agent that completes software development tasks for users. The company raised $8 million in financing from investors including Radical Ventures and Horizons Ventures. The Solver purchase is just... Read more ›
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