Malaysian Authorities Seize $12 Million Worth of AI Chips in Smuggling Crackdown
Southeast Asia has increasingly functioned as a transit hub in the smuggling of advanced U.S. chips to China.
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Goldman Sachs Investment Banking Co-Head Sees ‘Repositioning’ Amid AI Boom
Kim Posnett said AI projects won’t drive expected returns if interest rates stay elevated for a long period.
Anthropic Buys a Small Drug Startup as It Pushes Deeper Into Biotech
The AI developer also said it’s working with Bristol Myers Squibb and other drug developers.
OpenAI, Anthropic Claim Cryptography Breakthrough on Same Day
Shortly after OpenAI announced its AI models had disproved a foundational hypothesis in cryptography, Anthropic said it had found the same result on the same day.
Google to Sell AI Chips to OpenAI, Oracle
Deal makes Oracle the first hyperscale cloud platform other than Google's own to make TPUs available to customers.
Meta Slightly Increases Equity Fundraising Plan to $97.5 Billion
Original total was $95 billion. Options for underwriters to purchase additional shares could bring the total to about $103 billion.
Nvidia Invests $3 Billion in Meta in Deeper AI Partnership
Meta plans to expand its deployment of Nvidia’s advanced chips for its next-generation AI agents.
Anthropic Founders Say They Will Keep Claude Free of Advertising
The founders said they didn't want pressure to increase user engagement.
Anthropic S-1 Highlights Rising Payment Costs
Stripe is a key payment provider for Anthropic.
DoorDash Nears Deal to Buy Instacart in $17 Billion Deal
The Information first reported on Friday that Instacart has been in talks to sell itself
OpenAI Unveils Cheaper Terra Model Amid Anthropic Pricing Battle
The AI lab said GPT-6.1 Terra will cost up to 50% less per token to use than the previous version of the model.
SpaceX Agrees to Pay $40 Billion to Lease Chips from Apollo
The deal is the latest tie-up between a Muck controlled company and the asset manager.
Microsoft Offers Buyouts to 60,000 Employees
The buyout offers represent one of the largest potential staff reductions among large tech firms in recent history.
Anthropic Publicly Files S-1 for Its Planned IPO
Filing of the preliminary prospectus on Monday sets the stage for the AI giant to public in mid-November
Meta Plans to Raise Up To $95 Billion for AI Through Equity Sales
Company plans $35 billion in underwritten public offerings and $60 billion in at-the-market stock sales.
Moonshot AI Launches New Kimi K3.1 Pro Model
The new model cements Moonshot’s position as a leader among Chinese labs offering highly competitive open-source models.
AWS Largely Sold Out Of Capacity Into 2028, Jassy Says
Jassy also said chipmaker Annapurna Labs might be Amazon's best acquisition ever
Instacart Shares Rally 10% After The Information Reports Sale Talks
Any sale would need to surmount antitrust hurdles.
U.S. Treasury Proposes to Widen Outbound Investment Restrictions for China and Other Countries
The proposed regulation expands existing restrictions in AI and semiconductors and adds two new sectors.
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