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TrendForce estimates DRAM in 2026 will bring in over 4x as much revenue as the 2023 trough, reaching a record ~$231B, driven by AI industry demand for HBM chips (www.wsj.com)
12 hours ago AI

Sources detail how Binance boosted the Trump family's World Liberty Financial by facilitating a $2B purchase of USD1 and building its tech ahead of CZ's pardon (www.wsj.com)
15 hours ago Trump

UMG partners with AI music generator Udio to launch a subscription service for creating music with licensed songs in 2026, in part to settle a copyright lawsuit (www.wsj.com)
19 hours ago AI

Jamf says PE firm Francisco Partners agreed to take the device management software maker private in an all-cash deal valued at ~$2.2B, set to close in Q1 2026 (www.wsj.com)
1 day ago

Amazon, UPS, Target, GM, and other major US companies are laying off tens of thousands of white collar workers, as executives hope AI can handle their workload (www.wsj.com)
1 day ago Amazon AI

Sources: OpenAI's restructuring, approved by California's AG, paves the way for an IPO as soon as 2027; Sam Altman says an IPO is likely but gave no timeframe (www.wsj.com)
1 day ago IPO California

Eli Lilly partners with Nvidia to build what the companies say will be the most powerful supercomputer run by a pharma company, powered by 1,000+ Blackwell GPUs (www.wsj.com)
1 day ago Nvidia

During Nvidia's first ever GTC conference in Washington, DC, Jensen Huang praised Trump's policies and emphasized themes of patriotism and US national interests (www.wsj.com)
1 day ago Trump Nvidia

A look at 1X's $20K Neo humanoid housekeeper robot, controlled remotely by a human with a VR headset, available now for preorder, with delivery expected in 2026 (www.wsj.com)
2 days ago VR Robot

Nvidia unveils NVQLink, a high-speed interconnect that Jensen Huang says is the “Rosetta Stone connecting quantum and classical supercomputers” (www.wsj.com)
2 days ago Nvidia Quantum

Western Union plans to launch a dollar-backed stablecoin, USDPT, that is built on the Solana blockchain and issued by Anchorage Digital Bank, in H1 2026 (www.wsj.com)
2 days ago Blockchain

Fireworks AI, which helps developers access AI chips and models, raised a $254M Series C at a $4B valuation, split into a $230M primary and $24M secondary round (www.wsj.com)
2 days ago AI

A look at Anthropic's success with corporate AI, which makes up ~80% of its revenue; a July report put its enterprise API market share at 32% vs. OpenAI's 25% (www.wsj.com)
3 days ago AI

Sources: AI contractor marketplace Mercor is finalizing $350M in funding led by Felicis at a $10B valuation; founded in 2023, Mercor manages 30K contractors (www.wsj.com)
3 days ago AI

Microsoft's disclosures on its OpenAI stake are scant, including putting OpenAI-related losses into a $4.7B “other, net” expense line in the FY ended June 30 (www.wsj.com)
3 days ago Microsoft

Indonesia and other developing countries are becoming AI hubs amid the multitrillion-dollar spending boom, in part driven by an “AI decolonization” philosophy (www.wsj.com)
3 days ago AI Indonesia

How building robotic hands that match human dexterity remains a major technical obstacle to deploying humanoid robots in factories and for caregiving jobs (www.wsj.com)
3 days ago Robot

Sources detail how Sam Altman, Jensen Huang, Marc Benioff, and others brokered a call between SF Mayor Daniel Lurie and Trump to stop National Guard deployment (www.wsj.com)
5 days ago Trump

EU accuses Meta under DSA of failing to give users easy ways to flag illegal content and adequate tools to appeal moderation decisions, in preliminary findings (www.wsj.com)
6 days ago

President Trump pardons convicted Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, following months of efforts by Zhao to boost the Trump family's World Liberty Financial (www.wsj.com)
7 days ago Trump

AI creative studio Wonder Studios, backed by OpenAI and Google DeepMind execs, raised a $12M seed led by Atomico and aims to release its first content in 2026 (www.wsj.com)
7 days ago Google AI

Sources: IonQ, Rigetti, D-Wavequantum, and other computing companies are in talks to give the US Commerce Department equity in exchange for $10M+ funding each (www.wsj.com)
7 days ago Equity

Top AI researchers and executives in SV are working 80 to 100 hours a week, driven by intense competition, as AI's rapid progress compresses product timelines (www.wsj.com)
7 days ago AI

Sources: quantum computing companies including IonQ, Rigetti, and D-Wave are in talks to give the US Commerce Dept. equity in exchange for $10M+ each in funding (www.wsj.com)
7 days ago Equity Quantum

A teen's parents allege OpenAI loosened ChatGPT's suicide-talk rules to boost engagement before their son died by suicide using a method discussed with ChatGPT (www.wsj.com)
8 days ago

The NHL reaches multiyear licensing agreements with prediction market startups Kalshi and Polymarket, the first major US league to allow use of its trademarks (www.wsj.com)
8 days ago Startup

Crypto trading firm FalconX agrees to acquire 21shares, one of the main crypto ETF managers, for an undisclosed sum; 21shares had $11B+ in assets in September (www.wsj.com)
8 days ago ETF Asset

The US government issues new guidelines on its $100K H-1B visa fee, saying it will apply only to new visa applicants outside the country, not all new applicants (www.wsj.com)
9 days ago H1B

Coinbase agrees to acquire Echo, a blockchain platform to let crypto companies quickly raise capital, for ~$375M, marking Coinbase's 8th acquisition in 2025 (www.wsj.com)
9 days ago Blockchain Coinbase

To secure vast compute for OpenAI, Sam Altman's deal spree pits Silicon Valley giants against each other as they race to cash in, making OpenAI too big to fail (www.wsj.com)
9 days ago

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