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October 9, 2025 6 mins

Shares of Nvidia outperforming today after U.S. regulators reportedly approved the sale of several billion dollars of the company’s chips to the United Arab Emirates. We dig into what the move means for both Nvidia and the Gulf state’s AI ambitions.


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Nvidia may be the most valuable company in the world right now, but it's also becoming the AI industry's preferred lender, with a new investment into xAI on top of its commitments to OpenAI, CoreWeave, and more. But CEO Jensen Huang told CNBC he's only looking for even more. 


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Shares of Oracle lower today after a report that the cloud provider is struggling to make money renting Nvidia chips. Plus, we look at how Qualcomm’s latest acquisition deepens its robotics bet.


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OpenAI may have just unveiled a nearly $1T plan to expand its infrastructure footprint. We take a look behind the scenes where the AI leader has been running a secretive competition to pick data center winners.


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OpenAI officially hitting a $500B valuation amid a flurry of product and partnership announcements. Including the launch of its latest Sora AI image generator – which is already facing backlash online.


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October 1, 2025 5 mins

Google is unveiling a major overhaul to its smart home systems, bringing Gemini AI into devices like its nest cameras and smart speakers. We dig into the news and how AI is pumping new life into the smart home market.


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September 30, 2025 2 mins

Amazon unveiling long-awaited updates to its Echo, Ring, and Alexa+ digital assistant at it’s “Devices and Services” event today. We dig into the news and what the updates mean for the future of Amazon’s AI strategy.


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Electronic Arts is being acquired in what will be the biggest leveraged buyout in history. CNBC’s Steve Kovach takes a closer look at why one of the major investors in the deal continues to make massive bets on gaming.

Plus, Mackenzie Sigalos takes a deep dive into Anthropic’s new AI model and what it means for competition with OpenAI and the AI arms race.


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Anthropic is announcing a major global hiring blitz as the startup says it is seeing enterprise demand surge overseas. We dig into what the expansion means and how it escalates the OpenAI rivalry.


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Amazon has reached a $2.5 settlement with the FTC over accusations of deceptive practices locking consumers into Prime subscriptions. Plus, we talk to Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi in an exclusive interview on the company’s $100M OpenAI deal.


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OpenAI and Oracle's flagship data center site in Abilene, Texas is up and running, betting big on America's AI future with a sweeping infrastructure push to secure more compute power. OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar spoke exclusively to CNBC's Mackenzie Sigalos and talked the data center buildout, compute crunch, restructuring, and more. 


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President Trump is set to sign an executive order on TikTok this week, in which a new U.S. entity would license, retrain and update a copy of TikTok's algorithm. Users would have the same access to the global content on the app that they have now. Oracle is set to play a major part in that, just as the company announces a major CEO shakeup. 


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OpenAI is launching the latest salvo in the rivalry between Sam Altman and Elon Musk. Hiring former xAI CFO Mike Liberatore to oversee their massive infrastructure spending, including the $300B Oracle deal. We dig into what the move means amid the intensifying AI talent wars.

 


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U.S. trade talks facing even higher stakes after Chinese regulators announced that Nvidia violated one of the country's antitrust laws with the 2020 acquisition of Mellanox. We dig into the allegations and what it means for Nvidia’s future in China.


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OpenAI reaching a tentative agreement with Microsoft that brings the AI darling one step closer to its long-awaited for-profit shift. We dig into the details and how it could unlock billions of dollars for OpenAI.


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Shares of Oracle are pulling back today after the stock surged 35% this week on the company’s massive revenue backlog. Now we’re learning that OpenAI is responsible for most of that money. We dig into the $300 cloud deal and what it means as OpenAI supports more Nvidia rivals.


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Amazon is making its long-awaited leap into the Robotaxi race with the launch of its self-driving Zoox vehicles in Las Vegas. We take a look at the new autonomous vehicles and what they mean for the broader Robotaxi rollout in the U.S.


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As Google gets ready to fight an antitrust battle around its advertising technology, a new court filing hints at how the search giant might frame its arguments around ads and the state of the web in court. Plus, we take a look at how the stocks in the Apple ecosystem are moving on its biggest launch event of the year. 


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Apple’s biggest event of the year is set to kick off tomorrow when it is reportedly expected to launch major redesigns to the iPhone for the first time in 5 years. We dig into what new models we could expect and whether it could spur an upgrade boom for Apple.


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September 5, 2025 3 mins

Broadcom shares surging 15% today after posting strong earnings and the reveal of a new mystery customer that has secured $10B in new orders. We did into who the customer could be and what it means for the broader AI trade.


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