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Wikipedia's $65M content monetization as OpenAI commits $10B to Cerebras

Jan 15, 2026

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14 min read

Wikipedia's $65M content monetization as OpenAI commits $10B to Cerebras

PLUS: WhatsApp caves to Brazil on chatbot ban, Apple battles Nvidia for TSMC capacity, and biotech tackles copper shortage with probiotics

Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Bill Gates-backed fusion startup raises $87M for AI power

Jan 14, 2026

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21 min read

Bill Gates-backed fusion startup raises $87M for AI power

PLUS: PLUS: Skild AI hits $14B valuation, Gemini reads your Gmail and photos, Tesla goes subscription-only for FSD, and New York legalizes robotaxis everywhere except NYC

Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Brazil forces Meta to open WhatsApp to rival AI chatbots

Jan 13, 2026

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18 min read

Brazil forces Meta to open WhatsApp to rival AI chatbots

PLUS: PLUS: Meta launches AI infrastructure initiative, Apple-Google Gemini deal explained, Slackbot becomes an AI agent, and OpenAI buys health records startup for $100M

Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Meta hires Trump's deputy NSA as first-ever president

Jan 12, 2026

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17 min read

Meta hires Trump's deputy NSA as first-ever president

PLUS: French defense unicorn Harmattan AI hits $1.4B valuation, Google's new commerce protocol turns AI assistants into checkout counters, and SpaceX gets approval for 7,500 more Starlink satellites

Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Jelani Abdus-Salaam
a16z raises $15B, capturing 18% of all 2025 US venture capital

Jan 9, 2026

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14 min read

a16z raises $15B, capturing 18% of all 2025 US venture capital

PLUS: GTMfund rewrites AI distribution playbook, OpenAI acquires Convogo team, Cyera hits $9B valuation, and X paywalls Grok after CSAM scandal

Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Jelani Abdus-Salaam
VCs bet consumer AI saves stalled enterprise adoption in 2026

Jan 8, 2026

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15 min read

VCs bet consumer AI saves stalled enterprise adoption in 2026

PLUS: Gmail's AI Inbox replaces traditional email, Character.AI settles first teen death case, and ChatGPT Health targets 230M weekly users

Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Meta's $2B Manus deal becomes geopolitical chess

Jan 7, 2026

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13 min read

Meta's $2B Manus deal becomes geopolitical chess

PLUS: McKinsey declares "learn once, work forever" dead, xAI raises $20B at $230B valuation, and LMArena hits unicorn status in 4 months

Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Commonwealth Fusion lands Nvidia deal as AI's energy hunger rewrites clean tech economics

Jan 6, 2026

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17 min read

Commonwealth Fusion lands Nvidia deal as AI's energy hunger rewrites clean tech economics

PLUS: Nvidia's robotics Android play, Rubin chips hit production, Boston Dynamics gets DeepMind DNA, and AWS hikes GPU prices on Saturday

Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Meta's $2B Manus buy converts 3B users into an AI agent marketplace

Dec 31, 2025

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15 min read

Meta's $2B Manus buy converts 3B users into an AI agent marketplace

PLUS: AI's trillion-dollar bets face reality check, electrical grid software becomes critical bottleneck, and ChatGPT embeds as transaction layer across consumer platforms

Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Jelani Abdus-Salaam
OpenAI's $555K safety hire signals AI risk management has become core business

Dec 29, 2025

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13 min read

OpenAI's $555K safety hire signals AI risk management has become core business

PLUS: MayimFlow prevents data center leaks with 24-hour warnings, Windows on Arm finally cracks the x86 monopoly, and India's startup funding hits $11B amid investor selectivity

Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Nvidia acquires Groq for $20B, eliminating its last inference competitor

Dec 25, 2025

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17 min read

Nvidia acquires Groq for $20B, eliminating its last inference competitor

PLUS: Data centers went from IT problem to strategic bottleneck, operating room AI saves millions, Hollywood's AI investment shows no returns, and Trump bans EU disinformation researchers

Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Italy forces Meta to suspend rival AI chatbot ban on WhatsApp

Dec 24, 2025

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13 min read

Italy forces Meta to suspend rival AI chatbot ban on WhatsApp

PLUS: ServiceNow's $7.75B Armis bet, Waymo tests Gemini in robotaxis, Trump's drone ban hits DJI, and Apple opens iOS in Brazil

Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Alphabet's $4.75B grid bypass: AI scaling hits energy bottleneck

Dec 23, 2025

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13 min read

Alphabet's $4.75B grid bypass: AI scaling hits energy bottleneck

PLUS: OpenAI admits prompt injection "may never be solved," Trump halts offshore wind again, and Baidu robotaxis coming to London

Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Jelani Abdus-Salaam
iRobot's $1.7B collapse: FTC examiners kept "blocked deals like trophies"

Dec 22, 2025

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11 min read

iRobot's $1.7B collapse: FTC examiners kept "blocked deals like trophies"

PLUS: New York defies Trump with AI safety law, TikTok Shop launches gift cards mid-ban threat, and Waymo robotaxis stall during blackout

Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Jelani Abdus-Salaam
OpenAI chases $100B war chest at $830B valuation amid "code red" panic

Dec 19, 2025

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16 min read

OpenAI chases $100B war chest at $830B valuation amid "code red" panic

PLUS: Trump Media merges with fusion power company TAE, ChatGPT launches app store, Apple's debt collector clause, and TikTok signs US investor deal

Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Trump's fusion bet and AI's memory crisis collide

Dec 18, 2025

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15 min read

Trump's fusion bet and AI's memory crisis collide

YouTube ditches Billboard over ad-supported streams, Oscars move to streaming in 2029, and Meta abandons Horizon OS licensing dreams

Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Amazon’s $10B chip lock-in play

Dec 17, 2025

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11 min read

Amazon’s $10B chip lock-in play

PLUS: Tesla Autopilot ruling, Coursera-Udemy merger, Mozilla’s Firefox crisis, formal verification goes mainstream, and GitHub Actions repricing

Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Ford’s $2B battery pivot is really a data center bet

Dec 16, 2025

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9 min read

Ford’s $2B battery pivot is really a data center bet

PLUS: Disney’s one-year OpenAI exclusivity, Nvidia buys Slurm, and Creative Commons tests pay-to-crawl economics

Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Jelani Abdus-Salaam
AI data centers are bidding against bridges

Dec 15, 2025

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9 min read

AI data centers are bidding against bridges

PLUS: iRobot’s Chapter 11, India’s WhatsApp ultimatum, Grok’s Bondi Beach blunder, and Netflix’s Warner Bros gamble

Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Jelani Abdus-Salaam
OpenAI and Google drop frontier models on the same day

Dec 12, 2025

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10 min read

OpenAI and Google drop frontier models on the same day

PLUS: Trump's federal AI takeover, VCs say founders have the power now, and Rivian's autonomy play

Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Google bets its AI future on the data center guy

Dec 11, 2025

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11 min read

Google bets its AI future on the data center guy

PLUS: Nvidia's chip tracking software, Port's $100M agent infrastructure bet, and space-based data centers

Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Trump greenlights Nvidia H200 exports to China

Dec 9, 2025

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9 min read

Trump greenlights Nvidia H200 exports to China

PLUS: Trump's AI law override, data center construction crisis, and Tiger Global's valuation warning

Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Jelani Abdus-Salaam
OpenAI claims 8x enterprise growth while declaring 'code red' on Google

Dec 8, 2025

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10 min read

OpenAI claims 8x enterprise growth while declaring 'code red' on Google

PLUS: X retaliates against EU with ad account kill, Intel bets on federal subsidies to save Moore's Law, and Meta delays AR glasses to 2027

Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Netflix drops $82.7B to swallow Warner Bros. whole

Dec 5, 2025

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9 min read

Netflix drops $82.7B to swallow Warner Bros. whole

PLUS: Anthropic CEO calls out 'YOLO' AI spending, Harvey hits $8B valuation, and Tribune sues Perplexity over RAG tech

Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Amazon's AI chip business hits multi-billion dollar run rate

Dec 4, 2025

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9 min read

Amazon's AI chip business hits multi-billion dollar run rate

PLUS: VCs 'kingmaking' AI startups with unprecedented capital, EU probes Meta's WhatsApp AI restrictions, and Anthropic CEO warns of bubble territory

Jelani Abdus-Salaam
Jelani Abdus-Salaam
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