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FanDuel partners with CME Group to offer event-based contracts, letting users wager “yes” or “no” on financial events and benchmarks, starting later this year (www.wsj.com)
20 hours ago

Sources: Nvidia has shown new versions of its Blackwell-based AI chips for Chinese customers to US officials, including one with ~80% of the peak performance (www.wsj.com)
20 hours ago China AI Nvidia

Trump says Intel has agreed to give the US a 10% stake; source: the government won't be on the board or play a major role in Intel's governance; INTC jumps 6%+ (www.wsj.com)
1 day ago Trump Intel

Trump says Intel has agreed to give US a 10% stake in the chipmaker; source: the government won't be on the board or play a major role in Intel's governance (www.wsj.com)
1 day ago Trump Intel

Source: the Trump administration considers taking equity stakes in CHIPS Act recipients but not in firms that are increasing US investment, like TSMC and Micron (www.wsj.com)
2 days ago Trump Equity

An interview with GM SVP of Software and Services Engineering David Richardson on GM's new AI team, developing “cobots”, or collaborative robots, and more (www.wsj.com)
2 days ago Interview AI Robot

Meta froze hiring in its AI division last week with sources saying exceptions need Alexandr Wang's permission; the duration of the freeze remains unclear (www.wsj.com)
3 days ago AI

Sources: Elon Musk is quietly pumping the brakes on his plans to start a US political party, telling allies he wants to focus his attention on his companies (www.wsj.com)
3 days ago Elon Musk

US federal prosecutors charge an Oregon man with operating the Rapper Bot, one of the most powerful DDoS botnets ever, which knocked X offline earlier in 2025 (www.wsj.com)
3 days ago

PE firm Advent International agrees to acquire U-blox, a SIX Swiss Exchange-listed wireless and positioning chipmaker, for about $1.3B via public tender offer (www.wsj.com)
3 days ago Switzerland

Federal prosecutors charge an Oregon man with operating the Rapper Bot, one of the most powerful DDoS botnets ever seen, which knocked X offline earlier in 2025 (www.wsj.com)
4 days ago

Palo Alto Networks founder Nir Zuk retires as CTO and leaves the board; Chief Product Officer Lee Klarich, who joined in 2006, becomes CTO and joins the board (www.wsj.com)
4 days ago

Sources: Databricks is finalizing a funding round that would value it at $100B, up 61% from December 2024, co-led by Thrive Capital; a16z is set to participate (www.wsj.com)
4 days ago

Palo Alto Networks founder Nir Zuk retires and steps down as CTO and board member; Chief Product Officer Lee Klarich becomes CTO and joins the board (www.wsj.com)
5 days ago

IVIX, which uses AI to help regulators detect financial fraud, raised a $60M Series B led by OG Venture Partners, bringing its total funding to $85M (www.wsj.com)
5 days ago AI

A look at the “Palantir Mafia”, a group of Palantir alumni who have started or are leading 350+ tech companies, including at least a dozen valued at $1B+ (www.wsj.com)
6 days ago

Big Tech's reverse acquihires for AI talent are hollowing out startups and eroding the culture that has made Silicon Valley an unparalleled source of innovation (www.wsj.com)
6 days ago Startup AI

XOPS, which uses AI and knowledge graphs to automate enterprise IT tasks, emerges from stealth with $40M in funding led by Activant Capital and FPV Ventures (www.wsj.com)
6 days ago AI

Applied Materials Q3: revenue up 8% YoY to $7.3B, vs. $7.22B est., profit up 4% YoY to $1.78B, and projects Q4 revenue and profit below est. on China challenges (www.wsj.com)
7 days ago China 4Q

Lyft co-founders Logan Green and John Zimmer step down as board chair and vice chair, convert their Class B stock to Class A, completing the succession plan (www.wsj.com)
7 days ago

Source: AI coding startup Cognition raised nearly $500M led by Founders Fund, bringing its valuation to $9.8B, more than double the level earlier this year (www.wsj.com)
9 days ago Startup AI

Companies, including Google and Cisco, have reinstated in-person interviews for some roles to combat AI-driven cheating, with some using deepfake detection tech (www.wsj.com)
9 days ago Google AI Cisco

A look at social media “clippers”, who are paid $0.50 to $2 per thousand views by streamers, podcasts, and startups to make buzzy moments go viral online (www.wsj.com)
10 days ago Startup

US tech startups are reviving US hiring plans as President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill lets companies accelerate R&D tax deductions, starting in 2025 (www.wsj.com)
10 days ago Trump Tax Startup

Sources: World Liberty Financial's partnership with Binance-run PancakeSwap is helping boost demand for USD1, generating profit for Trump, as CZ seeks a pardon (www.wsj.com)
10 days ago Trump

Chinese open-source AI models from DeepSeek, Alibaba's Qwen, and others gaining global traction spurs US policymakers and companies to respond (www.wsj.com)
10 days ago China Alibaba AI

Perplexity offers to acquire Chrome for $34.5B, significantly more than Perplexity's estimated $18B valuation, and says large VC funds agreed to back the deal (www.wsj.com)
11 days ago Chrome

How Google, Meta, and Apple's pledges to spend billions on new Silicon Valley housing failed to meet expectations; Apple spent $1.6B by July 2024, the most (www.wsj.com)
11 days ago Real Estate Google Apple

How Jensen Huang successfully lobbied Trump to restart H20 sales to China; US officials had not vetted Trump's 20% pay-to-play proposal when Trump offered it (www.wsj.com)
11 days ago Trump China

AI-focused hedge funds raise billions, such as ex-OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner's Situational Awareness that amassed $1.5B+ for a “brain trust on AI” (www.wsj.com)
12 days ago AI

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