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Sources: OnlyFans is in talks to sell a nearly 60% stake to Architect Capital in a deal that values the company at around $5.5B, including debt (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-31

A look at the clash between Coinbase and Wall Street over the Clarity Act and whether crypto exchanges can offer stablecoin “rewards” (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-31 Wall Street Coinbase

Sources: Nvidia's plan to invest up to $100B in OpenAI, announced in September 2025, has stalled after some inside Nvidia expressed doubts about the deal (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-31 Nvidia

Sources: OpenAI is laying the groundwork for a public listing in Q4 2026, holding informal talks with Wall Street banks and growing its finance team (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-30 Wall Street 4Q

Sandisk reports Q2 revenue up 61% YoY to $3.03B, vs. $2.69B est., and net income up 672% to $803M, as AI drives demand upward; SNDK jumps 11%+ after hours (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-30 AI

Sources: Amazon is in talks to invest up to $50B in OpenAI, which is seeking up to $100B in new capital, a round that could value it at as much as $830B (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-30 Amazon

Dow plans to cut 4,500 staff to save costs and will rely on AI to boost productivity, resulting in $1.1B to $1.5B in charges; it currently employs ~34,000 staff (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-30 AI

Alibaba's Cainiao logistics unit merges with Chinese robovan company Zelos, creating a business sources say valued at ~$2B with a fleet set to hit 20K+ vehicles (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-29 China Alibaba Logistics

The US construction industry is adopting AI tools to improve project management and support site managers and foremen; IDC says 60% of firms use some form of AI (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-29 AI

Google says it took legal action to take down dozens of domains and disrupt the residential proxy network of Chinese company Ipidea, widely used by bad actors (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-29 China Google

A look at “neolabs” such as Safe Superintelligence and Humans&, which give priority to long-term AI R&D over immediate profits; dozens have become unicorns (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-28 AI

Sources: SoftBank is in talks to invest up to $30B more in OpenAI; SoftBank is already one of OpenAI's largest shareholders after investing $22.5B in December (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-28

The US Army signs a $5.6B, 10-year contract with Salesforce to speed up outdated practices; as part of the deal, military recruiters will get access to Slack (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-27 Salesforce Slack

Upwind Security, which filters out false security alerts in cloud apps to let security teams address actual risks, raised a $250M Series B at a ~$1.5B valuation (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-27

Documents: China's military is focused on harnessing AI to deploy swarms of drones, robot dogs, and other autonomous systems, learning from hawks and coyotes (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-26 China AI Robot Drone

Quantum computing company IonQ acquires US chipmaker SkyWater for ~$1.8B, paying $35/share, in IonQ's biggest deal yet; SkyWater will operate as a subsidiary (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-26 Quantum

Manufacturers say that AI is fundamentally changing how some new products are created, finding unexpected solutions and reducing R&D time from weeks to days (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-26 AI

Sources: the EU's executive arm is drafting new legislation aimed at promoting tech sovereignty and openly discussing the security risks posed by US tech (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-25

Sources: the Trump administration dismissed two Commerce Department officials, who focused on Chinese tech threats, raising concerns about a softening stance (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-24 Trump China

Intel's stock, riding high for months after the US government took a 10% stake, crashed 17% on Jan. 23, after the company flagged continued operational issues (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-24 Intel

Sources: the US DOJ opened a criminal probe and sent out grand-jury subpoenas in recent weeks over allegations that Deel recruited a spy inside rival Rippling (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-24

How Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google are testing AI models by having them play Pokémon Blue on Twitch to track a model's ability to reason and make decisions (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-23 Google AI

Capital One agrees to acquire Brex, which specializes in tech to administer corporate credit cards, expenses, and rewards, for $5.15B in cash and stock (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-23 Credit Card

Autodesk plans to cut about 1,000 jobs, or ~7% of its workforce, as part of a global restructuring plan seeking to strengthen sales and marketing (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-23

Vinted CEO Thomas Plantenga says the Lithuania-based secondhand retailer plans to spend tens of millions of dollars to expand in the US in the coming months (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-22

Survey: over 40% of executives said AI saved them more than eight hours per week, while two-thirds of non-management staff said they saved less than two hours (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-22 AI

Sources: Elon Musk is pushing for a SpaceX IPO by July, seems eager to beat OpenAI and Anthropic to market, and views it as a way to help xAI catch its rivals (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-22 IPO Elon Musk SpaceX

At Davos, Jensen Huang says AI is already bringing economic benefits and needs more investment, and an “AI bubble comes about because the investments are large” (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-22 AI Davos

Salt Lake City-based Zanskar, which uses AI to find overlooked geothermal fields to boost US electricity supply, raised $115M, taking its total funding to $180M (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-22 AI

Barret Zoph says Thinking Machines Lab fired him only after learning he was leaving, and at no time did the company cite his performance or unethical conduct (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-21

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