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Nvidia $100B OpenAI Credit Support, Tesla’s Radical ‘Flying’ Roaster, Dario Addresses AI Backlash

2026-08-18 · 9 company · 10 thematic

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Covers Nvidia and semiconductor supply chain for The Information; broke the story on Nvidia testing Rubin Ultra with reduced memory.

grace kay

Covers Elon Musk's companies including SpaceX and X; broke the story on SpaceX's $60B acquisition of Cursor.

leo schwartz

Covers intersection of AI, crypto, and Washington policy; reported on David Sacks' return to Craft Ventures and White House AI policy dynamics.

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“Nvidia, OpenAI, and SB Energy basically announced that they've finalized the agreement for OpenAI to lease data center and power capacity that SB Energy is building and that will house Nvidia hardware. So, that's kind of the incentive for…”

—phoebe liu

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