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Exclusive: ByteDance plans $20 billion capex in 2025, mostly on AI, sources say  Reuters

These are the 2 stocks that will win the most from Trump's AI project Stargate, analysts say  CNBC

ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, plans to invest over 150 billion yuan ($20.64 billion) in capital expenditure this year, with a significant portion focused on artificial intelligence, Reuters reports. The company plans to allocate approximately half of this investment to AI-related infrastructure, including data centers and networking equipment,

Meta backs data analytics firm Databricks as AI boom attracts investors  Reuters

Databricks Hopes to Build on AI Offerings With $15 Billion Fundraise  PYMNTS.com

Tech titans bicker over $500bn AI investment announced by Trump  The Guardian

President Trump unveiled the AI initiative on Tuesday alongside the executives of OpenAI, Oracle and Softbank.

Musk and Altman Spar Over $100 Billion AI Venture Hyped by Trump  Bloomberg

Musk undercuts Trump on Stargate AI investment announcement  CNBC

Meta rarely invests in startups, but it works with Databricks on the Llama open-source models that Meta trains.

The ETF industry’s upstart-in-chief is back with another roll of the new-product dice — this time betting on a game-changing expansion of Wall Street’s zero-day options boom.

The AI contender to the apparent market leader finished a $2 million funding round and now has a $60 billion valuation.

Vertice raises $50M for its AI-powered SaaS spend platform  TechCrunch

Google to invest fresh $1 bln in OpenAI rival Anthropic, FT reports  Reuters.com

Microsoft has adjusted its deal with OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, to accommodate a new $500 billion AI data center joint venture announced by OpenAI with Oracle and SoftBank Group, according to Reuters.The deal, dubbed "Stargate" and announced by President Donald Trump at the White House, aims

SoftBank and OpenAI back sweeping AI infrastructure project in US  Financial Times

Trump announces private-sector $500 billion investment in AI infrastructure  Reuters

Trump lauded the up to $500 billion partnership with OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank to build out data centers and electricity generation in Texas to support U.S. AI development.

President Donald Trump unveiled a massive $100 billion joint venture aimed at accelerating AI development, partnering with SoftBank Group Corp., OpenAI, and Oracle Corp. The initiative, as reported by Bloomberg, was described as an "immediate" investment that will ultimately reach at least $500 billion, aiming to establish AI

TikTok owner ByteDance plans to spend $12 billion on AI chips in 2025, FT reports  Reuters

Report: OpenAI, SoftBank and Oracle to Announce AI Infrastructure Joint Venture  PYMNTS.com

OpenAI spent $1.76 million on government lobbying in 2024 and $510,000 in the last three months of the year alone, according to a new disclosure filed on Tuesday—a significant jump from 2023, when the company spent just $260,000 on Capitol Hill. The company also disclosed a new in-house lobbyist, Meghan Dorn, who worked for five…

Trump Announces Project Stargate, a Massive New Investment in AI  Inc.

OpenAI and Softbank are starting a $500 billion AI data center company  The Verge

OpenAI, SoftBank, Oracle to invest $500 bln in AI, Trump says  Reuters

Oracle stock climbs 7% as Trump is expected to announce its joint AI venture with OpenAI and Softbank  Quartz

The new tranche of money from Google into Anthropic adds to a total investment of $8bn from Amazon, the ecommerce group’s largest-ever venture investment, announced over the past 18 months. Amazon is ...

Google is making a fresh investment of more than $1 billion into AI startup Anthropic, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.

Google is making a fresh investment of more than $1 billion into OpenAI rival Anthropic, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.

Trump announces AI infrastructure investment backed by Oracle, OpenAI and Softbank  CNBC