Nvidia secures a massive $20 billion licensing deal with AI chipmaker Groq in an unusual structure that sees 90% of Groq's workforce joining the tech giant while shareholders receive substantial payouts, cleverly sidestepping antitrust concerns through the non-exclusive arrangement.
ServiceNow announces massive $7.75 billion acquisition of cybersecurity startup Armis, more than tripling its security market opportunity as companies ramp up spending to defend against AI-era cyber threats.
A massive $1.5 trillion AI investment bubble artificially inflates the US economy while experts warn that hallucinating, biased AI systems risk creating a dangerous Silicon Valley-controlled pseudo-reality lacking proper regulation.
Eight legacy programming languages including COBOL, Perl, Ada, Fortran, C/C++, Visual Basic, Pascal, and Python continue dominating modern software development as major corporations avoid rewriting critical systems that could introduce costly bugs, with these languages powering everything from banking operations to defense systems.
Nvidia creates a $5 billion chip-buying cycle by investing $1 billion in debt-fueled AI companies that use borrowed money to purchase Nvidia chips, then use those same chips as loan collateral, creating a circular financing system that amplifies purchases but risks destabilizing the entire AI sector.
AI startup Salient reaches $500M valuation with zero customer churn while processing $1B in loan transactions, achieving 30x better compliance than human agents and targeting the $20-30B U.S. auto lending market.
Anthropic launches Agent Skills, an open standard that trains AI assistants through reusable workplace modules, as Fortune 500 companies deploy it for legal and finance tasks while tech giants Microsoft, OpenAI, and Stripe integrate the platform that transforms specialized AI agents into one universal assistant.
OpenAI negotiates with Amazon for a massive $10+ billion investment deal that includes using Amazon's AI chips, marking a major shift after breaking free from Microsoft's exclusive computing partnership in October.
AI infrastructure giants Broadcom, Oracle, and CoreWeave stocks continue plummeting as investors panic over massive spending and questionable returns, with Oracle's debt soaring to dangerous 500% levels despite Broadcom projecting doubled AI chip sales to $8.2 billion.
Sequence secures $20 million in Series A funding to develop AI agents that automate revenue operations for B2B companies, targeting finance teams struggling with spreadsheets and rigid tools when processing complex software contracts and custom deals.