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Apple signals major AI investment push
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Samsung signs $16.5B chip deal to power Tesla’s AI push
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NEWS UPDATES
Apple signals major AI investment push
Tim Cook spent an hour telling employees AI is “as big as the internet” and “ours to grab.” Apple will boost spending, shift Siri to a full LLM stack, and consider acquisitions to speed progress. The company is already prototyping on-device models that run without cloud calls.
Expect next-year iPhones to ship privacy-first AI that raises customer expectations for all brands. CEOs should review product roadmaps now: customers may soon demand offline AI and stricter data-use terms.
OpenAI raises $8.3B, valuation hits $300B
An oversubscribed round closed months early, lifting OpenAI to roughly $300B. Proceeds fund tens of thousands of H200 GPUs and GPT-5 follow-ons. Capacity will be sold in long-term blocks, and early buyers get discount tiers.
Procurement leads should lock multi-year quotas before prices climb with each new tranche.
Samsung signs $16.5B chip deal to power Tesla’s AI push
Samsung Foundry will supply next-generation 3-nanometer AI accelerators to Tesla over the next five years, a contract worth $16.5 billion. The chips will run in Tesla’s Dojo super-computer and in-car full-self-driving (FSD) hardware, starting with the 2027 vehicle line.
Long-dated chip contracts will push up spot prices for everyone else. If your 2026–27 AI roadmap depends on cutting-edge silicon, negotiate multi-year supply now—or explore lower-power inferencing options that don’t require 3-nm wafers.
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Useful Resources
Learn from SaaStr’s Flatfile case study on AI-powered data migration (link)
Compare ClickUp’s top Tally Forms alternatives for smoother data capture (link)
Discover OpenAI’s Intercom integration to add GPT support inside chat widgets (link)
Explore Google AI’s new TTD-DR diffusion framework for deep-research agents (link)
Read Predictive Analytics World’s survey on why researchers doubt near-term AGI (link)
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MARKET
💰 Funding
Positron AI raised $51.6M to build high-performance GenAI compute systems.
Fundamental Research Labs secures $33M for vertical AI agents
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