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1. Broadcom Arranges $50B+ Financing for OpenAI Custom Chips; Oracle and SpaceX Also Seek Chip Debt

   

   …hip it is developing with OpenAI; per the WSJ, cloud providers have already issued hundreds of billions in bon…

   Flash·Oct 8

2. Super Micro Contractor Pleads Guilty in $2.5B AI-Chip Smuggling Case

   

   …since the US began tightening AI-chip export controls on China in 2022; the two other defendants include a Sup…

   Stories·Oct 10

3. Nvidia-Backed Upscale AI Launches Token Fabric for Cross-Vendor AI Chip Networking

   

   Upscale AI launched Token Fabric, a data-center networking platform letting customers mix AI chips from rival …

   Flash·Oct 9

4. DOJ Arrests California Tech Firm Owner Over Alleged $300M AI Server Smuggling to China

   

   …g $300M+ in export-controlled AI servers to China via Malaysia and Singapore in 2023–2024 (three counts: consp…

   Stories·Oct 3

5. White House Announces $2.4B in AI-for-Science Tool and Compute Credit Pledges From 11 Companies

   

   …er 5 years), AMD ($500M), OpenAI ($200M), Anthropic and Google ($150M each) pledged $2.4 billion in "super-int…

   Stories·Oct 9

6. Lambda Seeks $4B in Final Pre-IPO Round at $14.5B Valuation: $35B of Its $50B Backlog Is One Customer

   

   …unch followed): Nvidia-backed AI compute cloud Lambda is raising up to $4B at a $14.5B pre-money valuation, le…

   Stories·Oct 7