Intel’s Chief Says Washington Holds 8.2% and Stays Out of the Room
Intel Chief Executive Lip-Bu Tan said the U.S. government has not used its minority stake to shape company decisions, an assertion that answers a question Intel’s customers have been asking…
Anthropic’s $60 Billion Chip Deal Carries a 10% Coupon and Sets a Benchmark for AI Debt
The term sheet that reached credit investors this week carried a number more often associated with a troubled retailer than with a company selling subscriptions to a chatbot. For 60…
Amazon’s Bee Adds Two Personal AI Devices Starting at $75
Amazon’s Bee released two wearable AI devices on October 15, priced at $74.99 and $99.99, the first update to the product line since Amazon acquired the company in July 2025.…
Brussels Prepares Fast Approval for a European Satellite Venture
The European Commission is preparing to grant rapid antitrust approval to a satellite joint venture underpinned by the IRIS squared constellation, according to a Bloomberg report on October 15, after…
Disney Will Pay $60 Million a Year for 66 Character.AI Employees
Disney plans to pay $60 million a year in salaries to 66 employees hired from Character.AI, and has set aside a $30 million retention pool. Over three years the compensation…
Netflix Replaces Its Content Chief and Cuts Nearly a Thousand Jobs
Netflix named Peter Rice, a former Disney executive, as chief content officer on October 15, replacing Bela Bajaria. The appointment takes effect on October 26, and Mr. Rice will oversee…
Tesla’s New Roadster Jumps, and Waits Until 2028
The car left the ground. At a SpaceX test site in McGregor, Texas, on the evening of October 15, Tesla showed a second-generation Roadster using cold-gas thrusters supplied by SpaceX…
Germany Prepares an Industrial AI Pact With Nvidia
Around a dozen German companies, including Siemens and Audi, are preparing to join a cooperation agreement on industrial artificial intelligence with Nvidia that the federal government intends to sign, according…
JPMorgan’s $38 Billion Data Center Loan Is Still Looking for Buyers
More than two dozen lenders signed on to finance two data center campuses tied to Oracle’s expansion. Months later, less than $1 billion of the roughly $38 billion package still…
Six Outside Evaluators Get Desks Inside Anthropic, With a Narrow List of Exceptions
Anthropic said on October 15 that it has placed six researchers from an outside evaluation group inside the company with employee-level access, and that they may publish what they find…
