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Blackstone Nears $4 Billion Deal for MacLean Power Systems Blackstone is closing in on a multibillion-dollar acquisition of MacLean Power Systems, valuing the company at over $4 billion, according to people familiar with the negotiations. A formal announcement could arrive

A New AI Chip Battle Takes Shape — and Nvidia Feels the Hit Nvidia shares dropped sharply Tuesday after The Information reported that Google is in advanced discussions with Meta to supply billions of dollars’ worth of Google’s AI chips

xAI’s Blockbuster Raise Signals Another Step in the AI Funding Arms Race Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI is on track to close a $15 billion funding round next month at a $230 billion pre-money valuation, according to people familiar

Burry Goes Public With His AI Skepticism Michael Burry — best known for predicting the 2008 housing crash — has launched a new Substack newsletter called Cassandra Unchained, priced at $379 per year. The move follows his decision to deregister

Amazon Drops a $50 Billion AI Bombshell for the U.S. Government Amazon is making one of the largest public-sector technology bets in history, announcing plans to invest up to $50 billion to expand AI and supercomputing capacity across its secure

Nvidia Pushes Back on AI Bubble Talk Nvidia (NVDA) came out swinging during its Q3 earnings call, directly confronting rising fears that the AI boom is overheating — and that GPU demand is being artificially inflated by circular investment deals.

Nvidia’s AI Deal Machine Hits $24 Billion — and Raises Questions Nvidia is accelerating its dealmaking at a breakneck pace, adding another multibillion-dollar partnership this week with Microsoft and Anthropic. The new agreement includes up to $10 billion in Nvidia

Microsoft and Nvidia Fuel Anthropic’s Surge to a $350B Valuation Anthropic’s value skyrocketed this week after Microsoft and Nvidia unveiled major strategic investments totaling $15 billion, underscoring the intensifying race to lock in AI compute capacity and diversify beyond any

ACS and BlackRock Close In on Mega Data Center Partnership Spain’s ACS is closing in on a €23 billion partnership with BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) to massively expand its data center business, according to reporting from Expansion.The deal would