NYTIMES (Kate Conger) - SpaceX Has $30 Billion Deal to Provide Google With A.I. Computing Power
Elon Musk’s rocket company said Google would pay it $920 million a month, as it prepared for its initial public offering.
NYTIMES (Natallie Rocha) - Amazon Buys Globalstar for $10.8 Billion, Movingto Expand Its Satellite Internet Service
The e-commerce giant is buying Globalstar, a satellite communications company, as it aims to expand its own satellite internet service to compete with Elon Musk’s Starlink.
AXIOS (Ina Fried) - Amazon strikes $50B OpenAI deal
A deal with OpenAI could put Amazon first to market with a new type of AI service for developers — but the two companies will have to tread carefully to avoid running afoul of OpenAI's deal with Microsoft . Why it matters: If successful, Amazon Web Services could land in the more enviable position at the leading edge of generative AI rather than being forced to compete mainly by delivering models more cheaply than rival clouds. Driving the news: Amazon and OpenAI on Friday announced a multi-pronged deal that calls for Amazon to invest up to $50 billion in OpenAI, with Amazon getting access to a variety of OpenAI services. - The most notable piece: Amazon would be first to offer a new kind of computing they are calling "stateful runtime…
NYTIMES (Don Clark) - Intel Strikes Deal With a Chip Start-Up Its C.E.O. Invested In
A technical partnership embraces SambaNova Systems, which Intel’s chief, Lip-Bu Tan, helps lead as an investor and chairman.