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OpenAI strikes multibillion-dollar deal to buy 750 MW of computing capacity from Cerebras over three years; sources: deal worth more than $10 billion (Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 14, 2026

Wall Street Journal: OpenAI strikes multibillion-dollar deal to buy 750 MW of computing capacity from Cerebras over three years; sources:…

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Vancouver-based quantum computing startup Photonic has raised CA$180 million led by Planet First Partners, bringing its total funding to CA$375 million (Madison McLauchlan/BetaKit)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 6, 2026

Madison McLauchlan / BetaKit: Vancouver-based quantum computing startup Photonic has raised CA$180 million led by Planet First Partners, bringing its…

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Rohit Prasad, head of Amazon’s AGI team, will leave at the end of 2025; Peter DeSantis, senior vice president of AWS, will lead a group combining AI, silicon and quantum computing teams (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 17, 2025

Featured Podcasts Channels with Peter Kafka: “Neither team is used to losing.” Lucas Shaw on What’s Next for Netflix and…

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Nvidia acquires $2 billion in common stock from Synopsys, unveils strategic partnership to accelerate computing and AI engineering products, including deployment of CUDA (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 1, 2025

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At a recent all-hands meeting, Amin Vahdat, head of Google’s AI infrastructure, said Google needs to double AI computing capacity every six months to meet demand (Jennifer Elias/CNBC)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 21, 2025

Jennifer Elias / CNBC: At a recent all-hands meeting, Amin Vahdat, head of Google’s AI infrastructure, said Google needs to…

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A look at Rigetti Computing and D-Wave Quantum, whose shares have surged more than 1,900% in the past year as the potential of quantum computing captivates investors (Felice Maranz/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 10, 2025

Felice Maranz / Bloomberg: A look at Rigetti Computing and D-Wave Quantum, whose shares have surged more than 1,900% in…

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Sources: Quantum computing companies including IonQ, Rigetti and D-Wave are in talks to give the U.S. Commerce Department equity in exchange for more than $10 million each in funding (Amrith Ramkumar/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 23, 2025

Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Quantum computing companies including IonQ, Rigetti and D-Wave are in talks to give…

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To secure vast computing for OpenAI, Sam Altman’s series of deals pits Silicon Valley giants against each other as they rush to profit, making OpenAI too big to fail (Berber Jin/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 21, 2025

Berber jin / Wall Street Journal: To secure vast computing for OpenAI, Sam Altman’s series of deals pits Silicon Valley…

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Sources: Oracle is in discussion with META to provide a computing power for the training and deployment of AI models, in an agreement of approximately $ 20 billion (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsSeptember 19, 2025

Bloomberg:: Sources: Oracle is in discussion with META to provide a computing power for the training and deployment of AI…

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Sources: Openai has signed a contract with Oracle to buy $ 300 billion in computing power, requiring 4.5 capacity gigawatts, over about five years (Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsSeptember 10, 2025

Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal:: Sources: Openai has signed a contract with Oracle to buy $ 300 billion in…

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OpenAI strikes multibillion-dollar deal to buy 750 MW of computing capacity from Cerebras over three years; sources: deal worth more than $10 billion (Wall Street Journal)

Vancouver-based quantum computing startup Photonic has raised CA$180 million led by Planet First Partners, bringing its total funding to CA$375 million (Madison McLauchlan/BetaKit)

Rohit Prasad, head of Amazon’s AGI team, will leave at the end of 2025; Peter DeSantis, senior vice president of AWS, will lead a group combining AI, silicon and quantum computing teams (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)

Nvidia acquires $2 billion in common stock from Synopsys, unveils strategic partnership to accelerate computing and AI engineering products, including deployment of CUDA (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)

At a recent all-hands meeting, Amin Vahdat, head of Google’s AI infrastructure, said Google needs to double AI computing capacity every six months to meet demand (Jennifer Elias/CNBC)

A look at Rigetti Computing and D-Wave Quantum, whose shares have surged more than 1,900% in the past year as the potential of quantum computing captivates investors (Felice Maranz/Bloomberg)

Sources: Quantum computing companies including IonQ, Rigetti and D-Wave are in talks to give the U.S. Commerce Department equity in exchange for more than $10 million each in funding (Amrith Ramkumar/Wall Street Journal)

To secure vast computing for OpenAI, Sam Altman’s series of deals pits Silicon Valley giants against each other as they rush to profit, making OpenAI too big to fail (Berber Jin/Wall Street Journal)

Sources: Oracle is in discussion with META to provide a computing power for the training and deployment of AI models, in an agreement of approximately $ 20 billion (Bloomberg)

Sources: Openai has signed a contract with Oracle to buy $ 300 billion in computing power, requiring 4.5 capacity gigawatts, over about five years (Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal)