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Alat, a $100 billion PIF-backed electronics manufacturing fund in Saudi Arabia, has removed its CEO Amit Midha; sources say he abandoned plans to invest in chip production (Matthew Martin/Semafor)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 11, 2026

Matthew Martin / Semafor: Alat, a $100 billion PIF-backed electronics manufacturing fund in Saudi Arabia, has removed its CEO Amit…

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Anthropic plans to invest $200 million in a new venture with private equity firms to sell AI tools to their portfolio companies; it is in talks to raise $1 billion for the effort (Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 7, 2026

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Documents: Intel plans to invest $15 million in SambaNova, a startup chaired by CEO Lip-Bu Tan, increasing Intel’s stake to 9%, following a $35 million investment in February (Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 2, 2026

Reuters: Documents: Intel plans to invest $15 million in SambaNova, a startup chaired by CEO Lip-Bu Tan, increasing Intel’s stake…

Business & Money

Toyota to invest $1 billion to increase U.S. production in Kentucky and Indiana

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 23, 2026

Production of the Toyota Camry at the automaker’s Georgetown, Kentucky, plant.Courtesy of ToyotaToyota engine announced Monday that it would spend…

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General Catalyst plans to invest $5 billion in India over five years, an increase from the previously announced $500 million to $1 billion, after merging with a local venture capitalist in 2024 (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 20, 2026

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Sources: TSMC plans to invest another $100 billion to build four additional U.S. manufacturing plants to ensure tariff-free chip sales; analysis: its Arizona site has land for four additional factories (Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 14, 2026

Financial Times: Sources: TSMC plans to invest another $100 billion to build four additional U.S. manufacturing plants to ensure tariff-free…

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AI companies invest a lot of money in advertising

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 6, 2026

Samuel Boivin | Nuphoto | Getty ImagesArtificial intelligence companies are playing their biggest role at the Super Bowl, with all…

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Tesla says it agreed to invest $2 billion in xAI for preferred stock as part of xAI’s Series E, despite a shareholder vote in November that failed to gain approval (Kara Carlson/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 28, 2026

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SK Hynix will invest around $12.9 billion to build an advanced chip packaging plant in South Korea to meet growing demand for memory chips, expected to be completed by the end of 2027 (Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 13, 2026

Reuters: SK Hynix will invest approximately $12.9 billion to build an advanced chip packaging plant in South Korea to meet…

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OpenAI and SoftBank announce they will each invest $500 million in SB Energy to support the infrastructure company’s growth as a data center developer and operator (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 9, 2026

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North Korean agents use fake identities to apply for tech jobs – Radio Free Asia

Award-winning Burmese journalist Shin Daewe released from prison – Radio Free Asia

New York pied-à-terre tax sparks legal fight over values

FDA Speeds Up Research on Psychedelic Drugs Following Trump Order

Spirit Airlines’ money ‘won’t last very long’

Nike cuts 1,400 jobs in second round of layoffs this year

Trump administration decides to reclassify cannabis

Trump falls asleep during Oval Office event as his decline deepens

Hakeem Jeffries calls Trump the stupidest president in history

Republicans attempt to overturn election after Virginia backfires Trump’s Gerrymander

RFK Jr. looked completely crazy during Senate hearing

Investigation opened into Kash Patel’s alleged drinking

French forecast office refers suspicion of tampering with weather sensors at Paris airport to police after detecting unusual values alongside Polymarket betting (Joe Wertz/Bloomberg)

Meta announces deal to use “tens of millions” of Amazon’s Graviton chips to help deliver its next generation of AI models, amid Nvidia chip shortage (Ina Fried/Axios)

Norway plans to ban children from using social media until age 16; government says it will present bill to parliament by end of 2026 (Terje Solsvik/Reuters)

EY survey of 18,000 people across 23 countries: Around 49% of consumers have used AI in the past six months to support their savings and investment decisions (Emma Dunkley/Financial Times)

Trump threatens to “impose significant tariffs on the UK” if he does not scrap his digital services tax, which he sees as unfairly targeting US tech companies (Connor Stringer/Telegraph)

Browsing: invest

Alat, a $100 billion PIF-backed electronics manufacturing fund in Saudi Arabia, has removed its CEO Amit Midha; sources say he abandoned plans to invest in chip production (Matthew Martin/Semafor)

Anthropic plans to invest $200 million in a new venture with private equity firms to sell AI tools to their portfolio companies; it is in talks to raise $1 billion for the effort (Wall Street Journal)

Documents: Intel plans to invest $15 million in SambaNova, a startup chaired by CEO Lip-Bu Tan, increasing Intel’s stake to 9%, following a $35 million investment in February (Reuters)

Toyota to invest $1 billion to increase U.S. production in Kentucky and Indiana

General Catalyst plans to invest $5 billion in India over five years, an increase from the previously announced $500 million to $1 billion, after merging with a local venture capitalist in 2024 (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

Sources: TSMC plans to invest another $100 billion to build four additional U.S. manufacturing plants to ensure tariff-free chip sales; analysis: its Arizona site has land for four additional factories (Financial Times)

AI companies invest a lot of money in advertising

Tesla says it agreed to invest $2 billion in xAI for preferred stock as part of xAI’s Series E, despite a shareholder vote in November that failed to gain approval (Kara Carlson/Bloomberg)

SK Hynix will invest around $12.9 billion to build an advanced chip packaging plant in South Korea to meet growing demand for memory chips, expected to be completed by the end of 2027 (Reuters)

OpenAI and SoftBank announce they will each invest $500 million in SB Energy to support the infrastructure company’s growth as a data center developer and operator (Bloomberg)