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AI & Compute Infrastructure — October 17, 2026
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The Nasdaq 100 fell 5.5% this week, recording its largest weekly decline since April 2025. The weekly decline accompanied renewed selling in AI-related technology stocks. The supplied CCTV report…
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Thirty-Two H200s, Fourteen Months: What the Actuals Show
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All editions →- Anthropic’s proposed $60 billion financing for Google Tensor Processing Units offers Blackstone returns above 10%, backed by five-year chip-lease payments. The proposed debt financing is code-named…18 stories
- AI-cloud startup Volta’s $5 billion loan sold at 95% of face value, carrying interest 6.5 percentage points above benchmark. JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs completed the sale of Volta Infrastructure…18 stories
- GlobalFoundries was selected to operate two planned fabs in Malta, New York, under a $21 billion Japanese-funded investment plan. The announcement separates factory operation from ownership and…20 stories
- Tencent priced $1.8 billion and RMB26 billion in notes and signed subscription agreements; issuance is expected October 21. Tencent completed pricing and entered into subscription agreements with the…19 stories
- JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs underwrote $1.3 billion, excluding $3.7 billion in chip loans, while arranging AI-cloud startup Volta’s $5 billion financing. The financing concerns Volta Infrastructure…21 stories
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Thirty-Two H200s, Fourteen Months: What the Actuals Show
A retrospective on our first on-demand GPU deal: how it performed and what it taught us about where this asset class is heading.
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Think AI Is Overhyped? This Might Change Your Mind 🧠
What AI Agents Can Actually Do (And Why It Matters)
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