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November 9, 2025, 5:01 AM

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Magdalena Petrova / CNBC:
Investment in subsea cable projects is expected to reach $13B between 2025 and 2027, almost 2x the amount invested between 2022 and 2024, driven by AI buildout  —  Over 95% of international data and voice call traffic travels through nearly a million miles of underwater communication cables.
Jonathan Burgos / Forbes:
Several of Asia's top tycoons and conglomerates are joining the data center race as tech giants plan $240B in APAC hyperscale expansion over the next five years  —  The buildout of AI infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific is in high gear.  Masayoshi Son and Mukesh Ambani are among the region's wealthiest taking the lead.
George Steer / Financial Times:
A look at Dominari Holdings and Yorkville Advisors, two little-known boutique banks that have helped finance the Trump family's flurry of crypto deals this year  —  Dominari Holdings and Yorkville Advisors are benefiting from close connections with Eric and Donald Trump Jr
Brie Wolfson / Colossus:
An account of working at Cursor for 60 days: a largely in-person culture, few scheduled meetings, aggressive recruiting, heavy internal product testing, more  —  Sixty days with the AI coding decacorn  —  Editor's note: This is the first installment in a series of Company Dispatches …
Sean O'Kane / TechCrunch:
Rivian spins off Mind Robotics as a new stand-alone industrial AI and robotics company; Mind Robotics raised a $115M seed led by Eclipse  —  Rivian has created its second spinoff company this year: an industrial AI and robotics venture called Mind Robotics.
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