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Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Meta invests $900M into Indian fintech Cred for a ~20% stake, and plans to appoint Cred founder Kunal Shah as the leader of WhatsApp, replacing Will Cathcart  —  Meta Platforms Inc. is investing $900 million into Indian fintech startup Cred, with plans to appoint its founder, Kunal Shah, the new leader of WhatsApp.
Bloomberg:
Getty Images signs a licensing deal with OpenAI, letting its image library appear in ChatGPT's search and discovery tools; GETY jumps 90%+ and is down 10%+ YTD  —  Shares of stock-photo company Getty Images Holdings Inc. soared as much as 145% on Monday after it announced a licensing deal with OpenAI.
Sarah Basford Canales / The Guardian:
In a rare joint statement, Five Eyes leaders warn AI models capable of taking down governments and businesses are mere months away, urging leaders to “act now”  —  Signal agencies in Australia, the US, the UK, New Zealand and Canada sound alarm after Trump blocks foreign nationals from Anthropic's Fable AI model
Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal:
Google invests in independent movie studio A24 as part of a new AI partnership; sources say Google is investing ~$75M, roughly equal to Thrive's 2024 investment  —  Search giant is putting about $75 million into the film company as part of an artificial-intelligence research partnership
Samantha Subin / CNBC:
SpaceX announces a senior unsecured notes offering and discloses that it has about $100.8B in cash; SPCX drops 8%+  —  - SpaceX launched an inaugural bond sale days after its blockbuster IPO … SpaceX on Monday announced a senior unsecured notes offering and disclosed about $100.8 billion in cash.
Deirdre Bosa / CNBC:
SpaceX signs a computing deal worth up to $6.3B with Reflection AI for access to Nvidia GB300s at Colossus 2; Reflection will pay $150M per month through 2029
Clara Murray / Financial Times:
Analysis: Anthropic may have talked its way into an export ban, as its 2026 statements and social media posts used 8x more AI risk-related terms than OpenAI  —  FT analysis shows company warned about dangers of advanced AI far more than rival OpenAI this year
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Jay Peters / The Verge:
Valve says Steam Machine, its new living room-friendly PC, will start at $1,049 for the 512GB base model, and go on sale starting June 29  —  You can register your interest starting today, and the first emails letting people buy one will go out on June 29th.
Kevin Crowley / Bloomberg:
Chevron signs a 20-year deal with Microsoft to provide natural-gas power for a proposed West Texas data center, which could be one of the biggest in the US  —  Chevron Corp. signed a 20-year deal with Microsoft Corp. to provide natural-gas fired power for a proposed West Texas data center, which could be one of the biggest in the US.
Kimberley Kao / Wall Street Journal:
SK Hynix overtakes Samsung to become South Korea's most valuable company, closing up 5.6% for a ~$1.4T market cap; South Korea's Kospi index is up 117% YTD  —  The South Korean memory-chip maker's market capitalization hit $1.362 trillion  —  Memory-chip maker SK Hynix has overtaken Samsung Electronics …
Wall Street Journal:
Satya Nadella says the public wouldn't tolerate a few AI labs “doing all of the learning for the world”, as Microsoft moves to provide low-cost models and tools  —  In interview, Microsoft's CEO offers a blistering critique of AI power balance and calls for earning society's permission
Kim Su-jeong / CHOSUNBIZ:
Samsung rolls out ChatGPT Enterprise and Codex to all South Korean staff and global DX division staff; OpenAI calls it one of its largest enterprise deployments  —  OpenAI said on the 22nd that it will supply ChatGPT Enterprise and the AI-based work automation platform “Codex” …
Zsana Hoskins / Bloomberg:
Groq raised $650M led by Disruptive and Infinitum after its Nvidia deal, aiming to hit 200 MW in capacity by the end of 2027, following a $750M raise in 2025  —  Groq Inc. raised $650 million in a new funding round aimed at expanding its data center capacity and helping the one-time chip startup become …

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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Trump names Danielle Thumann, an adviser to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, to serve as an FCC commissioner; if confirmed, she'd bring the Republican majority to 3-1

Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Scripps' CEO says the company is adopting a streaming news model enabled by AI, including cutting 12% of staff, and praises the FCC's lift of the ownership cap

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