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AI Hackers Strike & Space Data Centers Get $275M Boost
Episode 132
(0:15) Google Catches First Confirmed Case of Hackers Using AI to Build Zero-Day Exploit (1:05) Amazon Taps Swiss Franc Bond Market for the First Tim…
1 month, 1 week ago
AI Strains Power Grids as Europe Turns to Chatbots
Episode 131
(0:15) Malaysia Considers Action Against Meta Over 15,000 Fake Royal Accounts (1:03) European Central Bank Calls for Financial Infrastructure Review …
1 month, 1 week ago
Pivot 5 AI Briefing — May 11, 2026
Episode 131
Hosts: James Okafor & Maya Chen In this episode: • Welcome to Pivot 5 for Monday, May 11, 2026. I'm James Okafor, AI Industry Correspondent at Pivot …
1 month, 1 week ago
Nvidia's $40B AI Bet + Google's $99 Health Coach
Episode 130
(0:15) Nvidia Commits Over $40 Billion to AI Equity Deals in Early 2026 (1:03) Anthropic Signs $1.8 Billion Seven-Year Cloud Computing Deal With Akam…
1 month, 1 week ago
Nvidia Chips Smuggled + SpaceX's $55B AI Bet
Episode 129
(0:15) US Suspects Thailand AI Firm Smuggled Billions in Nvidia Chips to Alibaba (1:06) SpaceX Plans $55 Billion AI Chip Factory in Texas With Intel …
1 month, 1 week ago
Nvidia's $2.1B Bet + OpenAI's Safety Move
Episode 128
(0:15) Nvidia Commits Up to $2.1 Billion to Data Center Developer IREN (1:01) Scale AI Wins $500 Million Pentagon Contract for Data Analysis and Deci…
1 month, 1 week ago
DeepSeek Funding Talks + PA Sues Character.AI
Episode 127
(0:15) China's State Chip Fund Moves to Lead DeepSeek Fundraising at $45 Billion Valuation (1:14) SAP Acquires 18 Month Old German AI Startup Prior L…
1 month, 1 week ago
Pivot 5 AI Briefing — May 7, 2026
Episode 127
Hosts: James Okafor & Maya Chen In this episode: - Today: Claude gets supercharged with a SpaceX partnership, Uber's AI revolution goes global, and G…
1 month, 1 week ago
China Blocks Meta + AMD's AI Surge Shakes Markets
Episode 126
(0:15) China Blocks Meta's Two Billion Dollar Acquisition of AI Startup Manus (1:03) AMD Raises Forecast as Data Center AI Chip Sales Surge Past Expe…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Anthropic's $1.5B Deal + Tesla Hits Self-Driving Milestone
Episode 125
(0:15) Anthropic Forms $1.5 Billion Joint Venture With Blackstone and Goldman Sachs to Sell AI Tools (1:07) Cerebras Prices IPO at $26.6 Billion Valu…
1 month, 2 weeks ago