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OpenAI hits $500 billion valuation after share sale to SoftBank, others, source says

OpenAI has reached a valuation of $500 billion, following a deal in which current and former employees sold roughly $6.6 billion worth of shares.

Nvidia to invest $100 billion in OpenAI, linking two artificial intelligence titans

Nvidia will invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI and supply it with data center chips, marking a tie-up between two of the highest-profile players in the global AI race.

(L) Screenshot taken from Fox News segment with Laura Ingraham and Ron DeSantis. (Video via: X) / (Background) Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at a campaign event at The Grass Wagon on January 13, 2024 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

DeSantis labels H1-B work visa program a ‘total scam,’ criticizes policy allowing 600K Chinese students to study in U.S.

Florida GOP Governor Ron DeSantis recently described the H-1B visa program as a “total scam,” arguing that it enables American companies to neglect hard-working domestic workers in favor of cheap foreign labor, stemming mostly from India.

Perplexity AI application icon is seen in this illustration taken January 4, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

AI startup Perplexity makes bold $34.5 billion bid for Google’s Chrome browser

Buying Chrome would allow the startup to tap the browser’s more than three billion users for an edge in the AI search race.

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 23: Michael Kratsios, U.S. President Donald Trump and David O. Sacks speak onstage at the All-In and Hill & Valley Forum "Winning The AI Race" at Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium on July 23, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for Hill & Valley Forum)

Trump signs 3 AI-focused EOs, proclaims the U.S. will do ‘whatever it takes’ to win AI race

President Donald Trump pledged that the United States will do “whatever it takes” to secure global leadership in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), unveiling a newly released AI strategic action plan on Wednesday.

People walk past a Hyundai exhibition booth at the Bharat Mobility Global Expo 2025, in New Delhi on January 21, 2025. (Photo by Money SHARMA / AFP) (Photo by MONEY SHARMA/AFP via Getty Images)

Hyundai Announces $20B U.S. Investment, Including Louisiana Steel Plant, Amid Tariff Concerns

Car manufacturer Hyundai plans to invest $20 billion in the United States, including into a new steel plant in Louisiana, adding to the list of major foreign businesses set to move more of its operations to America in order to avoid tariffs.