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Top 3 headlines this week
1. NEW NVIDIA AI CHIP: 5X FASTER, ARRIVING EARLY
Nvidia Accelerates AI Hardware Race with Early Launch of Vera Rubin AI Servers
Nvidia surprised the AI industry at CES 2026 by unveiling its next-generation AI server system, Vera Rubin, ahead of schedule. Designed for intensive model training and simulation workloads, the new platform promises orders-of-magnitude improvements in inference efficiency and scale, potentially lowering costs for training trillion-parameter-class models. Analysts view this as a strategic move to maintain leadership amid escalating competition in AI computation hardware. Wall Street Journal
Primary source: Wall Street Journal – Nvidia unveils faster AI chips sooner than expected — link above.
2. Meta Acquires AI Startup Manus in Multi-Billion-Dollar Push into General Agent Technology
Meta Platforms confirmed its acquisition of Manus, a Singapore-based AI startup known for autonomous AI agents, in one of the largest AI deals this cycle. The deal—reported to exceed $2 billion—positions Meta to embed advanced general-purpose AI capabilities across its social and messaging platforms. Meta says Manus will continue operating under its brand while contributing to broader AI strategy initiatives. AP News
Primary source: Associated Press – Meta buys startup Manus — link above.
3. xAI Expands Compute Infrastructure with Third Facility to Boost AI Model Training
Elon Musk’s AI company xAI has acquired a third building adjacent to its Colossus 2 data center site in Tennessee, part of a plan to nearly double its AI training capacity to 2 gigawatts of compute power. The expansion underscores xAI’s ambition to compete with major AI incumbents by scaling infrastructure rapidly, though it also raises questions about the environmental and cost implications of such intensive compute growth. Reuters
Primary source: Reuters – Musk’s xAI buys third building to expand AI compute — link above.
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang casually revealed at last month's GTC conference in Washington that his company is sitting on half a trillion dollars in orders - and Wall Street is still trying to process what that means.
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NVIDIA and Synopsys Announce Strategic Partnership to Revolutionize Engineering and Design
