Tech Brew Ride Home Mon. 07/28 – Tea Has Been Spilt
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Jul 28, 2025 Samsung and Tesla struck a massive deal to produce AI chips, shaking up the foundry landscape. Meta is ramping up its AI game by appointing a leading innovator and bolstering its research team. Meanwhile, Anthropic is on the hunt for major investments to skyrocket its valuation. In a twist, the new dating app Tea, designed for women's safety, faced a security breach that leaked user data, raising urgent privacy issues. Plus, PayPal is revolutionizing payments with its crypto integration, making transactions smoother than ever.
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Samsung-Tesla Chip Deal Boost
- Samsung's $16.5 billion, decade-long chip deal with Tesla boosts its foundry business amid underutilization and loss issues.
- The deal signals confidence in Samsung's upcoming 2nm chip fabrication technology as a strong alternative to TSMC.
Meta's AI Superintelligence Power-Up
- Meta hires ChatGPT co-creator Shengjia Zhao as chief scientist for its superintelligence lab, bolstering AI leadership.
- Meta plans to leverage a massive one-gigawatt Prometheus cloud cluster for frontier AI model training by 2026.
Anthropic's Funding and Ethics Battle
- Anthropic seeks $3-5 billion funding from Middle Eastern investors, potentially doubling its valuation to $150 billion.
- The startup faces challenges balancing ethical concerns over investor origins with funding needs amid fierce AI competition.