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Nvidia Chief Software Architect Jonathan Ross discusses the $20B Nvidia-Groq deal; sources say Groq's annual revenue was near $100M at the time of the deal (Phoebe Liu/Forbes)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/phoebeliu/2026/03/…

Groq Cofounder Explains How The $20 Billion Deal With Nvidia Came Together—And What’s Next
The Christmas Eve agreement—billed as Nvidia’s biggest deal in its three-decade history—landed at a precarious moment for Groq. Now Nvidia is betting on Groq’s inference-speed tech inside a newly announced chip platform.

📢 Deutsche Bischofskonferenz wählt Heiner Wilmer zum Vorsitzenden
Der Hildesheimer Bischof Heiner Wilmer ist neuer Vorsitzender der katholischen Deutschen Bischofskonferenz. Die Bischöfe wählten den 64-Jährigen in Würzburg zum Nachfolger von Georg Bätzing. Der Limburger Bischof hatte im Januar erklärt, nicht für eine zweite Amtszeit zu kandidieren.
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Deutsche Bischofskonferenz wählt Heiner Wilmer zum Vorsitzenden
Der Hildesheimer Bischof Heiner Wilmer ist neuer Vorsitzender der katholischen Deutschen Bischofskonferenz. Die Bischöfe wählten den 64-Jährigen in Würzburg zum Nachfolger von Georg Bätzing. Der Limburger Bischof hatte im Januar erklärt, nicht für eine zweite Amtszeit zu kandidieren.

Live updates: Board of Peace members pledge $7 billion for Gaza relief (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/live/trump-board-of-peace-georgia-midterms-2-19-2026
http://www.memeorandum.com/260219/p53#a260219p53

Bouillon de culture. #vie

Some former employees blame xAI's staff exodus on xAI's focus on NSFW Grok and disregard for safety, constantly playing catch up to OpenAI, infighting, and more (Hayden Field/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-int

What’s behind the mass exodus at xAI?
Internal sources spoke with The Verge about the recent restructuring at xAI and the direction Elon Musk is taking the company.

Ag Republicans eye $15 billion farm aid package (Grace Yarrow/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/01/15/congress/ag-republicans-eye-15-billion-farm-aid-package-00731636
http://www.memeorandum.com/260115/p118#a260115p118

Sources: Nvidia's licensing deal with Groq, which has raised ~$1.8B, includes payouts to Groq's key execs and investors, including BlackRock and Tiger Global (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/nvidia-struck-20-billion-megadeal-gro…

Why Nvidia Struck a $20 Billion Megadeal with Groq
Nvidia stunned Silicon Valley on Wednesday by agreeing to pay about $20 billion to license technology from Groq, one of the best-funded startups trying to challenge Nvidia’s dominance in chips for powering AI applications, known as inference computing, according to a person involved in the deal. ...

At an all-hands, Andy Jassy said he expects AI to help AWS reach $600B in annual sales by 2036, double his prior estimate; AWS had revenue of $128.7B in 2025 (Greg Bensinger/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/amazon-ce

Disruptive CEO Alex Davis says Nvidia has agreed to buy assets from Groq for $20B in cash; leaked email: Jensen Huang says Nvidia is not acquiring Groq (David Faber/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/24/nvidia-buying-ai-chip-startup-g…

Exclusive: Nvidia buying AI chip startup Groq for about $20 billion in its largest acquisition on record
Nvidia is making its largest purchase ever, acquiring nine-year-old chip startup Groq for about $20 billion.

Sources: bids for GroqCloud, Groq's AI inference platform, are expected to exceed $1B after Nvidia's $20B non-exclusive licensing agreement with Groq (Kate Clark/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/nvidia-