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OpenAI stands to hold ~$2.6B in combined CoreWeave and Cerebras stock that it acquired by committing to buy cloud services and chips, and to lend Cerebras money (Cory Weinberg/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-making-b…

OpenAI Is Making Billions Just by Promising to Buy From Suppliers
Chipmaker Cerebras brought in one of the greatest pitchmen in tech, Sam Altman, to appear in a video to promote its $5.5 billion initial public offering. Seated on a gray upholstered couch and speaking softly, the OpenAI chief executive touted Cerebras’ chips as “the best high-speed inference ...

Salem Media agrees to be acquired by The Christian Community Foundation, doing business as WaterStone, in a deal that will take Salem Media private (Adam Jacobson/Radio & Television Business Report)
https://rbr.com/waterstone-agrees-to-buy-salem-media/

Waterstone Agrees To Buy Salem Media | Radio & Television Business Report
Salem Media, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by The Christian Community Foundation, Inc., doing business as WaterStone, in a transaction that will take the company private. For Salem, it is an arrangement designed to "strengthen Salem’s long-term mission across radio, digital media, streaming, podcasting, television, and publishing."

Visits by Canadians to major U.S. cities have crashed by 42 percent during President Donald Trump’s second term, new research has found.
The 42 percent figure—uncovered by a University of Toronto research tool that tracks cellphone activity—dwarfs the roughly 25 percent drop captured by official border-crossing data, the newspaper said. The researchers said they had been struck by “the marked decline in visits to large metropolitan economies.”

Staggering Drop of Canadian Visitors to U.S. Cities Under Trump Revealed
Visits by Canadians to major U.S. cities have crashed by a staggering 42 percent during President Donald Trump’s second term, new research has found. The eye...

"Celebrating Seven Years of By the People"
https://blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2026/03/by-the-people-turns-7/
"We turned seven during the Fall of last year and we’ve been waiting to make a very exciting announcement: Our volunteers completed one milli…

Verhandlungen gescheitert: 18-tägiger Streik bei Samsung immer wahrscheinlicher
Die Gewerkschaften fordern, dass Samsung die Angestellten stärker an den Rekordgewinnen beteiligt. Jetzt sind wichtige Verhandlungen dazu gescheitert.

Verhandlungen gescheitert: 18-tägiger Streik bei Samsung immer wahrscheinlicher
Die Gewerkschaften fordern, dass Samsung die Angestellten stärker an den Rekordgewinnen beteiligt. Jetzt sind wichtige Verhandlungen dazu gescheitert.

Crypto accounting startup Cryptio raised a $45M Series B led by BlackFin Capital Partners and Sentinel Global and reports having 450 clients, including Circle (Ben Weiss/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/03/12/cryptio-series-b-fundraise-b…

Exclusive: Accounting startup Cryptio raises $45 million to help big firms keep track of digital assets
BlackFin Capital Partners and Sentinel Global led the Series B fundraise, which closed three weeks ago.

Google Maps mit Kauf-Button für S-Bahnen und Regionalzüge
Wie komme ich schnell von A nach B? Navi-Apps zeigen mehrere Verkehrsmittel als Optionen. Regionalzüge kommen bei Google Maps nun etwas besser zur Geltung.

Google Maps mit Kauf-Button für S-Bahnen und Regionalzüge
Wie komme ich schnell von A nach B? Navi-Apps zeigen mehrere Verkehrsmittel als Optionen. Regionalzüge kommen bei Google Maps nun etwas besser zur Geltung.

Sources: UK-based cloud provider Nscale is in talks to buy a major data center site in West Virginia; Amazon and Meta have also expressed interest in the site (Anissa Gardizy/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/nv

Nvidia Cloud Ally Nscale in Talks to Buy a Major U.S. Data Center Site Ahead of IPO
Nscale, an upstart cloud provider heavily backed by Nvidia whose customers include OpenAI and Microsoft, is in talks to take control of one of the largest available sites for AI data centers in the U.S., according to people with knowledge of the talks and fundraising documents viewed by The ...

Anduril raised $5B led by Thrive Capital and a16z at a $61B valuation, up from $30.5B in June 2025, taking its total funding to $6.82B, and may IPO in 2027 (Sheera Frenkel/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/technology/anduril-raises-5-billion.html

Anduril Raises $5 Billion in Funding and Is Valued at $61 Billion
The start-up, which makes A.I.-backed weapons, was valued at $61 billion in the financing round, double what it was a year ago.

Sources: after Google's $32B deal, each of Wiz's four co-founders is set to get $2B in post-tax cash; Index is set to net $4B, Insight $2.7B, and Sequoia $3B (Sofia Chierchio/Forbes)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/sofiachierchi

Wiz’s Founders And Investors Cash Out As Google’s $32 Billion Takeover Closes
Two years after rejecting a $23 billion offer, Israel-based Wiz secured the largest acquisition in Google’s history and will deliver billion-dollar returns to its founders and investors.