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TECH IN THE NEWS

Tech Stocks Thankful — Nasdaq surged 2.7% and S&P 500 rose 1.5% amid optimism for interest-rate cuts. Alphabet and Tesla led gains, with Nvidia as investors eye economic data and major retailer earnings.

Genesis Mission — Pres. Trump signed an executive order for the "Genesis Mission" to boost AI innovation. The initiative with Nvidia and Dell aims to advance materials engineering, health sciences, and energy efficiency.

China Trade — President Trump and Xi Jinping discussed US-China trade, with Trump hopeful for better ties as US-EU tariff tensions rise amid Supreme Court challenges. Trump is reviewing whether to allow Nvidia to sell China H200 chips.

Tech Legislation Stalls — The EU pauses the AI Act and DSA due to Trump admin and Big Tech pressures, signaling a potential shift in EU's global tech governance role.

Fed Whispers — New York Fed President John Williams boosted markets by suggesting potential rate cuts, raising Dec odds from 44% to 70%. AI valuation concerns and strong job market keep investors wary.

AI Bond Boom Concerns — A surge in tech firms' bond sales to fund AI is raising concerns. Analysts predict AI data center bonds could hit $1.5T in five years, impacting the high-grade debt market and widening credit spreads.

AI Policy Push — Leading the Future PAC launches a $10M campaign to advocate for a federal AI policy, opposing state regulations. With support from industry giants, it seeks to influence upcoming 2026 midterms.

OpenAI Device Reveal & AI Shopping and Amazon’s Massive AI Investments

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OpenAI gave some details around its first “Calm Tech” ambient computing AI hardware prototype with Jony Ive to ship within 2 years, as well as launching a new research-based AI shopping tool. Simultaneously, Amazon expanded its giant AI footprint with new data centers, federal cloud projects and satellite hardware. And, Google pushed Gemini 3.0 forward and continued to grow its financial and technical lead in AI infrastructure. Together these updates show a clear escalation in the next tech war we’ve been covering here, the three (or four) way contest to control the AI operating system that will guide how we shop, search and use computers.

OpenAI’s New “Calm Tech” Gadget

OpenAI gave the world its first glimpse at a hardware device shaped with the help of Jony Ive. The details are still pretty sparse, but what we know is that the design is based around ambient computing, which aims to keep a device close without demanding constant attention. Instead of filling a screen with apps or messages, the assistant listens for simple instructions and handles tasks quietly. The goal is a calmer relationship with information, something many people feel they need.

OpenAI plans to release the device within two years. A build partnership with Foxconn gives it the ability to scale production, tapping into its experience building hardware for Apple and other tech giants. This move shows a desire to compete with Apple, Amazon and Google in the physical world, not only in software.

Your AI Is About To Have Shopping Reckons

Alongside the hardware news, OpenAI launched a shopping research tool inside ChatGPT. This tool reads the internet and creates simple guides for products ranging from kitchen gear to headphones. It explains differences, lists pros and cons and adjusts suggestions based on budget or specific needs. It does this without taking payments from brands. This gives OpenAI room to say it offers cleaner and less biased recommendations.

The tool places OpenAI into direct competition with Google Shopping and Amazon’s retail engine. If millions of shoppers begin asking a personal AI for product advice, search pages lose influence. The update has the potential to change how people discover products and where online stores direct their marketing. It also aligns with OpenAI’s long term idea that the assistant should reduce effort, not add more steps.

Amazon’s Mega AI Factory Investments

Amazon’s updates show it moving into AI on a huge scale. New reports reveal that it now operates more than 900 data centers around the world built for high demand machine learning tasks. They support Amazon’s retail systems, cloud services and security platforms. The entire network powers the recommendations, pricing and demand forecasts that drive its 40% share of US e-commerce.

Holiday periods make Amazon’s AI advantage clear. Its algorithms watch millions of customer actions each hour. They decide which products should rise, which prices should shift and which items are likely to go viral. Analysts often point to Amazon’s speed as the main reason other retailers struggle to catch up. Speaking of speed, Amazon also just revealed the Leo Ultra satellite terminal with high speed connections to challenge Starlink’s internet business.

Amazon’s other updates this week show it is aiming at the government and enterprise markets too. It plans to invest about $50B into AI and supercomputing infrastructure for US federal agencies. This came as Trump announced the Genesis Mission an executive order for aiming to boost AI innovation.

Amazon also launched the Autonomous Threat Analysis system for cybersecurity. These projects show how Amazon is going to build an AI network that reaches from shopping carts to national security.

Google’s Quiet Strength: Money and Models

Meanwhile, Google is soaring high after a successful launch of Gemini 3.0 last week. The new frontier model has performed strongly on reasoning tests becoming the most powerful LLM on most benchmarking tests. As a result, Alphabet is nearing a $4T valuation, driven by a significant rise in its stock price up 5% to a record high. Cloud business has become a key growth driver as it pulls more clients from Amazon, attracting investments from notable firms like Berkshire Hathaway.

Many analysts believe Google is extremely well-positioned in the AI sector due to strong cash flow and a growing ecosystem of in-house tech including its TPUs and a growing AI retail ecosystem and its payments standard A2P.

The company’s biggest advantage is its financial strength. Google produces roughly $75B in free cash flow each year. This allows it to upgrade servers, design chips and expand data centers at a pace few rivals can follow.

Google teams have described a need to double AI serving capacity in short time windows. The company is aiming for large increases in infrastructure over the next few years. Its long work on TPUs gave it early knowledge in custom silicon. That history will help Google move quickly as AI demand grows across shopping, search, Workspace and cloud services.

Hiding The Computer

Across all three companies, one idea is becoming central. The next generation of AI products will not rely on large chat windows. They will live inside simple and specific flows. OpenAI is building a device and shopping guide that act as quiet helpers. Amazon uses massive infrastructure to shape retail and cloud computing. Google leans on strong models and deep financial reserves to serve billions of users. All of them are working on cementing their own chosen payments and

Each company understands that the best AI experiences feel smooth rather than overwhelming. They aim to build tools that solve tasks with very little friction. The next interface may be almost invisible. It may hide behind the scenes and jump in only when needed. Whoever perfects this approach could define the future of consumer technology.

“I love solutions that teeter on appearing almost naive in their simplicity, and I also love incredibly intelligent, sophisticated products that you want to touch, and you feel no intimidation, and you want to use almost carelessly.”

— Jony Ive at Emerson Collective’s 2025 Demo Day

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Alphabet — Approaching a $4T valuation as the stock surged over 5% due to an AI-fueled rally. The growth is driven by its cloud business and investments from firms like Berkshire Hathaway.

OpenAI — Unveiled its first ambient computing hardware prototypes with Jony Ive, targeting a two-year launch. Also launched a shopping research tool in ChatGPT as a personalized buying advisor targeting Google and Amazon.

Amazon — Investing $50B in federal AI infrastructure & $15B in data centers, expanding to 900+ data centers globally, dominates 40% of U.S. e-commerce with AI-driven retail, launched ATA AI cybersecurity system, + a 1Gbps speed Starlink rival.

Joby Aviation — The autonomous hybrid VTOL aircraft startup completed a maiden flight California for its S4 VTOL long-range aircraft for the defense sector. Sued Archer Aviation for corporate espionage alleging stolen confidential files.

Anthropic — Released Claude Opus 4.5 model excelin in coding and enterprise integrations, but it struggles with security. Its valuation recently surged to $350B as it competes with the major players.

Revolut — The UK fintech hit a $75B valuation after a secondary share sale led by Coatue and Fidelity, marking a 66% increase. With 65M customers, it explores U.S. bank acquisition.

X-energy — The nuclear technology firm raised $700M in a Series D round, bringing total fundraising to $1.8B. With orders from Amazon, Dow, and Centrica for small modular reactors.

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Anthropic — Opus 4.5 wins coding title, integrates Chrome/Excel for enterprises.

Amazon — New Echo Studio & Dot Max — AI-sound optimization, enhanced bass.

Meta — Trade-in program for smart glasses, offering up to $113 discounts on wearables.

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BUZZY TECH

The Latest Deep Technology & Trends To Watch

Tokamak — Fusion via 11.8 Tesla magnet for power distribution, electric motors.

Thorium Molten Salt Reactor — China sustained thorium-to-uranium conversion.

Visible Time Crystal — Liquid crystal phase for anti-counterfeiting, data storage.

Synthetic Tongue — Gel-based device measures pepper heat levels, food QC.

AI Clinics — AI struggles with clinical reasoning Vs experienced doctors.

CRYPTO WATCH

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DUNA SNAP Funding — DUNAs (Decentralized Uninc. Nonprofit Associations) - a blockchain-based solution to the $6B SNAP funding gap, enabling community-governed, transparent aid for 42M with support from Wyoming's legal framework.

Bitcoin's Bumpy Ride — Bitcoin struggles with a 30% decline from its peak, facing $3.5B in ETF outflows and reduced stablecoin activity. Long-term holders are selling, and despite hopes of a Fed rate cut, only a short-term rally is expected.

Retail Investors Shift — Retail investors sold $4B in spot BTC and Eth ETFs in November, while investing $96B in equity ETFs. Global crypto investment products saw $1.9B in net outflows last week, the third-largest outflow since 2018.

Grayscale Dogecoin ETF — Grayscale launched a Doge ETF under GDOG on NYSE Arca, a shift from meme to mainstream for the 10th ranked cryptocurrency by market cap at $21.6B.

Monad Mainnet Debut — Monad launches its mainnet with 50.6% of MON tokens initially locked after raising $269M. Aimed at tackling the blockchain trilemma, it achieves transaction finality in ~400 ms. Tokens will unlock gradually until 2029.

TRON Academy — TRON DAO has launched the TRON Academy at UC Berkeley to boost blockchain education. Led by Sam Elfarra, it engaged 30 students in Payment Finance and Decentralized Finance.

SPACE_RACE

SpaceX_launches 28 Starlink satellites, expands network to 9K+ units.

GJ 251 c_Super-Earth may support life, 18 light-years away in habitable zone.

3I/ATLAS_NASA releases images as interstellar comet approaches Earth.

Rocket Lab_Record year, future Neutron rocket bolster lunar, Mars missions.

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