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AI Policy and Data Center Issues Take Center Stage in US Midterms

With nearly half of US midterm races now addressing AI and data infrastructure, major tech firms and startups are accelerating investments, raising questions about regulation, competition, and the future of digital democracy.

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Key moments · 8

Stripe to buy OpenRouter, entering AI model market

CNBC International ↗

Stripe's $7B+ OpenRouter deal signals AI shift

Pitchbook ↗

Stripe says the singularity has arrived

Business Insider ↗

Stripe acquisition of OpenRouter confirmed, terms undisclosed

Silicon Republicinfosec – Silicon Republic ↗

Stripe says singularity began January 1, 2026

TechSpot ↗

Skepticism greets Stripe's singularity claim

Gizmodo Tech ↗

Anthropic-backed Ode acquires Casper Studios

Forbes - Innovation ↗

NVIDIA-backed Starcloud to build orbital data centers

Interesting Engineering ↗

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  1. John Deere is testing JD, an AI assistant for farmers, to help with best practices and find trends based on farmers' "field, machine, and operational data" (Stevie Bonifield/The Verge)
    Techmeme
  2. Softbank's SB Energy files for IPO, says it's 'substantially dependent' on OpenAI
    CNBC
  3. John Deere launched an AI chatbot for farmers
    The Verge - All Posts Tech
  4. Perplexity launches privacy-minded ‘hybrid compute’ AI feature for Mac
    9to5Mac Apple
  5. Perplexity's Hybrid Compute splits sensitive tasks between cloud and local AI
    https://www.engadget.com/ Tech

14 articles

  1. Sources: AI sales and marketing startup Clay is raising a round led by Wellington at a $7B pre-money valuation, up from $5B via an employee tender in January (Lucinda Shen/Axios)
    Techmeme
  2. SB Energy gave OpenAI $5.5bn in warrants to sign a 20-year lease
    The Next Web
  3. OpenAI issued $5.5B in SB Energy warrants, WSJ reports
    Breaking News on Seeking Alpha Business & Economy
  4. SB Energy offered OpenAI $5.5 bln in warrants to secure data-center deal - WSJ
    All News Business & Economy
  5. OpenAI issued warrants worth $5.5 billion in SB Energy, WSJ reports
    World News CNA

2 articles

  1. Sources: OpenAI bought tens of thousands of Macs for RL, Anthropic rents them, Nvidia sees Apple as its main local AI rival as Macs gain traction with AI devs (Aaron Tilley/The Information)
    Techmeme
  2. Industry insiders say Chinese robot makers currently rely on Nvidia silicon and software; Nvidia's physical AI business generates ~$10B in annual revenue (Raffaele Huang/Wall Street Journal)
    Techmeme

2 articles

  1. Sources detail how Meta's $17.1B settlement with state AGs came together as Meta wanted to avoid going to trial following losses in cases in LA and New Mexico (New York Times)
    Techmeme
  2. Texas, which didn't join a multi-state case against Meta, negotiated a $1.05B side deal that could reach $1.335B if TikTok and YouTube adopt teen safety changes (Ryan Autullo/Bloomberg Law)
    Techmeme

5 articles

  1. Meta intensifies its pressure campaign on TikTok and YouTube, running full-page ads in US newspapers demanding they adopt comparable teen safety protections (Alexandra S. Levine/Bloomberg)
    Techmeme
  2. Anthropic planned a $7bn takeover of chip startup MatX, then walked away
    The Next Web
  3. Anthropic in talks with chip start up MatX to speed up chip design, sources say
    Business Line - Home
  4. Sources: the US is drafting a rule to close an export controls loophole that lets Chinese companies access AI chips via data centers in countries like Thailand (The Information)
    Techmeme
  5. A US judge blocks the Pentagon from blacklisting Anthropic, ruling that its designation as a supply-chain risk was "illegal and baseless" (Jack Queen/Reuters)
    Techmeme