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• Jensen Huang's departure exposes internal politics at Nvidia; source: Huang ran it as a "feudal system" with his daughter and son-in-law in powerful positions (Financial Times)
  November 13, 2026
  Financial Times: Jensen Huang's departure exposes internal politics at Nvidia; source: Huang ran it as a “feudal system” with his daughter and son-in-law in powerful positions  —  After 33 years building Nvidia into the world's most valuable company, its […]
• Source: at a meeting in August 2026, Jensen Huang interrupted Colette Kress' presentation, calling her "a deer in the headlights" and just a "reporting CFO" (Wall Street Journal)
  November 13, 2026
  Wall Street Journal: Source: at a meeting in August 2026, Jensen Huang interrupted Colette Kress' presentation, calling her “a deer in the headlights” and just a “reporting CFO”  —  Interim CEO Colette Kress has questioned some Huang dealmaking.  He […]
• South Korea-based DeepX tapes out DX-M2, an edge AI chip to run inference of 100B-parameter LLMs on robots and drones, targeting fall 2027 for mass production (Sally Ward-Foxton/EE Times)
  November 13, 2026
  Sally Ward-Foxton / EE Times: South Korea-based DeepX tapes out DX-M2, an edge AI chip to run inference of 100B-parameter LLMs on robots and drones, targeting fall 2027 for mass production  —  DeepX is targeting edge markets including robotics […]
• A review of Chinese contracts, disclosures, and other documents identifies $3.2B+ in compute projects built or planned around Nvidia GPUs restricted by the US (Eduardo Baptista/Reuters)
  November 13, 2026
  Eduardo Baptista / Reuters: A review of Chinese contracts, disclosures, and other documents identifies $3.2B+ in compute projects built or planned around Nvidia GPUs restricted by the US  —  Nvidia has said US export controls have effectively shut it […]
• AI server maker xFusion gets approval from the Shenzhen Stock Exchange for a ChiNext IPO; filing: the company aims to raise ~$1.2B by issuing up to 220M shares (Sangmi Cha/Bloomberg)
  November 13, 2026
  Sangmi Cha / Bloomberg: AI server maker xFusion gets approval from the Shenzhen Stock Exchange for a ChiNext IPO; filing: the company aims to raise ~$1.2B by issuing up to 220M shares  —  Artificial intelligence server maker xFusion Digital […]
• OpenAI launches Daybreak Red Team in early access to test web apps for flaws and Daybreak Defense Factory to automate finding, validating, and fixing them (Jessica Lyons/The Register)
  November 13, 2026
  Jessica Lyons / The Register: OpenAI launches Daybreak Red Team in early access to test web apps for flaws and Daybreak Defense Factory to automate finding, validating, and fixing them  —  OpenAI has launched two new security products, one […]
• Sources: Samsung is in talks to buy Modine Manufacturing, a US maker of data center cooling systems, as soon as the coming weeks; Modine's market value is $5.6B (Bloomberg)
  November 13, 2026
  Bloomberg: Sources: Samsung is in talks to buy Modine Manufacturing, a US maker of data center cooling systems, as soon as the coming weeks; Modine's market value is $5.6B  —  Samsung Electronics Co. is in talks to acquire Modine […]
• Filing: Nscale says it needs more funding for its 2027 commitments after ordering Nvidia chips for a $45B Anthropic deal, casting doubt on its planned $35B IPO (Financial Times)
  November 13, 2026
  Financial Times: Filing: Nscale says it needs more funding for its 2027 commitments after ordering Nvidia chips for a $45B Anthropic deal, casting doubt on its planned $35B IPO  —  Nvidia-backed ‘neocloud’ tells investors it must obtain additional financing […]
• Nscale's updated IPO prospectus shows Q3 revenue up 1,344% YoY to $307.5M, up from $140.6M in Q2; net loss widened to $1.69B, up from $1.02B in Q2 (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
  November 13, 2026
  Jordan Novet / CNBC: Nscale's updated IPO prospectus shows Q3 revenue up 1,344% YoY to $307.5M, up from $140.6M in Q2; net loss widened to $1.69B, up from $1.02B in Q2  —  Nvidia-backed neocloud Nscale on Thursday released updated […]
• Meta launches an outbound calling feature for Muse, such as to businesses, available for paid US subscribers; Gemini and startup Instinct offer a similar option (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
  November 13, 2026
  Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Meta launches an outbound calling feature for Muse, such as to businesses, available for paid US subscribers; Gemini and startup Instinct offer a similar option  —  After initially testing the feature in September, Meta's consumer […]
• Mirendil, founded by former Anthropic researchers to build tools for frontier AI R&D, raised a $1B Series A led by Kleiner Perkins and Clearlake Capital (Sarah Klearman/Wall Street Journal)
  November 13, 2026
  Sarah Klearman / Wall Street Journal: Mirendil, founded by former Anthropic researchers to build tools for frontier AI R&D, raised a $1B Series A led by Kleiner Perkins and Clearlake Capital  —  The fundraise comes six months after Mirendil, […]
• Sources: social media companies' payouts in teen addiction suits mostly ranged from $2M-$2.5M; Meta agreed to pay two teens a combined $7M in the past two weeks (Olivia Carville/Bloomberg)
  November 13, 2026
  Olivia Carville / Bloomberg: Sources: social media companies' payouts in teen addiction suits mostly ranged from $2M-$2.5M; Meta agreed to pay two teens a combined $7M in the past two weeks  —  Seven confidential deals with young plaintiffs ranged […]
• Sources: US officials disagree on whether China had Alice Huang spy on Jensen Huang; some at the ODNI and the CIA say the intelligence to date doesn't prove it (CNN)
  November 13, 2026
  CNN: Sources: US officials disagree on whether China had Alice Huang spy on Jensen Huang; some at the ODNI and the CIA say the intelligence to date doesn't prove it  —  The US intelligence community is still working to […]
• Letter: ByteDance plans to buy back up to $6B worth of shares from existing investors at a ~$400B valuation, a 20% increase in valuation from its 2025 buyback (The Information)
  November 13, 2026
  The Information: Letter: ByteDance plans to buy back up to $6B worth of shares from existing investors at a ~$400B valuation, a 20% increase in valuation from its 2025 buyback  —  ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, is planning […]
• Senate Banking Chair Tim Scott asks Jensen Huang and Howard Lutnick to testify at separate hearings in December over the Nvidia saga; Lutnick agrees to appear (Jasper Goodman/Politico)
  November 13, 2026
  Jasper Goodman / Politico: Senate Banking Chair Tim Scott asks Jensen Huang and Howard Lutnick to testify at separate hearings in December over the Nvidia saga; Lutnick agrees to appear  —  Senate Banking Chair Tim Scott on Thursday called […]

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