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Broadcom Reports $18 Billion in Revenue as AI Chip Sales Climb

Robbie Whelan / wsj - The chip designer posted nearly twice as much net profit in the fourth quarter as it did a year earlier.

#ai #chips #aiethics #stockmarket #earnings #investment #business #semiconductor #technology

Broadcom (AVGO) Stock: Company Reports Strong Q4, but Shares Slide on Profit Margin Concerns

2 months / parameter / Trader Edge

Absolutely hilarious earnings call for Broadcom today as CEO Hock Tan gets mad at an analyst for asking for clarity over OpenAI’s supposed 10 gigawatt chips deal, which Tan responded to by saying that “they are on their multi-year journey to their own XP

2 months / bsky / @edzitron.com

Anthropic bought $10B of Google TPUs in September and an additional $11B order this quarter. It’s no longer idle speculation that Google is competing with Nvidia selling AI chips.

2 months / bsky / @carnage4life.bsky.social / carnage4life.bsky.social

Broadcom stock reverses lower on a misinterpretation of what the CEO said on the earnings call

2 months / cnbc

Broadcom earnings pass the test as AI momentum sends the stock higher

2 months / x / @MarketWatch

Broadcom reveals its mystery $10 billion customer is Anthropic

2 months / cnbc

Broadcom’s stock falls despite another crushing earnings and revenue beat

2 months / siliconangle / Mike Wheatley

Broadcom Reports $18 Billion in Revenue as AI Chip Sales Climb

2 months / wsj / Robbie Whelan

Broadcom reports fourth quarter earnings after the bell

2 months / cnbc

Back to Top / Thursday, December 11, 2025, 6:21 pm / permalink 16861 / 9 stories in 2 months


Disney making $1 billion investment in OpenAI, will allow characters on Sora AI video generator

cnbc - Disney is investing in OpenAI and has licensed its iconic characters like Mickey Mouse, Ariel and Iron Man to be used in the Sora AI video generator.


Key deal terms and investment specifics

Disney's billion-dollar AI bet on OpenAI

2 months / therundown / Zach Mink

OpenAI strikes $1B deal to bring Disney characters to ChatGPT and Sora

2 months / techfundingnews / Abhinaya Prabhu

Disney and OpenAI team up

2 months / ft

Behind the Deal That Took Disney From AI Skeptic to OpenAI Investor

2 months / wsj / Keach Hagey

Disney’s $1 Billion Bet: A Licensing Model With OpenAI for User Content

2 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

Disney inks US$1bn OpenAI deal, bringing its characters into Sora

2 months / mumbrella / Eleanor Dickinson

OpenAI nabs $1B investment from Disney as part of character licensing deal

2 months / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

Disney turns to dark side, licenses IP to OpenAI for videos, images

2 months / theregister / Brandon Vigliarolo

Disney Agrees to Bring Its Characters to OpenAI’s Sora Videos

2 months / nytimes / nytimes.com

Billion-dollar OpenAI deal allows users to make content with Disney characters

2 months / npr / Andrew Limbong

Disney will open up its toy chest of 200+ characters for AI creators in a $1 billion deal with OpenAI

2 months / fastcompany / Anna-Louise Jackson

Disney and OpenAI strike deal to bring classic characters to Sora

2 months / betanews / Wayne Williams

Beyond excited to partner with Disney!

2 months / x / @gdb

Disney strikes $1 billion deal with OpenAI to bring Mickey, Marvel, and more to generative video platform

2 months / techspot

Walt Disney invests $1 billion in OpenAI and licenses characters for use on Sora

2 months / x / @MarketWatch

Disney Just Let OpenAI Use Its Entire Universe for New AI Videos

2 months / iphoneincanada / John Quintet

Disney and OpenAI just announced a huge $1bn licensing deal for Sora AI

2 months / theshortcut / Reece Bithrey

Disney Invests $1 Billion In OpenAI To Build New AI-Driven Experiences

2 months / ventureburn / Clinton

Disney Invests $1 Billion in OpenAI and Lets Over 200 Characters Appear in Sora and ChatGPT Creations

2 months / thurrott / Laurent Giret

Disney invests $1 billion in OpenAI, licenses 200 characters for AI video app Sora

2 months / arstechnica / Benj Edwards

Disneys $1 billion deal with OpenAI will bring Disney characters to Sora

2 months / mashable

OpenAI makes $1bn deal to bring Disney characters to ChatGPT and Sora

2 months / bbc

Disney's OpenAI stake is 'a way in' to AI and Sora will help reach younger audience, Iger tells CNBC

2 months / cnbc

OpenAI, Disney to let fans create AI videos in landmark deal

2 months / techxplore

Disney Strikes $1 Billion Deal With OpenAI, Bringing Its Characters to Sora

2 months / iclarified

Disney Inks Blockbuster $1B Deal With OpenAI, Handing Characters Over To Sora

2 months / reddit / /u/jjophh

Disney Puts $1 Billion Into OpenAI, Licenses 200+ Characters for AI-Generated Videos and Images

2 months / slashdot / msmash

Disney signs deal with OpenAI to allow Sora to generate AI videos featuring its characters

2 months / techcrunch / Aisha Malik

Disney (DIS) Stock: Company Invests $1 Billion in OpenAI Partnership

2 months / parameter / Trader Edge

Disney gives OpenAI’s Sora access to more than 200 characters

2 months / siliconrepublic / Suhasini Srinivasaragavan

Disney’s AI Slop Era Is Here

2 months / gizmodo / James Whitbrook

Disney making $1 billion investment in OpenAI, will allow characters on Sora AI video generator

2 months / cnbc

Disney, OpenAI agree Sora licensing deal, $1bn investment

2 months / advanced-television / Colin Mann

Disney is becoming a major customer of — and investor in — OpenAI

2 months / qz / Chris Morris

OpenAI signs deal to bring Disney characters to Sora and ChatGPT

2 months / engadget / Igor Bonifacic

Disney's $1B Deal With OpenAI Will Bring Iconic Characters to Sora AI Videos

2 months / cnet / Katelyn Chedraoui

OpenAI’s billion-dollar Disney deal puts Mickey Mouse and Marvel in Sora

2 months / theverge / Richard Lawler

Disney to Invest $1 Billion in OpenAI, License Characters for Use in ChatGPT, Sora

2 months / wsj / Joseph De Avila

Disney to invest $1bn into OpenAI

2 months / ft

Disney Invests $1 Billion in OpenAI, Strikes Licensing Deal

2 months / bloomberg / Molly Schuetz

Disney making $1B investment in OpenAI, will allow characters on Sora AI

2 months / ycombinator

Disney making $1 billion investment in OpenAI, will allow characters on Sora AI video generator

2 months / reddit / /u/Regular_Eggplant_248

The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI Partner on Sora

2 months / ycombinator

Disney making $1 billion investment in OpenAI, will allow characters on Sora AI video generator

2 months / reddit / /u/Puginator


Legal battles and copyright control

Disney’s Sora Licensing Deal Opens 200 Iconic Characters to AI, But Leaves Out Personality Rights

2 months / medianama / Azdhan

Every single Kindle Scribe has this ridiculous flaw

2 months / pocket-lint / Kelsey Fogarty

Disney's deal with OpenAI is about controlling the future of copyright

2 months / engadget / Igor Bonifacic

The Disney-OpenAI Deal Redefines the AI Copyright War

2 months / reddit / /u/wiredmagazine

The Disney-OpenAI Deal Redefines the AI Copyright War

2 months / wired / Brian Barrett

Disney Invests $1 Billion in OpenAI for Sora Access While Sueing Google for AI Copyright Infringement

2 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Character licensing to Sora intensifies AI threat to Hollywood creators

2 months / implicator / Marcus Schuler


Market reactions and creative impacts

Disney Strikes $1 Billion Deal With OpenAI, Bringing Iconic Characters to Sora Amid Industry Backlash

2 months / techstrong / Jon Swartz

Everything is fine: Disney CEO Bob Iger says OpenAI deal isnt a threat to creatives.

2 months / mashable

Disney wants to drag you into the slop

2 months / theverge / Charles Pulliam-Moore

Disney Invests $1 Billion in the AI Slopification of Its Brand

2 months / 404media / Matthew Gault

Quick read is that the deal is more about optics at the moment – certainly in helping OpenAI against Google, but also Disney signaling a continued push to be forward-thinking with tech. At a time when Hollywood is freaking out about the future, no less! h

2 months / bsky / @mgsiegler.com


Unrelated additional news

UK fines LastPass over 2022 data breach impacting 1.6 million users

2 months / bleepingcomputer / Lawrence Abrams


All Other Stories

"Sora users will be able to start generating videos with Disney characters like Mickey Mouse, Cinderella and Yoda early next year." Oof that Disney x OpenAI deal....

2 months / bsky / @nicolleness.bsky.social / nicolleness.bsky.social

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2 months / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

Disney Puts $1 Billion Into OpenAI, Licenses 200+ Characters for AI-Generated Videos and Images https://slashdot.org/story/25/12/11/1522244/disney-puts-1-billion-into-openai-licenses-200-characters-for-ai-generated-videos-and-images?utm_source=rss1.0mai

2 months / bsky / @slashdot.org / slashdot.org

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2 months / bsky / @chronosschiron.bsky.social / chronosschiron.bsky.social

Disney says that alongside the agreement, it will "become a major customer of OpenAI," as it will use its APIs to build new products, tools, and experiences, including for Disney+.

2 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

The studio has announced a landmark deal and $1 billion investment with OpenAI to bring hundreds of Disney characters to its generative AI platforms.

2 months / bsky / @gizmodo.com / gizmodo.com

this shit sucks!

2 months / bsky / @jwhitbrook.bsky.social / jwhitbrook.bsky.social

I read Disney CEO Bob Iger’s book and he struck me as a reasonably decent, forward-thinking guy (wooing Lucasfilm, Marvel and Apple into the Disney fold) but seems he’ll remembered for the terrible failures of bleeding money with Disney+ and handing their

2 months / bsky / @scottdagostino.ca / scottdagostino.ca

Na, már a Disney is: www.cnbc.com/2025/12/11/d...

2 months / bsky / @mefi.be / mefi.be

Oh God. There are going to be sooo many Disney characters in videos that Iger is gonna wish he could get rid of with a simple copyright strike ... www.cnbc.com/2025/12/11/d...

2 months / bsky / @laynewinters.bsky.social / laynewinters.bsky.social

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Harness raises $240M to lead AI-powered DevOps beyond the code editor

Kyt Dotson / siliconangle - Harness Inc., a software delivery startup that integrates artificial intelligence tools into DevOps workflows, today announced it has raised $240 million in a Series E funding round. The round was comprised of a $200 million investment led by Goldman Sach…

#ai #startups #cloud #automation #devops #enterprise #aiethics #investment #business #developertools

Goldman Investment Helps AI Firm Harness Reach $5 Billion Valuation

2 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

Harness Raises $240M in Series E Funding

2 months / finsmes / FinSMEs

Harness raises $240M to lead AI-powered DevOps beyond the code editor

2 months / siliconangle / Kyt Dotson

Goldman Sachs leads investment in software delivery startup Harness at $5.5 billion valuation

2 months / cnbc

Goldman Sachs backs Harness with $240M to take on GitLab and CircleCI in AI DevOps

2 months / techfundingnews / Sofia Chesnokova

Back to Top / Thursday, December 11, 2025, 8:21 am / permalink 16831 / 5 stories in 2 months


Qargo Raises $33M in Series B Funding

FinSMEs / finsmes - Qargo, a London, UK-based transport management system (TMS) company, raised $33M in Series B funding. The round was led by Sofina, with participation from existing investor Balderton Capital. The raise brought the total amount to $54M. The company intends…

#ai #startups #vc #cloud #automation #analytics #aiethics #investment #business #uk #supplychain #technology #delivery #algorithm

Qargo Raises $33M Series B To Grow AI-Powered Transport Management

2 months / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

Qargo Raises $33M For AI Transport Platform

2 months / ventureburn / Clinton

Belgian TMS startup Qargo secures €28 million to scale operations and product development

2 months / eu-startups / David Cendon Garcia

Qargo Raises $33M in Series B Funding

2 months / finsmes / FinSMEs

Qargo expands AI-driven transport management with $33M Series B

2 months / tech / Tamara Djurickovic

Qargo just raised $33M to cut Europe’s logistics costs

2 months / techfundingnews / Sofia Chesnokova

Back to Top / Thursday, December 11, 2025, 5:21 am / permalink 16821 / 6 stories in 2 months


(LEAD) Seoul shares fall for 3rd day after Fed's rate cut

Kang Yoon-seung / co - SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Yonhap) -- Seoul shares closed lower Thursday as investors were ...


Broader market and economic outlook

Dow, S&P 500 end at records because investors feel good about the economy — beyond the AI boom

2 months / x / @MarketWatch

Cruise and other travel stocks keep climbing, with a little help from the Fed

2 months / x / @MarketWatch

The bond market is rallying off the Fed’s latest rate cut — but that could change come January

2 months / x / @MarketWatch

S&P and Nasdaq under tech-sector pressure as Dow negotiates gain after Fed cut

2 months / x / @MarketWatch

First-time unemployment claims surging after Thanksgiving trib.al/oGMLeql

2 months / x / @MarketWatch

Economic calendar: Unemployment and trade data on docket following Fed rate cut

2 months / x / @MarketWatch

The Fed's hawkish cut, Oracle earnings, Coca-Cola's next CEO and more in Morning Squawk

2 months / cnbc

The Fed will help drive a 10% gain for stocks in 2026, says one of Wall Street’s most accurate forecasters, Tom Lee

2 months / x / @MarketWatch

Gundlach keeps finding 1995 parallels as Fed finally catches up to 2-year Treasury trib.al/yZQ87c5

2 months / x / @MarketWatch

CNBC Daily Open: Much to like in Fed's meeting amid warnings of restraint

2 months / cnbc

CNBC Daily Open: Investors find cheer amid Fed's hawkish cut

2 months / cnbc


Crypto turbulence observed

From quantitative tightening to quantitative crypto: How policy shifts are rewriting market rules

2 months / e27 / Anndy Lian

The Fed cut rates, but bitcoin didn’t budge. What gives? trib.al/VAvgbIW

2 months / x / @MarketWatch

BTC price: Why is Bitcoin, XRP, and other crypto down on Fed rate cut when the stock market is up?

2 months / fastcompany / Jennifer Mattson

Fed cuts rates but crypto plunges: The liquidity trap no one’s talking about

2 months / e27 / Anndy Lian


Mortgage impact on borrowers

Mortgage rates have fallen in 2025. What does that really means for home buyers? trib.al/lz6LYz9

2 months / x / @MarketWatch

Should you refinance your mortgage now, after the Fed's latest rate cut?

2 months / x / @MarketWatch


South Korea market moves

(LEAD) Seoul shares fall for 3rd day after Fed's rate cut

2 months / co / Kang Yoon-seung

Seoul shares fall for 3rd day after Fed's rate cut

2 months / co / Kang Yoon-seung

Seoul shares up late Thu. morning on Powell's dovish remarks

2 months / co / Kang Yoon-seung

(LEAD) Fed's policy turns more cautious, close market monitoring required: BOK

2 months / co / Oh Seok-min

Fed's policy turns more cautious, close market monitoring required: BOK

2 months / co / Oh Seok-min

Seoul stocks open higher on Fed rate cut

2 months / co / Kang Yoon-seung


All Other Stories

Goldman Sachs (GS) Stock: M&A Momentum and Global Expansion Underpin Bullish Outlook

2 months / parameter / Newton Kitonga

Bank of America (BAC) Stock: Credit Ratings Affirmed, Stability Boosts Market Confidence

2 months / parameter / Newton Kitonga

CNBC Daily Open: Record high U.S. stocks as investors rotate out of tech

2 months / cnbc

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