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Amazon to back OpenAI with $10B investment tied to Trainium 3 chips at valuation exceeding $500B

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Critical and market reaction views

Is a new OpenAI deal what Amazon’s stock needs to finally come alive? trib.al/UCwsqis

2 months / x / @MarketWatch

Amazon Hedges. Washington Hammers.

2 months / implicator / Marcus Schuler

Amazon is talking about investing $10bn in OpenAI so that OpenAI can then hand some of that back as part of its $38bn cloud compute deal using trainium chips. This should get OpenAI to what, March? Utterly stupid and investors should actively punish Amazo

2 months / bsky / @edzitron.com


Deal negotiations and technical terms

OpenAI in Talks With Amazon About Investment That Could Exceed $10 Billion

2 months / slashdot / msmash

OpenAI and Amazon are closing in on a $10 billion funding deal

2 months / qz / Alex Daniel

Amazon's $10 billion OpenAI investment creates a closed-loop funding structure

2 months / implicator / Maria Garcia

Amazon reportedly in talks to invest $10B in OpenAI as circular deals stay popular

2 months / techcrunch / Ivan Mehta

Amazon Eyes $10 Billion Investment and Chip Deal in OpenAI

2 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

OpenAI in talks for $10B Amazon investment, $500B+ valuation on Trainium chips

2 months / techfundingnews / Abhinaya Prabhu

OpenAI Negotiates $10B+ Amazon Investment and Shift to Custom ‘Trainium’ Chips

2 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Amazon in talks to invest $10 billion in OpenAI and supply its Trainium chips

2 months / engadget / Steve Dent

OpenAI Discusses $10B Deal with Amazon, Eyeing Trainium Chips for AI Operations

2 months / parameter / Maxwell Mutuma

OpenAI in talks to raise US$10 billion from Amazon and adopt Trainium chips

2 months / scmp

Amazon in talks to invest in OpenAI, source says

2 months / reddit / /u/ddx-me

OpenAI in talks with Amazon about investment that could exceed $10 billion

2 months / cnbc

Amazon in talks to invest more than $10bn in OpenAI

2 months / ft

Amazon to back OpenAI with $10B investment tied to Trainium 3 chips at valuation exceeding $500B

2 months / reddit / /u/thatguyisme87

OpenAI May Raise $10 Billion From Amazon, The Information Says

2 months / bloomberg / Edwin Chan

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Apple is Testing New iMac Pro with M5 Max Processor

Usman Qureshi / iphoneincanada - Apple appears to be developing a new iMac model with the M5 Max chip aimed at delivering higher performance for professionals.The post Apple is Testing New iMac Pro with M5 Max Processor first appeared on iPhone in Canada.

#hardware #apple #chips #cpus #macos #macbook #semiconductor #performance #technology

Apple May Refresh iMac Pro Desktop AIO, But Without Top-Tier M5 Ultra SoC

2 months / techpowerup

Apple's 2026 and 2027 Product Roadmap: Foldable iPhone, iPhone 18 Pro, M5 Macs, and More

2 months / macrumors / Juli Clover

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

Leaked debug kit suggests Apple is testing a new “iMac Pro,” among many other Macs

2 months / arstechnica / Andrew Cunningham

Apple is Testing New iMac Pro with M5 Max Processor

2 months / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

Apple Developing High-End iMac With M5 Max Chip [Leak]

2 months / iclarified

iMac Pro may return in 2026 with M5 Max chip

2 months / appleinsider

Apple Developing iMac Pro With M5 Max Chip

2 months / macrumors / Hartley Charlton

Back to Top / Tuesday, December 16, 2025, 1:20 pm / permalink 17028 / 8 stories in 2 months


You might want to skip a phone upgrade in 2026, as memory crisis threatens industry

digitaltrends - Smartphones are getting more AI features, not fewer, but rising memory prices may force manufacturers to ship phones with less RAM in 2026.The post You might want to skip a phone upgrade in 2026, as memory crisis threatens industry appeared first on Digit…


Apple's resilience amid crisis

Apple Least Affected by Rising DRAM Prices

2 months / iphoneincanada / Usman Qureshi

iPhone will do pretty well in 2026, as RAM prices hammer the smartphone industry

2 months / appleinsider

Apple Best Positioned to Weather DRAM Price Surge, Says Counterpoint

2 months / macrumors / Tim Hardwick


Consumer price surge impact

All signs point to big laptop and smartphone price increases due to escalating memory shortage

2 months / mashable

Smartphones face a memory cost crunch – and buyers aren't in the mood

2 months / theregister / Carly Page

You might want to skip a phone upgrade in 2026, as memory crisis threatens industry

2 months / digitaltrends

Samsung hikes DDR5 prices 100%, reshaping device pricing in 2026

2 months / reddit / /u/CipherGarden


Other industry and peripheral insights

The Worst Thing About the RAM Shortage That Nobody’s Talking About

2 months / gizmodo / Kyle Barr

Don't wait if you're planning to upgrade your RAM or SSD, Kingston rep warns — says 'prices will continue to go up,' NAND costs up 246%

2 months / tomshardware

Sapphire rep predicts DRAM prices will begin to stabilize in the next 6-8 months, but warns 'it may not be the prices we want' — GPU vendor says memory crisis is similar to tariff uncertainty

2 months / tomshardware

DRAM Price Hikes Have Minimal Impact on PC OEMs, Notes Report

2 months / techpowerup


Smartphone shipment decline

Rising Memory Costs Could Cut 2026 Smartphone Shipments, Apple Better Positioned Than Rivals [Report]

2 months / iclarified

Chips costs to hit smartphone shipments in 2026 – Counterpoint Research

2 months / siliconrepublic / Ann O’Dea

Chip Crunch to Curb Smartphone Output in 2026, Researcher Says

2 months / bloomberg / Vlad Savov


All Other Stories

The Worst Thing About the RAM Shortage That Nobody’s Talking About https://gizmodo.com/the-worst-thing-about-the-ram-shortage-that-nobodys-talking-about-2000700185

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

Gizmodo: The Worst Thing About the RAM Shortage That Nobody’s Talking About "....“black hole” of AI “sucking everything into it”..." https://gizmodo.com/the-worst-thing-about-the-ram-shortage-that-nobodys-talking-about-2000700185 #inflation #

2 months / bsky / @ai6yr.m.ai6yr.org.ap.brid.gy / ai6yr.m.ai6yr.org.ap.brid.gy

Apple Best Positioned to Weather DRAM Price Surge, Says Counterpoint

2 months / bsky / @macrumors.bsky.social / macrumors.bsky.social

Back to Top / Tuesday, December 16, 2025, 7:21 am / permalink 17010 / 17 stories in 2 months


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