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OpenAI is floating an unusual offer to the Trump administration — a five percent ownership stake in the company. CEO Sam Altman framed it as a way to give the public a financial interest in the AI boom, though critics will note it also happens to be a savvy move for softening regulatory pressure.
Shifting to crypto, Bitcoin climbed above sixty-one thousand dollars today, gaining more than four percent after Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh signaled that inflation risks have eased. Notably, a sharp drop in South Korea's markets over AI chip concerns did little to slow the rally, suggesting crypto investors are reading their own tea leaves right now.
And on the hardware side, Intel is expanding its Bowers Campus in Santa Clara, building new facilities focused on photomask production for both EUV and High-NA EUV chipmaking. It's a quiet but significant move — photomasks are the templates that define chip circuitry, and keeping that capability on American soil matters more than ever in today's supply chain climate.
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