SpaceX Nears $60B Cursor Acquisition, Meta’s Open Source Model Family, Microsoft’s AI Chip Ramp Up

Amp Co-Founder and CEO Quinn Slack talks with guest TITV Host Stephanie Palazzolo about Meta’s return to open-source AI models. We also talk with The Information’s Grace Kay about SpaceX closing its $60B acquisition of Cursor, Aaron Holmes about Microsoft ramping production of homegrown AI chips, and Catherine Perloff about AWS telling engineers to cut CPU waste.

Articles discussed on this episode: 

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/microsofts-homegrown-ai-chip-effort-shows-signs-life-slow-start

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/cursor-maps-branding-changes-spacex-acquisition-nears

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/aws-tells-engineers-cut-cpu-waste-amid-crunch

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Chapters:

00:00 - Introduction

02:08 - SpaceX Nears $60B Acquisition of Cursor

06:55 - Meta Bets Big on Open-Source Models

20:25 - Microsoft Ramps Up Homegrown AI Chips

28:45 - AWS Tells Engineers to Cut CPU Waste