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EPISODE · Aug 18, 2026 · 10 MIN

Episode 431: Nvidia's $105B Ohio Gambit, Cursor's GitHub Challenger, and the AI Video Arms Race

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In a packed news cycle, Nvidia commits $105B in credit to OpenAI's Ohio data center while navigating circular financing questions; Cursor launches Origin as a GitHub competitor during a major GitHub outage; Google acquires Spirit Airlines data for AI training; ByteDance agrees to Hollywood copyright protections; Meta faces federal trials over teen harm; Iran refuses nuclear extension as oil prices spike; Japan's economy misses forecasts; Stripe completes its $7B OpenRouter acquisition; Tesla preps for Cybercab launch; and Anthropic pursues a $6B real-time video startup acquisition. A week that reveals the infrastructure race, platform consolidation, and geopolitical tensions defining the AI era. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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