All The Headlines, All The Model Drops...

Microsoft considered buying Cursor but didn't pull the trigger before SpaceX's deal. Microsoft launches its first-ever voluntary retirement program, Anthropic's secondary market valuation hits $1T on Forge Global, and SpaceX's S-1 reveals plans to manufacture its own GPUs. Source ...  Show more

SpaceX struck a deal giving it the option to acquire Cursor for $60B or pay $10B, as xAI scrambles to catch up in AI coding. Google unveiled new TPUs and an agent platform, OpenAI shipped ChatGPT Images 2.0, and Mythos got accessed by unauthorized users. SpaceX says it's working ...  Show more

AI will fix everything, right? In this episode, friend of The Verge (and Waveform co-host) David Imel joins Nilay and David to talk all about Alexa Plus, and the AI-powered voice assistant Amazon thinks can do everything from turn on your lights to order your friend an Uber. The ...  Show more

Our 209th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
Recorded on 05/16/2025

Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Ha ...

Nilay and David dig into the week's biggest story: the new Intel-powered Surface Pro. Kidding! They talk about DeepSeek, the out-of-nowhere AI company that sent both Silicon Valley and the stock market into uproar this week. Then, after the hosts debate what the real killer app f ...  Show more

NVDA CEO Huang estimates 20 years before very useful quantum computers. (0:16) AMC CEO feels shareholder pain. (2:41) Sportsbooks hit as too many NFL favorites win. (3:51) Show Notes Top stocks in software as Wolfe sees it as an area of M&A opportunities AMD slides as HSBC downgr ...  Show more