The Exchange

The Exchange

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Jobs Jolt, Hugging Face’s First Investor, and Where the Pricing Power Is 9/4/26

With markets pricing in a rate hike in September after a strong August jobs report, Steve Liesman and KPMG’s Diane Swonk weigh in on whether Chair Warsh’s ‘forward silence’ could backfire. The first investor in Hugging Face reveals the three companies he’s investing in now. Plus, ...  Show more

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Jobs Jolt, Hugging Face’s First Investor, and Where the Pricing Power Is 9/4/26

With markets pricing in a rate hike in September after a strong August jobs report, Steve Liesman and KPMG’s Diane Swonk weigh in on whether Chair Warsh’s ‘forward silence’ could backfire. The first investor in Hugging Face reveals the three companies he’s investing in now. Plus, ...  Show more

Nvidia Buys Hugging Face, AI Outages, and Data Center Dissent 9/3/26

Nvidia will buy open-source AI platform Hugging Face for nearly $13B. BofA’s Vivek Arya says that will extend Nvidia’s sphere of influence well beyond Silicon. Meanwhile, ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok all experienced outages in the morning--former Marine Corps. hacker David Kennedy s ...  Show more

The Great Data Center Debate, Apple’s New Era, and Not Swooning in September 9/2/26

As West Virginia says ‘yes’ to data centers, Governor Patrick Morrissey is focused on clean water and keeping energy costs low. Steve Jobs biographer Walter Isaacson wants Apple to get back to its roots under its new CEO, creating devices that bring humans closer to the machines ...  Show more

Hike vs. Cut, FTC Chair on Amazon Lawsuit, and Why Electricians Love Data Centers 9/1/26

Investor Barry Knapp makes the case for a Fed rate cut with global yields back on the rise. FTC Andrew Ferguson on the agency’s new lawsuit against Amazon. Plus, an officer from electrical workers union, I.B.E.W., Local 26, tells us why data centers are “the best opportunity in g ...  Show more

Renewed Iran Tensions, Colorado’s Data Center Fight, and the Summer Software Surge 8/31/26

The US striking Iran for the first time in a month as the G20 kicks off and Secretary Bessent says the administration can keep the pressure on without China’s help. Colorado AG and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Phil Weiser on his plan for data centers. Plus, Sarat Sethi’s le ...  Show more