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Sara Montes de Oca

Editor in Chief of TechEchelon and an accomplished journalist and correspondent known for her work focusing on business, finance, and politics. Previously, Sara worked as a correspondent and producer in Washington, D.C., contributing to fast-paced political and news programming, with experience in editing, scriptwriting, and live broadcast production.

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    Artificial Intelligence

    OpenAI Revenue Comes in at $50 Billion Annualized, Below Earlier Reports, Sending AI Stocks Lower

    OpenAI told investors it reached roughly $50 billion in annualized revenue at the end of September, below the $68 billion figure widely reported last month, sending shares of Nvidia, Oracle, and CoreWeave lower on Thursday.

    26 DAYS AGO

  2. 38
    Business & Finance

    Apollo and Banks in Talks to Finance SpaceX's $40 Billion Nvidia GPU Purchase

    Apollo Capital Management and a group of banks are in preliminary talks to help SpaceX finance a $40 billion purchase of Nvidia GPUs, with the deal expected to rely on investment-grade debt and use the chips themselves as collateral.

    27 DAYS AGO

  3. 39
    Business & Finance

    Google Signs 3,590-Megawatt Power Deal With Constellation Energy, Its Largest in the U.S. Grid

    Google has contracted for 3,590 megawatts of power from Constellation Energy across the U.S.'s largest grid, with nuclear capacity accounting for roughly a quarter of the supply in a deal enabling more than $4.3 billion in new investment.

    28 DAYS AGO

  4. 40
    Artificial Intelligence

    OpenAI Safety Researcher Resigns, Says Industry Culture Is "Broken"

    Former OpenAI safety researcher David Robinson has resigned and published an editorial arguing that the AI industry's culture is "broken," calling for nuclear-power-plant-level safeguards at frontier AI labs.

    31 DAYS AGO

  5. 41
    Business & Finance

    Cerebras Stock Hits Post-IPO Low as Nvidia Claims OpenAI Inference Deal and Lockup Shares Flood Market

    Cerebras Systems stock fell nearly 20% this week to its lowest level since its May IPO, after reports that Nvidia will power OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Sol "Ultrafast" mode, combined with a lockup expiration that released 19.4 million insider shares.

    32 DAYS AGO

  6. 42
    Cybersecurity

    Dell Patches Six Maximum-Severity Container Storage Flaws That Grant Admin Access

    Dell has patched six critical-severity vulnerabilities in its Container Storage Modules, including two maximum-severity flaws that allow unauthenticated remote attackers to gain full administrative control over enterprise storage infrastructure connected to Kubernetes environments.

    32 DAYS AGO

  7. 43
    Artificial Intelligence

    Google's Gemini 4 Argon Reaches AI Frontier but Falls Short of Leadership, Analysts Say

    Google unveiled Gemini 4 Argon this week, a flagship AI model that analysts say returns the company to the frontier of large language model development — though not to the top of it — as competition with OpenAI and Anthropic intensifies.

    32 DAYS AGO

  8. 44
    Politics

    California Law Puts Robotaxi Operators on the Hook for Blocking First Responders

    California has signed Senate Bill 1246 into law, requiring robotaxi operators including Waymo, Tesla, and Zoox to provide on-the-ground support during AV incidents and face fines if their vehicles block emergency responders for more than 30 minutes.

    33 DAYS AGO

  9. 45
    Artificial Intelligence

    Meta's Muse AI Agent Has Wiped Billions From Consumer Stocks Since Its September Launch

    Meta's Muse AI agent has sparked a sharp sell-off in consumer stocks since its September 8 launch, with Planet Fitness down 20%, Airbnb off 13%, and Booking Holdings falling 16% on fears that AI-driven automation will erode customer inertia business models.

    35 DAYS AGO

  10. 46
    Artificial Intelligence

    AMD to Acquire Fei-Fei Li's World Labs for $8.2 Billion in All-Stock Deal

    AMD has agreed to acquire World Labs, the AI startup founded by Stanford professor Fei-Fei Li, for approximately $8.2 billion in an all-stock deal — the chipmaker's second-largest acquisition ever and its biggest push into AI research.

    36 DAYS AGO

  11. 47
    Artificial Intelligence

    Nvidia Authorizes $150 Billion Buyback Expansion as Jensen Huang Calls AI Distillation "Competition"

    Nvidia authorized an additional $150 billion for share repurchases, bringing its total buyback program to $235 billion, as CEO Jensen Huang publicly called AI model distillation "competition" — directly contradicting Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who has labeled the practice "theft."

    36 DAYS AGO

  12. 48
    Cybersecurity

    CISA Flags Four Actively Exploited Vulnerabilities as Kiteworks Warns Customers of Potential Zero-Day Attack

    CISA has added four actively exploited vulnerabilities affecting WSO2, Adobe Commerce, Microsoft SharePoint, and Mikrotik RouterOS to its KEV catalog, as file transfer platform Kiteworks separately warned customers to take systems offline amid a potential zero-day threat flagged by federal intelligence agencies.

    39 DAYS AGO

  13. 49
    Artificial Intelligence

    OpenAI Preparing $500-Per-Month ChatGPT Pro Max Plan Featuring Faster Codex Access

    OpenAI's ChatGPT Pro Max subscription, priced at $500 per month, has surfaced inside the platform's subscription interface, featuring "Fastest Work and Codex" access, 100GB of file storage, and the company's most capable frontier models.

    39 DAYS AGO

  14. 50
    Politics

    Family First Credit Union CEO Departs After "Lake America" Sweatshirt Post Sparks Backlash

    Family First Credit Union announced Wednesday that CEO Jane Smith has left the company "effective immediately," days after a social media post featuring "Lake America" sweatshirts generated significant backlash from members and the public.

    39 DAYS AGO

  15. 51
    Business & Finance

    Michael Burry Increases Short Positions on Micron, Palantir, and Semiconductor ETF as Nasdaq-100 Hits Record

    Michael Burry is expanding short positions on Micron Technology, Palantir, Nebius Group, and a semiconductor ETF, arguing that rising Chinese memory chip production will end the current structural shortage and trigger a sector down cycle.

    41 DAYS AGO

  16. 52
    Business & Finance

    AI Drone Maker Tekever Hits $6.4 Billion Valuation as Ukraine War Fuels European Defense Tech

    AI drone maker Tekever raised $580 million at a $6.4 billion valuation, citing more than 50,000 operational flight hours in Ukraine and a U.K. Ministry of Defence contract worth up to £400 million.

    41 DAYS AGO

  17. 53
    Artificial Intelligence

    Qualcomm Unveils Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 as Smartphone Market Faces 14% Unit Contraction

    Qualcomm launched the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 chipset family on Tuesday, built on TSMC's 2-nanometer process and designed for on-device AI workloads, as the global smartphone market is projected to shrink 14% in units shipped in 2026.

    42 DAYS AGO

  18. 54
    Business & Finance

    SEC and CFTC Move to Fill Crypto Regulatory Gap After Clarity Act Stalls in Senate

    The SEC and CFTC began moving to establish cryptocurrency rules under existing authority days after the Clarity Act failed a Senate procedural vote, as industry leaders and regulators signal they will no longer wait for Congress to act.

    42 DAYS AGO

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