Alphabet raises $80 billion for AI and Nvidia enters the PC chip market. Microsoft and Google enter the coding race, a White House order removes AI regulatory barriers, Ben Thompson on YouTube versus Hollywood gatekeepers, Sean Goedecke on AI side projects and anti-AI nostalgia, and researchers overturn an 80-year theory of turbulence.

Bloomberg · Jun 1

Alphabet raises $80 billion in equity capital for AI infrastructure spending, with Berkshire Hathaway anchoring the round at $10 billion.

Ben Thompson / Stratechery · Jun 3

Thompson analyzes Nvidia’s entry into the PC chip market with N1X and RTX Spark alongside Microsoft’s Project Solara AI platform strategy.

CNBC · Jun 1

Microsoft launches MAI-Code-1-Flash and Google positions new AI coding tools against Anthropic Claude Code and OpenAI Codex.

White House · Jun 2

Executive order directs federal agencies to reduce regulatory barriers constraining AI development and research in the United States.

TechCrunch · Jun 1

Nvidia announces N1X and RTX Spark CPU-class chips targeting the PC market, debuting in laptops from Microsoft, Dell, and HP.

Ben Thompson / Stratechery · Jun 1

Thompson argues that YouTube success now demands clearing a higher creative bar than Hollywood gatekeeping, rather than simply bypassing it.

Sean Goedecke · Jun 1

Goedecke describes three personal software projects built with AI assistance that he says would not have been completed otherwise.

Sean Goedecke · Jun 4

Goedecke argues anti-AI rhetoric shares structural features with reactionary politics through its idealization of a pre-AI era.