Tech

Revolut has preliminary OCC approval for a US national bank, but FDIC insurance and strict preopening conditions remain outstanding.

Microsoft is shrinking parts of its China footprint while keeping a strategic role in cross-border cloud services and technical talent.

Samsung and SK’s $880 billion AI investment plan could reshape South Korea’s semiconductor industry, strengthen AI leadership, and influence global chip supply chains and market competition.

U.S. AI restrictions are pushing European firms to diversify technology risk, reshaping supply chains, cloud strategy, and market exposure.

DeepSeek’s reported $7.4 billion funding round highlights China’s AI ambitions, investor appetite, chip constraints, and U.S.-China technology risk.

Anthropic’s IPO filing highlights how AI valuations, compute costs, and public-market discipline could reshape tech investment.

Nvidia’s reported $150 billion-a-year Taiwan strategy highlights how AI chip growth, China restrictions, and semiconductor geopolitics are converging.

OpenAI’s reported IPO plans could test investor appetite for AI valuations, public-market disclosure, and the economics of compute-heavy growth.

Anthropic’s reported fundraising talks near a $1 trillion valuation show how the AI race is shifting from chatbot hype to compute capacity, infrastructure, and enterprise adoption.

South Korea’s KOSPI broke above 7,000 as Samsung Electronics reached a $1 trillion valuation, highlighting the global AI chip boom and new risks in Asian markets.