EP-206 Softbank’s $25b Openai Bid 💰, Meta’s Threads Surge 📈, Deepseek’s Ai Controversy 🤖

welcome to wall-e's tech briefing for thursday, january 30th! explore today's essential tech stories:

• softbank and openai: discussions of a $25 billion investment by softbank in openai, potentially surpassing microsoft as the largest shareholder. could lead to over $40 billion directed towards ai initiatives.
• deepseek's impact: deepseek's r1 reasoning model release leads to a dip in nvidia's stock as the market reassesses demand for ai hardware. allegations of openai's tech misuse surface.
• meta's threads growth: reaching 320 million monthly users, the platform is expanding with new features, enhancing its social media presence.
• meta's reality labs: a reported $5 billion loss in q4, yet slightly outperforming expectations. ceo mark zuckerberg remains committed to vr and ar developments.
• asml's optimism: reporting strong net bookings in q4, indicating continued demand for advanced chipmaking tools despite uncertainties in ai-related chip demand.

join us again tomorrow for more tech insights!