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Wed, Oct 7
SpaceX seeks $40 billion of debt, led by Apollo, to buy Nvidia chips
More and more of Nvidia's orders are being paid for with customers' debt, so the strength of chip demand is now tied to how much credit markets are willing to lend.
Waymo raises its first debt financing from more than $3 billion to $5 billion to expand its fleet and pay for compute
Self-driving has reached the stage where future fares can back a loan, which says more than any technical demo about it being a business.
Fri, Aug 21
Waymo Develops In-House 1000 TOPS Automotive Chip, Reducing Dependence on Nvidia and AMD
Autonomous-driving companies making chips aren't chasing peak compute—they're after holding both latency and per-vehicle cost in their own hands.