Qualcomm Buys Buzzy Chip Startup Modular for Nearly $4 Billion

Qualcomm will acquire the Silicon Valley chip startup Modular for nearly $4 billion. The companies announced the acquisition on Wednesday; Qualcomm said It expects to issue up to 19.2 million shares of common stock in the deal, which works out to just under $4 billion based on the company’s last closing share price. The deal, … Read more

Elon Musk Is Rolling xAI Into SpaceX—Creating the World’s Most Valuable Private Company

Elon Musk’s rocket and satellite company SpaceX is acquiring his AI startup xAI, the centibillionaire announced on Monday. In a blog postMusk said the acquisition was warranted because global electricity demand for AI cannot be met with “terrestrial solutions,” and Silicon Valley will soon need to build data centers in space to power its AI … Read more