Nvidia On The March

Nvidia committed $5B to Ilya Sutskever's SSI and weighed a $250B backstop for OpenAI's Ohio megaproject. CXMT soared 466% in its debut, Amazon filed for 5,105 satellites, Apple delayed AI glasses, and Peacock landed on YouTube Premium.

• Sources: Nvidia has committed to invest $5B in Ilya Sutskever's SSI; the startup has previously raised about $3B in funding and was valued at $32B last year (bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-27/nvidia-…) (Bloomberg)

• Sources: Nvidia is in talks to guarantee ~$250B in financing for a 10 GW SoftBank data center project in southern Ohio that OpenAI is in advanced talks to lease; the site could cost $500B+ (wsj.com/tech/ai/nvidia-in-talks-with-openai-to…) (WSJ)

• CXMT's stock closed up 466% in its Shanghai debut, giving the Hefei-based memory chipmaker a ~$487B market cap, making it the most valuable China-listed company (cnbc.com/2026/07/27/cxmt-china-market-debut-ch…) (CNBC)

• Amazon files an FCC application to deploy a constellation of up to 5,105 satellites starting in 2028 to provide direct-to-device voice and data connectivity (reuters.com/science/amazon-leo-proposes-conste…) (Reuters)

• Sources: Apple may have delayed AI glasses launch partly over privacy concerns that Meta's glasses created for the category, as it works to address the issues (bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-07-26/appl…) (Bloomberg)

• NBCU and YouTube reach a multiyear deal to include all Peacock content in YouTube Premium subscriptions in the US starting in early 2027 (cnbc.com/2026/07/27/nbcuniversal-youtube-peaco…) (CNBC)

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