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Fei-Fei Li's AI startup World Labs raises $1 billion in funding, with participation from NVIDIA, AMD, and others.

Fei-Fei Li's AI startup World Labs raises $1 billion in funding, with participation from NVIDIA, AMD, and others.

``` World Labs, a startup founded by AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li, announced on Wednesday that it has raised $1 billion in a new round of financing to advance a new path in AI development. In this round of financing, Autodesk Inc. invested $200 million in World Labs. In a blog post

Google launches Pixel 10a ahead of Apple iPhone 17e, limited upgrades, still priced at $499.

Google launches Pixel 10a ahead of Apple iPhone 17e, limited upgrades, still priced at $499.

``` Google, a subsidiary of Alphabet, launched the latest entry-level Pixel 10a smartphone on Wednesday, hoping to compensate for the relatively minor upgrade with new AI software features, modest hardware improvements, and maintaining the unchanged price of $499. Google said in a statement on Wednesday that the Pixel 10a is now

U.S. core capital goods orders exceeded expectations in December, durable goods orders fell 1.4%.

U.S. core capital goods orders exceeded expectations in December, durable goods orders fell 1.4%.

``` U.S. corporate equipment orders rose more than expected in December, indicating solid capital investment performance at the end of last year as trade policy uncertainties eased. Data released by the U.S. Department of Commerce on Wednesday showed that “core capital goods orders”—a measure of equipment investment (excluding

Industrial metals rise benefiting from the AI industry chain; AI disruption theory weighs on US stocks; Japanese summer fiscal events become the focus --- 0218 Macro Distillation

Industrial metals rise benefiting from the AI industry chain; AI disruption theory weighs on US stocks; Japanese summer fiscal events become the focus --- 0218 Macro Distillation

``` 1. Since August 2023, precious metals and industrial metals prices have surged. The driving factors of this cycle are slightly different: gold prices have not risen due to loose monetary policy, and industrial metal prices are not driven by traditional economic recovery, but rather the AI industry chain. 2. Impacted

When "aircraft engines" become targets for "data center power supply"

When "aircraft engines" become targets for "data center power supply"

``` In the AI computing power arms race, every engine of the economy has been swept into this battle—including jet engines. As Silicon Valley giants scramble to find stable power sources, an unexpected solution is crossing over from aviation: converting retired Boeing jet engines into ground-based gas turbines to supply

Bessent and Walsh's "mentor," Druckenmiller, "precisely" opened positions in financial stock ETFs, S&P equal-weight ETFs, and Brazil ETFs in Q4.

Bessent and Walsh's "mentor," Druckenmiller, "precisely" opened positions in financial stock ETFs, S&P equal-weight ETFs, and Brazil ETFs in Q4.

``` After the U.S. stock market closed on Friday, February 14, Eastern Time, a 13F filing submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) disclosed that legendary investor Stanley Druckenmiller’s Duquesne Family Office made significant portfolio adjustments in the fourth quarter of 2025. In Q4, Druckenmiller “accurately”

Wall Street tycoon Tepper bets on AI: Micron holdings surge 200%, buys new Korea ETF

Wall Street tycoon Tepper bets on AI: Micron holdings surge 200%, buys new Korea ETF

``` David Tepper of Appaloosa Management made large bets on artificial intelligence-related investments in the fourth quarter of last year, significantly increasing his holdings in Micron Technology and initiating positions in Korean stocks. Both of these investments have performed strongly this year. The billionaire hedge fund manager raised his position in