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Company backed by Donald Trump Jr.'s firm nabs $620M government contract

Company backed by Donald Trump Jr.'s firm nabs $620M government contract: Vulcan Elements, a rare-earth magnets startup, has secured a $620 million contract from the U.S. defense department. Read More

Andy Jassy says Amazon's Nvidia competitor chip is already a multi-billion-dollar business: Can any company, big or small, really topple Nvidia's AI chip dominance? Maybe not entirely but Amazon is already making big bucks trying. Read More

VCs deploy 'kingmaking' strategy to crown AI winners in their infancy: While VCs have long used big investments to spur category winners, they are taking this strategy to new extremes. Read More

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