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Rafe Uddin @rafeuddin.ft.com · 25d

Mostly Richard!! We could not confirm which number wife Ellison is now on.

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Rafe Uddin @rafeuddin.ft.com · 25d

Cleaner read from @bryce.lol: www.ft.com/content/8689...

Oracle’s astonishing jam-tomorrow OpenAI trade

In the long run, we are all data

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Rafe Uddin @rafeuddin.ft.com · 25d

We also wrote about how Oracle reached this point and some of the complications in the deal here: on.ft.com/4n0cu91

How Oracle’s Larry Ellison rode the AI ‘tsunami’

[FREE TO READ] Tech billionaire capitalised on the AI boom to briefly claim the title of world’s richest person

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Rafe Uddin @rafeuddin.ft.com · 25d

NEW: Larry Ellison was back in the spotlight this week with Oracle hitching its wagon to OpenAI with a $300bn five-year deal. Can it deliver? Can the start-up afford it? Investors think so.

Fun to help Richard Waters on the @financialtimes.com Person in the News. on.ft.com/46eLlIj

Larry Ellison, the tech world’s great survivor

[FREE TO READ] At 81, Oracle’s co-founder has reinvented himself as a power in AI to become (briefly) the richest person in the world

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Rafe Uddin @rafeuddin.ft.com · 27d

NEW: Earlier this year the FT launched an investigation into UK City Minister Tulip Siddiq’s links to alleged embezzlement in Bangladesh.

Our investigation contributed to her resignation, but also invited us to take a deeper look at the alleged looting of billions of dollars.

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Bangladesh’s missing billions, stolen in plain sight | FT Film

[FREE TO READ] Over $200bn was allegedly plundered from Bangladesh during Sheikh Hasina’s time as prime minister

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Rafe Uddin @rafeuddin.ft.com · Aug 26

I had a lot of fun dragging a cofounder to go and catch Cofounders the Musical. A show that reminds audiences that trillions of dollars in market cap runs on cringe.

Column includes thoughts from show-backer Reid Hoffman and co-writer Ryan Nicole Austin.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · Aug 25

Silicon Valley gets the ‘Hamilton’ treatment on.ft.com/4mC3k2s | opinion

Silicon Valley gets the ‘Hamilton’ treatment

A new production backed by Reid Hoffman skewers the Bay Area’s tech subculture

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Rafe Uddin @rafeuddin.ft.com · Aug 21

NEW: During a hearing in London, Meta sought to block the disclosure of docs in a employment tribunal.

Following a application by the FT, we were able to report claims Meta inflated its ad performance and bypassed Apple’s privacy rules. w/‪@mshannahmurphy.bsky.social‬

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Meta inflated ad performance and bypassed Apple’s privacy rules, tribunal hears

[FREE TO READ] Former product manager alleges social media platform misled marketers in push for revenues

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Nassos Stylianou @nassosstylianou.bsky.social · Jul 31

New visual story: Inside the relentless race for AI capacity

The quest for superintelligence is spurring a data centre boom — but critics question the cost, environmental impact and whether it is all needed

ig.ft.com/ai-data-cent...

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Rafe Uddin @rafeuddin.ft.com · Jul 31

The FT's Visual Storytelling team has published the first part in a trilogy exploring the relentless race for AI capacity and the data centres at the heart of hundreds of billions of dollars in capital investment.

It's a tale of breathless ambition: ig.ft.com/ai-data-cent...

Inside the relentless race for AI capacity

The quest for superintelligence is spurring a data centre boom — but critics question the cost, environmental impact and whether it is all needed

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Rafe Uddin @rafeuddin.ft.com · Jul 24

We've encouraged recent visitors to the FT's San Francisco bureau to hail a ride with Waymo. The experience is proving popular in the tech-forward city but how will robotaxis meaningfully scale across the globe?

Story with @tim.fo and Stephen Morris

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What will it take for robotaxis to go global?

[FREE TO READ] The concept has been proved, but scaling up services beyond a handful of cities will require tens of billions in new investment

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · Jul 17

Uber agrees multibillion deal with Lucid for electric robotaxi fleet https://on.ft.com/3GTjvIZ

Uber agrees multibillion-dollar deal with Lucid for electric robotaxi fleet

Ride-hailing app to buy 20,000 EVs and invest $300mn in Lucid alongside partnership with self-driving start-up Nuro

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Rafe Uddin @rafeuddin.ft.com · Jul 11

NEW: Google is expected to agree a discount deal with the General Services Administration over current cloud contracts. Amazon and Microsoft to follow suit as Trump presses Big Tech, according to a senior GSA official.

Story with @joemillerjr.ft.com and Stephen Morris

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · Jul 11

Google to agree cloud discount as US government squeezes Big Tech https://on.ft.com/4lmv1M1

Google to agree cloud discount as US government squeezes Big Tech

Amazon and Microsoft are also under pressure to cut prices after Oracle struck a deal to reduce costs

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Rafe Uddin @rafeuddin.ft.com · Jul 10

NEW: Amazon is discussing plans to invest billions more into AI start-up Anthropic as it tries to position itself ahead of Google and capitalise on Microsoft’s fraying OpenAI relationship.

Story with @criddle.bsky.social and @georgehammond.bsky.social

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · Jul 10

Amazon weighs further investment in Anthropic to deepen AI alliance https://on.ft.com/44DBJ9n

Amazon weighs further investment in Anthropic to deepen AI alliance

The tech groups are increasingly tied to each other and act as a bulwark to Microsoft-OpenAI partnership

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Matthew Garrahan @mattgarrahan.bsky.social · Jul 6

NEW: Tony Blair's staff took part in a BCG project for the redevelopment of Gaza along the lines of the 'Trump Riviera' plan www.ft.com/content/0b1b...

Tony Blair’s staff took part in ‘Gaza Riviera’ project with BCG

Former UK prime minister’s institute participated in meetings on plan to turn shattered enclave into trading hub

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Alexandra Heal @alexandraheal.bsky.social · Jun 25

SCOOP! Sachin Duggal, founder and "chief wizard" of the now defunct tech unicorn Builder.ai, made $20mn from selling shares in the company

Builder.ai collapsed last month, after raising half a billion dollars, when revenues had to be dramatically restated

With @bondhack.ft.com

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Builder.ai ‘Chief Wizard’ Sachin Dev Duggal made $20mn in share sales

[FREE TO READ] Former chief executive of collapsed Microsoft-backed start-up also borrowed against holdings

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Hannah Murphy @mshannahmurphy.bsky.social · Jun 20

After months of reporting (and even my own attempt at a jiu jitsu class), my FT Magazine cover story on Mark Zuckerberg’s metamorphosis to red-blooded “Maga Mark” is out!

Is this political expediency, a midlife crisis or who Zuck has been all along?

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How Mark Zuckerberg unleashed his inner brawler

[FREE TO READ] The boss’s transformation shocked liberals at Meta, but his closest allies say this is who he was all along

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Rafe Uddin @rafeuddin.ft.com · Jun 18

EXC: Microsoft has considered walking away from talks with OpenAI over the future of their partnership, instead sitting on a favourable contract that runs until 2030.

Story from @criddle.bsky.social, @tabbykinder.bsky.social and @georgehammond.bsky.social

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Microsoft prepared to walk away from high-stakes OpenAI talks

[FREE TO READ] ChatGPT maker’s plans to convert into a for-profit leads software giant to make contingency plans

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · Jun 12

Barbie-maker Mattel partners with OpenAI to make artificial intelligence child’s play

https://www.ft.com/content/7a9d0c47-5294-46b7-9d06-181654129d43

Barbie-maker Mattel partners with OpenAI to make artificial intelligence child’s play

Toymaker and tech group team up to ‘bring the magic of AI to age-appropriate play experiences’

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · Jun 11

Oracle shares jump after upbeat forecast for cloud division

https://www.ft.com/content/dadc5cbe-67a5-44c9-9b7b-5c23bf4e77ee

Oracle shares jump after upbeat forecast for cloud division

Chief says cloud infrastructure business was expected to grow more than 70% in the next fiscal year

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · Jun 7

Microsoft to rank ‘safety’ of AI models sold to cloud customers

https://www.ft.com/content/02f39b33-fa6e-4bb7-b1f4-8171b50738af

Microsoft to rank ‘safety’ of AI models sold to cloud customers

Tech group’s corporate clients use its ‘leaderboard’ to assess rival offerings by likes of OpenAI and Elon Musk’s xAI

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · Jun 6

Triumphing under Trump: the corporate winners and losers

https://www.ft.com/content/368586a4-80e6-4715-b56e-dd63f8c7df59

Triumphing under Trump: the corporate winners and losers

How global companies have fared since the US president’s inauguration

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Rafe Uddin @rafeuddin.ft.com · Jun 2

Uber looks to be readying for life after Dara Khosrowshahi, but one former executive tells the FT that they can't conceive of a business where he might hold the same amount of control.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · Jun 2

Uber brings back chief operating officer role as Khosrowshahi loosens grip

https://www.ft.com/content/753d15a8-5659-4869-a8c6-ca2da223bd25

Uber brings back chief operating officer role as Khosrowshahi loosens grip

Andrew Macdonald has been appointed COO and president after serving as head of mobility

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Josh Spero @joshspero.ft.com · May 30

FT Wealth is out in today’s paper, with a fresh redesign and fabulous stories, from India’s Instagram prince to the chances of a billionaire tax. You can read all the stories here too www.ft.com/ft-wealth

FT Wealth in white font above a picture of a young man in polo gear sitting in a chair on a dry grass field with a dog and a classic car in the background

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · May 29

New York Times agrees first AI deal with Amazon

https://www.ft.com/content/bc73404e-6f01-4b9e-9563-1a5f055d2c98

New York Times agrees first AI deal with Amazon

Paper will license its editorial content to ecommerce giant to train its artificial intelligence models

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