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E-commerce and cloud computing giant. Parent company of AWS and major AI infrastructure investor.

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• Nvidia OSAA alliance moves fast on open AI security standards

  On August 4, 2026, TechCrunch reported that Nvidia’s new Open Secure AI Alliance has already created a Shared AI Findings Exchange working group and published initial proposals at Black Hat. Members including Nvidia, Okta, Red Hat and Amazon are contributing open tools like model scanners and agent governance frameworks to standardize AI security practices.

  Source: TechCrunch2026-08-04T19:28:00.000Z

• SK Hynix profit jump misses AI hype as stock sinks 13 percent

  South Korea’s SK Hynix reported a more than sixfold jump in quarterly operating profit on July 29, 2026 but still missed lofty market expectations tied to AI demand. Shares fell around 13 percent as Reuters reported delays in some advanced chip shipments and mounting investor worries over the sustainability of hyperscalers’ AI infrastructure spending.

  Source: Business Recorder (via Reuters)2026-07-29T06:11:00.000Z

• Recursive Superintelligence inks $410M AWS compute collaboration

  On July 28, 2026, Recursive Superintelligence said it had signed a multi‑year compute agreement with Amazon Web Services worth about $410 million to power its self‑improving AI research. Techmeme and multiple briefings report that Amazon confirmed the deal, which represents the bulk of Recursive’s funding to date and secures priority access to AWS’s latest high‑end instances.

  Source: Value Add Pulse2026-07-28T21:06:52.196Z

• OpenAI and Nvidia pursue $250B guarantee for 10 GW Ohio AI campus

  Reuters reported on July 27, 2026 that Nvidia is negotiating a roughly 250 billion dollar financing guarantee to help OpenAI lease a planned 10 gigawatt AI data center campus in Piketon, Ohio. The project, developed by SoftBank’s energy arm on US federal land, is expected to cost more than 500 billion dollars in total and could also include up to 350 billion dollars in separate chip purchase financing.

  Source: LA NACION (Reuters)2026-07-27T12:05:00.000Z

• Nvidia backs Safe Superintelligence with $5B AI compute deal

  On July 27, 2026, Safe Superintelligence Inc. announced a long‑term strategic partnership with Nvidia, under which Nvidia will make a multibillion‑dollar equity investment and provide access to its next‑generation Vera Rubin systems. Fortune reported on July 28, 2026 that people familiar with the deal peg Nvidia’s investment around $5 billion, enough to expand SSI’s compute by roughly 10x.

  Source: NVIDIA Newsroom2026-07-27T00:00:00.000Z

• Nvidia open-weights letter hits 50 signers as OpenAI joins

  On July 26, 2026, new reports from Australia and crypto markets said the “Open Weights and American AI Leadership” letter has grown from 25 to 50 signatories within a day. OpenAI and Google reportedly added their names, while Anthropic and Amazon remain notable holdouts in the open‑weight AI debate.

  Source: iEnvi2026-07-26T00:00:00.000Z

• Anthropic Claude Opus 5 nears Fable at half the price

  On July 25, 2026, Swedish outlet Omni reported that Anthropic has launched Claude Opus 5, its fourth new model in two months, describing it as at least as capable as Claude Fable 5 at roughly half the cost. Independent tracking sites note that Opus 5, released July 24, keeps Opus tier pricing at $5 per million input tokens and $25 per million output tokens while moving closer to frontier benchmarks.

  Source: Omni.se2026-07-25T11:17:00.000Z

• Anthropic Claude Opus 5 nears Fable power at half price

  Anthropic released its Claude Opus 5 model on July 24, 2026, positioning it as a near‑Fable‑level system for complex coding, research and knowledge work at roughly half the price of Fable 5. The model is now the default for Claude Max and the top option for Claude Pro, and it is available via Anthropic’s API as well as on Amazon Bedrock and Claude Platform on AWS.

  Source: Engadget2026-07-24T21:08:15.025Z

• Nvidia and Microsoft lead open weight AI plea to Washington

  On July 24–25, 2026, a coalition of about 25 companies including Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta, IBM, Palantir, Dell, Hugging Face and Mistral published a policy letter titled Open Weights and American AI Leadership. The letter urges US policymakers not to impose premature restrictions on open weight AI models, arguing that downloadable models are critical for innovation, competition and national leadership, a position widely reported on July 25.

  Source: images.nvidia.com (PDF)2026-07-24T18:00:00.000Z

• Observe.AI and AWS sign multi-year pact to scale CX AI agents

  On July 22, 2026, Observe.AI announced a multi-year strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services to help enterprises deploy AI agents for customer experience at scale. The partnership focuses on using AWS infrastructure and services to power Observe.AI’s agentic CX platform.

  Source: Business Wire2026-07-22T10:07:00.000Z