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Amazon prepares to invest 100,000 million dollars in 2025. All for AI, of course

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I was missing in combat, but it seems that he wants to resurface strongly. Amazon, the company that imperially dominates the electronic commerce sector (and the cloud) seems to have awakened from its lethargy and promises to put the batteries in the AI ​​segment. And he will do it by investing an irreverent amount of money. 100,000 million dollars in 2025. This Thursday Amazon presented its financial results, and at the conference with investors Andy Jassy made clear His aspirations for 2025. “We spend 26.3 billion dollars in Capex in the fourth quarter, and I think that reasonably represents what can be expected for the capex rhythm in 2025”. Or what is the same: they plan to invest 100,000 million dollars during this year. Almost everything for the. And the clear focus, explained the head of Amazon, will be in the field that is attracting almost all the investment. He said that “the vast majority of that capex will be spent on AWS.” This means investment in data centers, communications and hardware equipment to meet the enormous demand in generative. The Big Tech spending like Big Tech. It seems that talking about stratospheric investments has become contagious among the greats of the industry. Alphabet revealed Wednesday that would invest 75,000 million dollars In Capex in 2025k, and Microsoft indicated that he planned to spend 80,000 million dollars In 2025 for the construction of data centers dedicated to AI. Goal is also in that race, and those responsible said the company will spend up to 65,000 million dollars In Capex this year. Do these investments make sense of Depseek’s emergence? The model Deepseek R1 He has put the Sector upside down, especially by demonstrating that it was possible to train a model that competes with the best for very little money. It is likely that the six million of those who speak Deepseek are only part of the total expenditure, but still the companies seem determined to continue investing and burning money as if there were no tomorrow. The creation of data centers is for these key companies of the future: it will be in which theoretically all the requests that billions of users will end up doing (according to their plans) will be processed at all hours. The new Alexa, protagonist. Amazon It takes months —Who years – preparing the launch of a new version of Alexa enhanced by AI. The company has summoned the media on February 26 to Attend an event dedicated to Alexaand it will be then when we can know his novelties. A lot of this renewed assistant is expected, which could play a fundamental role in the Amazon ecosystem. Amazon has invested a lot in Anthropic. It must be remembered that although there have been no releases such as those raised by OpenAi, Google or Meta, the company has strengthened its position with multimillion -dollar investments. Here the specific case is that of the 8,000 million dollars that Amazon has invested in Anthropic, head of the Chatbot Claude that could be a fundamental part of Alexa or other proposals and platforms in the short term. And they have a gigantic (but inaccessible) model. The company also has been working on Olympus, a gigantic LLM that has double parameters that GPT-4 and that in theory it must be able to compete with the most powerful models today. Amazon has not launched it publicly or is available, but if the leaks are confirmed, we could be facing another of the great protagonists of this sector. Will they license it as Open Source as they have made a goal and deepseek with their models? It will be interesting to see what happens to him. Image | Fortune Brainstorm Tech 2014 | Microsoft In Xataka | Stargate impossible accounts: the challenge of finding 500,000 million dollars for the largest IA project

OpenAI will receive 40,000 million dollars

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In his eagerness to maintain leadership in the development of artificial intelligence (AI), OpenAi is burning money as if there were no tomorrow. Therefore, Sam Altman It has been immersed in a career for months collect all possible capital. Masayoshi are becoming a key piece of its strategy. SoftBank, The Japanese conglomerate led by Son and known for its role in the failed Wework Stock Exchangeis about to close an initial investment of 40,000 million dollars in OpenAI. The information has not been confirmed by the companies, But it comes from anonymous sources cited by CNBC. An investment of colossal dimensions According to the data shared by the American environment, the AI ​​startup would receive an assessment of 260,000 million dollars before receiving the new investment. Once the arrival of the new funds was finalized, the assessment would make a substantial leap to nothing less than 300,000 million dollars. According to Financial Timeswe would be facing the greatest investment in a startup in history, a relevant fact if one takes into account that Openai began in 2015 and it was not until the arrival of Chatgptat the end of 2022, when its impact became global. Interestingly, this movement would take prominence from Microsoft. In 2019, the Redmond giant disbursedThe first 1,000 million dollars For OpenAi. He did it within the framework of an ambitious agreement to “support the development of the General Artificial Intelligence (AGI)”And where it was located in a comfortable position like exclusive supplier In the Startup cloud. Openai had the vision, had the talent, but did not have the money to advance. Later new investments arrived from Microsoft, which allowed him to reach 13,000 million dollars, and an observer post was profiled In the Board of Directors before the first crisis broke out in the signing of AI. However, the relationship with the company led by Satya Nadella has begun to be diluted. Microsoft is no longer the exclusive provider of cloud services for OpenAI, which opens the door for the artificial intelligence firm to use Computer infrastructures of other companies Or, if you wish, develop your own. The news occurs shortly after Openai and Softbank announced the creation of a joint company called “SB OpenAI Japan”which seeks to market products and services in Japan, but also has international ambitions. And previously, Son and Altman were in the White House promoting Stargate. Something that should not go unnoticed is that the days it seemed that Openai had An unmatched technology They seem to be falling behind. Companies like Google, Anthropic, Mistral ai and Deepseek They have proven to have the AI ​​models robust enough to compete in better conditions. Images | Xataka with Grok In Xataka | Some researchers claim to have created an AI as good as those of Openai and Deepseek for $ 50. And the data is real

The Spanish travel startup is worth 2.7 billion dollars and strengthens its expansion

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Some Spanish startups are demonstrating to the world that talent, creativity and innovation can transcend borders. Examples of success are not missing: from Cabify to more recent cases such as Domestika, PLD Space and Travelperk. Today it is time to talk about the latter, which not only has received a juicy capital injectionbut has also acquired a company to further reinforce its position in the market. Travelperk, founded in Barcelona in 2015 with the aim of improving business trip management, has raised 200 million dollars in a series E, the type of financing that usually comes when a startup is already well consolidated. With this investment, the company has reached an assessment of 2.7 billion dollars and prepares to strengthen its presence in the United States, in addition to redoubled its commitment to artificial intelligence (AI). Travelperk bets for tomorrow with Yokoy’s acquisition The announcement of the atomic -led financing round and EQT Growth arrives accompanied by other interesting novelties for the future of the Spanish emerging company. Travelperk, that last year I had acquired a service platform called Amtrav2025 begins with Yokoy’s purchase. We are talking about a Swiss expenses management that will help Travelperk to offer a more complete solution to its customers. Taunay-Bucalo, president and director of Operations of Travelperk, has pointed out in a press release After the news announced today that “customers no longer have to make concessions. They can have the best travel management built on the world’s broader inventory, and the expense management product that best works for your business, combined for the best integrated experience that exists. ” Companies that use Travelperk can establish policies and budgets for the trips of their team members, as if it were a vacation trip. If we analyze some Travelperk figures we can discover that it is a very interesting company. In his first decade of life he has managed to reap more than 6,000 clients around the world and has more than 1,200 employees distributed in offices in the United States and Europe. The world seems to be more conducive than ever for the growth of a proposal like this. During the Covid-19 Pandemia, business trips stagnated, but over time they have begun to resurface strongly, driven by the need to restore face-to-face meetings. Although the sector still faces challenges, the future seems promising. With the passing of the months we will know if Travelperk has what is necessary to continue in the race. Images | Travelperk In Xataka | Pebble returns in 2025. The simplest smart watch on the market will return to its roots

the challenge of finding 500 billion dollars for the largest AI project

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He Project Stargate announcement This week was surprising for many things, but above all it was surprising for one: the 500,000 million dollars that will theoretically be invested in the next four years to achieve its objectives. The figure, absolutely colossalhas generated many suspicions. And rightly so. 100,000 million to start. Of that total figure, the announcement made it clear that the companies that provided the capital would invest “100 billion dollars immediately,” but even that does not seem easily achievable. SoftBank and OpenAI, those who will invest the most. In The Information reveal that SoftBank and OpenAI will contribute $19 billion each for the Stargate project. Bloomberg duck that both will also be the ones that will have the most participation in the final company: each will have a 40% participation. Musk attacks, Altman defends himself. The announcement of the project provoked a quick reaction from Elon Musk, who stated in X that “Actually they (the companies involved) do not have the money). He later added that “SoftBank has less than $10 billion guaranteed. I have good sources.” Sam Altman responded to those allegations hours later indicating that the data that Musk provided was “Incorrect, as you probably know.” Musk and xAI compete with OpeenAI and maintain a long rivalry, but here Altman surprised further telling Musk that “I truly respect what you have accomplished and believe you are the most inspiring entrepreneur of our era.” SoftBank under review. Analyst MG Siegler indicates in your newsletter that SoftBank has about $30 billion in cash. It seems to have room for that initial investment, but there are other data that work against it. As indicated user David Manheim on X, SoftBank’s investment fund has had notable failures in the past. On Wikipedia you can see how SoftBank Vision Fund lost $27.4 billion in 2022 due to several failed investments led by Masayoshi Son, the CEO of SoftBank. Among them is the investment of 100 million dollars in FTX, which then collapsed. OpenAI burning money. There are also questions about OpenAI’s ability to invest that amount. It is true that it has raised significant sums in the latest investment rounds, but the company is a money burning machine. Arab money and debt as exits. As the aforementioned Siegler article reveals, an important part of that investment may come from the United Arab Emirates through MGX, the investment fund. Another option is to resort to debt, which has already been very common in SoftBank’s investments (they have 150,000 million invested with that formula). Meanwhile, OpenAI looks for other girlfriends (Oracle). The project is also revealing other parallel movements. In The Wall Street Journal They highlight how OpenAI is beginning to look for options for its alliance with Microsoft, something that both have admitted. At OpenAI they complain that Microsoft does not give them the computing power they need, and they seem to be testing alternatives like Google. Perhaps Oracle is also among the candidates, especially now that it will be one of the participants (along with NVIDIA) in the creation of the large data center in Texas. It seems clear that OpenAI wants to not depend so much on Microsoft (or anyone) and Stargate may be a vehicle to achieve this. Image | TechCrunch In Xataka | The money invested in Stargate has a basic problem: there is no clear or agreed plan to reach the AGI

Powerball: live winning numbers from the draw today, Wednesday, January 22, 2025, with a prize of $31 million dollars

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During this Wednesday there was a new edition of the draw powerball on January 22, 2025, with a total prize pool of $31 million. This is the result of the last draw: know the winning Powerball results: Winning numbers: 5 6 27 40 49 5 2x How can you participate in the Powerball drawing? you have to choose five numbers from 1 to 69 for the white balls. After, a number from 1 to 26 for the red Powerball. If all six numbers are on your ticket after the draw, you will win the jackpot. How to get your cash prize? Each prize must be claimed in the state where the winning ticket was purchased. Players in general can claim a prize of up to $600 dollars in any establishment authorized to sell lottery in the geographic location where the ticket was purchased. Prizes over $600 can be requested at the main lottery headquarters in each case. There are also some authorized establishments, the address of which must be consulted in advance as appropriate. You will have 90 days at your disposal to request collection of your prize up to one year, depending on the laws of the jurisdiction in which the ticket was sold.. To find out the expiration date, check the back of the ticket. If the expiration date is not listed, you should check with your state lottery. If you win the Powerball jackpot, you can acquire the prize in two possible ways: as an annuity – in 30 payments over 29 years – or as a single lump sum cash payment. For the annuity, each payment increases by 5% each year. The cash option is the amount of money that is required to be in the jackpot fund on the day of the drawing to fund it. When is the Powerball drawn? Powerball drawings are held three days a week, specifically, Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59pm ET. Prize: $31 million dollars Next game: Powerball will hold its next drawing on Saturday, January 25 Results of other lottery draws:

Netflix and AI enthusiasm bring Wall Street to the verge of an all-time high

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NEW YORK — Netflix, Oracle and other big tech companies boosted the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, as profits at those companies rose and enthusiasm grew about the revenue prospects that artificial intelligence can generate. The S&P 500 rose 37.13 points, or 0.6%, to 6,086.37, approaching its all-time high set last month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 130.92 points, or 0.3%, to 44,156.73, and the Nasdaq Composite rose 252.56, or 1.3%, to 20,009.34. The gains came even as most U.S. stocks fell under the weight of another rise in Treasury yields. For example, smaller company stocks in the Russell 2000 index lost 0.6%, and about two out of every three stocks in the S&P 500 sank. However, the gains from large influential stocks were more than enough to make up for it. Netflix helped lead the rise after it announced that live events such as American football games and a fight between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul helped it add nearly 19 million subscribers during the latest quarter. It also reported higher profits than analysts expected, and indicated that it is increasing subscription prices in the United States and other countries. Netflix titles rose 9.7%. The Netflix logo on a remote control. (Jenny Kane/Associated Press) On the other hand, Travelers advanced 3.2% after also beating analyst expectations for its earnings in the last quarter. The insurer said gains on its investments and growth in net written premiums helped it overcome losses created by Hurricane Milton, which hit the Florida coast in the Gulf of Mexico in October, and other catastrophes. Some of the market’s strongest boosts came from companies related to artificial intelligence. Oracle rose 6.8% after advancing 7.2% the previous day, ahead of the planned announcement — which ultimately came late on Tuesday — about Stargate, a joint venture that the White House says will begin building data centers. and the generation of electricity necessary for the further development of artificial intelligence in Texas. The partnership formed by Oracle, OpenAI and SoftBank will invest up to $500 billion. Shares of SoftBank Group Corp. in Tokyo rose 10.6%. Other AI-related stocks also gained ground, continuing their already fantastic run. Nvidia, the company whose chips are driving much of the movement toward AI, rose 4.4%. Its shares are above $147 after just two years ago they were below $18. The yield on the 10-year Treasury bond rose from 4.57% to 4.60%. It had been largely retreating since an encouraging update on inflation last week, but is still well above its position in September, when it was below 3.65%. In the cryptocurrency market, where prices have risen on hopes that President Donald Trump will make Washington more cryptocurrency-friendly, bitcoin was just above $104,000. On Monday it was above $109,000, a record.

Man City signs Brazilian defender Vitor Reis for $36 million

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MANCHESTER, England — Manchester City signed a second defender in two days by confirming on Tuesday the acquisition of Vitor Reis, a 19-year-old Brazilian. Reis arrives from Palmeiras after a payment of 35 million euros (36 million dollars). Abdukodir Khusanov, Uzbek defender for Lens in France, signed with City on Monday for four and a half years. The length of Reis’s contract was not provided. “When there was a knock on the door and it was Manchester City, I knew there was nowhere else to go,” Reis was quoted as saying by the club. “I think it will be the biggest challenge of my life, but any player who wants to play elite football has to come here.” “Everyone has seen the incredible achievements of the last few seasons. “I want to leave my mark as we look for more titles,” he added. The champions of the last four Premier League seasons have been very active in the January transfer market after an alarming poor run of form before Christmas. City is fifth in the standings, 12 points behind leader Liverpool. Those led by Pep Guardiola are also suffering to qualify for the round of 16 of the Champions League. Another player in their sights is Omar Marmoush, Egyptian striker for Eintracht Frankfurt. According to press reports, the operation could cost 75 million euros (77 million dollars). Reis played in the 2023 U17 World Cup with Brazil and played 22 games in the Palmeiras first team. “Vitor Reis is one of the most promising young defenders in the world and we are delighted to have been able to bring him here,” said City director of football Txiki Begiristain. “He is excellent with the ball and outstanding in the air. “He has all the necessary qualities to be one of the best.” The signings of Reis and Khusanov, also a centre-back, come after injuries to several City defenders, including Ruben Dias, John Stones and Nathan Ake. The most important injury has been the one suffered by Spanish midfielder Rodri Hernández. The Ballon d’Or winner will miss the rest of the season after damaging the anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus in his right knee. Guardiola recently admitted that his squad was not deep enough to cope with the schedule. Traditionally, City have preferred to close big signings for the summer months, but Guardiola has chosen to bring in reinforcements now. City will face Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League on Wednesday, with both teams in danger of being eliminated.

Dodgers announce deal for Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki. Receives signing bonus of 6.5 million

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LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers announced on Wednesday their agreement with sought-after Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki by agreeing to a minor league contract with a signing bonus of $6.5 million. A 23-year-old right-hander with a fastball that tops 100 mph, Sasaki announced his intention to sign with the Dodgers on Friday and was introduced at a news conference Wednesday at Dodger Stadium. He joins Japanese stars Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto on the Dodgers after making a decision that had generated much expectation. Sasaki had until Thursday to finalize a contract. He was considered an international amateur under Major League Baseball rules because he is under 25 years old and does not have six years of service in Japan, which restricted him to the pool of international signings. The Dodgers started with an allocation of $5,146,200, but increased it to $8,102,800 with a pair of trades last week, acquiring $1.5 million from Cincinnati and $1,456,600 from Philadelphia. Los Angeles is contemplating using a six-starting rotation, which could ease Sasaki’s transition to the majors. The Dodgers are trying to become the first team to repeat as champion since the New York Yankees from 1998 to 2000. Sasaki was made available to major league teams for a 45-day period by the Chiba Lotte Marines of the Pacific League under the bidding agreement between Japan Professional Baseball and the majors. Because he is under 25 years old and does not have six years of Japanese league service time, Sasaki is considered an international amateur by MLB and is limited to a minor league contract subject to signing funds. The Marines will receive $1,625,000, 25% of Sasaki’s signing bonus amount. During a news conference at the winter meetings last month, Sasaki’s agent, Joel Wolfe, denied that a deal was already in place with the Dodgers. Wolfe said MLB had investigated. Sasaki went 10-5 with a 2.35 ERA in 18 games last year, striking out 129 batters in 111 innings during a season limited by shoulder inflammation. He went 7-4 with a 1.78 ERA in 15 starts in 2023, when he suffered an oblique injury. Over his career, he is 29-15 with a 2.10 ERA over four seasons with the Marines and pitched a perfect game against Orix in April 2022. Among international amateur free agents, Los Angeles also agreed to deals with Venezuelan infielders Luis Tovar ($397,500) and Moisés Acacio ($197,500), Panamanian left-handed pitcher Adrián Torres ($362,500) and Colombian shortstop Luis Luna ($137,500). .

Heat suspends Butler again, this time 2 games for missing flight and ‘insubordination’

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The Miami Heat suspended Jimmy Butler for the second time in three weeks, raising the possibility that he may have played his last game with the franchise. Butler received the latest suspension — a two-game suspension — for what the Heat considered a “continuing pattern of disregard for team rules, insubordination and behavior detrimental to the club.” Among the offenses mentioned by the club in the statement it issued Wednesday night was the fact that Butler missed his flight to Milwaukee earlier in the day. The Heat were scheduled to play the Bucks on Thursday and at Brooklyn on Saturday. The soonest Butler could play again for the Heat would be Monday, at home against Orlando. And that would depend on him still being on the roster, which doesn’t seem certain. Butler told the Heat in recent weeks that he wants a trade, a demand he has not made public because league rules do not allow players to do so. Any basketball player who makes such a demand public risks a fine of up to $150,000. But the Heat revealed that request by suspending him in early January for what they considered conduct detrimental to the team, and stressed at the time that they would work to satisfy his trade request. The NBA transfer deadline is February 6. Butler was suspended for seven games earlier this month, costing him about $2.4 million in salary. Butler returned last week and had played in each of Miami’s last three games, averaging 13 points in 29.3 minutes. The Heat left for Milwaukee around 2:15 pm on Wednesday (2015 GMT). That departure time is earlier than Miami usually leaves for most of its trips, and it’s unclear if that was a factor in Butler’s delay. The dates of the matches scheduled on this Heat trip coincide with a paddle tennis tournament in Miami, which mentions Butler as honorary president and co-captain. Butler’s coffee company, Big Face, is also involved with the event. But it was not known if Butler planned to be present at that contest in Miami and if that had anything to do with him missing the flight to Milwaukee. ___ This story was translated from English by an AP editor with the help of a generative artificial intelligence tool.

Sneakers in which Kobe Bryant tore his Achilles tendon will be auctioned for $600,000 dollars

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Kobe Bryant gave memorable moments in the NBA. Now, the shoes with which he played a game in 2013 and tore his Achilles tendon will be auctioned by $600,000 dollars. The initial price exceeds half a million dollars, although it is expected to collect much more. The collection is in charge of the prestigious house Sotheby’s. This is the brand model Nike Kobe 8 Elites. Size number 13 sneakers were worn by Bryant during the match Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors on April 12, 2013. The auction will begin on February 7. That day, the star tore his Achilles tendon in the fourth quarter. Despite this, he went down in history because he continued playing and managed to make two free throws before leaving, already injured. kobe tied the shares at 109 points, with three minutes left on the clock. According to Brahm Wachter, responsible for Modern Collectibles at Sotheby’sis an iconic moment that exemplified the mentality of Bryant. “There is no moment in the career of kobe more emblematic of the ‘Mamba Mentality’ than the ‘Achilles Game’, a testament to his unwavering commitment to excellence and his competitive spirit,” he said. “While he was naturally talented, it was his tireless work ethic. Bryant which really set him apart from his peers. “These game-worn shoes reflect the admirable strength that made him one of the greatest in basketball history,” he added. The sneakers have the colors of Los Angeles Lakers with purple, black and white tones. Precisely on the heel they have the player’s signature in yellow, the same color as the brand logo Nike. Since his tragic death in a helicopter crash in January 2020, several items from his career have been auctioned. Bryant. In 2024, Sotheby’s He also sold three pairs of sneakers that kobe used in other games. One of them sold for $946,800. Other items auctioned include an autographed jersey by kobewhich sold for $795,000. Keep reading:· Kobe Bryant’s locker with the Lakers will be auctioned for more than $1 million dollars· Barcelona and Nike will launch a collection in honor of Kobe Bryant· They will launch a comic dedicated to telling the life of Kobe Bryant

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