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Musk-Trump Feud Casts Shadow Over xAI’s $5B Debt Raise

Elon Musk's xAI deal runs into political headwinds as feud with Trump escalates.

Elon Musk’s public fallout with Donald Trump is making waves on Wall Street, potentially jeopardizing a $5 billion debt raise for Musk’s AI company, xAI. The clash comes at a critical moment as xAI attempts to fund its ambitious development roadmap.

🔗 x + xAI = Trouble?

Musk merged xAI with X (formerly Twitter), creating a unified force to rival OpenAI and Google. The combined entity is now trying to raise $5 billion in debt and $300M in equity—at a time when its CEO is battling Trump publicly on social media.

📉 Fundraising Under Fire

Morgan Stanley, leading the raise, pitched investors just as Musk and Trump traded online jabs. The drama knocked the bond pricing to ~95 cents on the dollar, potentially costing xAI up to $250M in proceeds. Incentives like higher yields are now on the table.

🏛️ Politics & AI Finance Collide

Tech execs rarely take sides publicly—Musk is the exception. His vocal political persona now threatens to reshape how investors evaluate AI startups, especially as fundraising rounds balloon into the billions.

📊 Risk Recalibration

Investors are reassessing reputational and political risk. Some worry that Musk’s political volatility could impact future regulation, public trust, and even operational stability at xAI—despite the company’s potential.

🧠 Lessons for the Tech World

The xAI case is a real-time example of how online feuds can derail financial plans. As AI firms scale, their leaders’ public behavior may become as scrutinized as their technology—and affect how capital flows.

🔮 What Happens Next?

If xAI succeeds in raising the full amount despite the storm, it may signal investor resilience. If not, tech founders may need to think twice before wading into political fights mid-fundraise. Either way, the stakes—and tweets—have never been higher.

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🧠 The Companies of the Future

AMD acquires Untether AI's team to boost chip efficiency

AI chip startup absorbed by semiconductor giant

AMD has acqui-hired the team behind Untether AI, a Canadian startup focused on high-speed, energy-efficient inference chips.

Founded in 2018 and backed by major investors like Intel Capital, Untether recently released a chip aimed at AI in vehicles and industrial devices.

The move is part of AMD's broader effort to expand its AI talent and product portfolio, following its acquisition of Brium earlier this week.

Why it matters: AMD is quietly building an AI empire to compete with Nvidia and Intel.

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⚡ More AI Bites

1. 🛡️🇺🇸 Anthropic unveils custom AI models for U.S. national security customers. Claude goes classified!
2. 💻🔍 Google says its updated Gemini 2.5 Pro AI model is better at coding. Search giant's robot gets programming boost!
3. 🤔🏄‍♂️ Anthropic co-founder on cutting access to Windsurf: "It would be odd for us to sell Claude to OpenAI." AI drama gets philosophical!
4. 🤖🔬 Amazon launches new R&D group focused on agentic AI and robotics. Bezos builds autonomous army!
5. 🔍📈 Perplexity received 780 million queries last month, CEO says. Search competitor counts impressive traffic!
6. 💻🚀 Cursor's Anysphere nabs $9.9B valuation, soars past $500M ARR. Coding AI reaches astronomical heights!

⚡ Trends for the Future

Toyota Fixed Car Repair Chaos with AI and Shared How They Did It

How Toyota and NLX brought AI from concept to reality in automotive repair

The details:

While many brands are stuck in AI pilot purgatory, Toyota and NLX turned prototypes into real results—by nailing executive buy-in, seamless tech integration, and smart change management.

In a TechCrunch AI panel, NLX CEO Andrei Papancea and Toyota’s Kordel France broke down how they introduced AI to the complex world of car repairs—without disrupting workflows or alienating employees.

Their tips: Prove ROI to execs early. Make AI work with—not against—your systems. And don’t ignore the human factor: staff need support and clarity, not surprises.

Why it matters: This isn’t a case study about future potential—it’s about execution. Toyota and NLX showed that AI isn’t just for whiteboards; it’s already solving real-world problems in one of the toughest industries.

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Why Is It Better Than Other Tools? 🚀

• 🛠️ No-Code Setup: Train your own bot just by clicking—no tech skills needed.
• 🔁 Scheduled Monitoring: Monitor any page at custom intervals and get notified.
• 📊 Structured Output: Export data as spreadsheets, APIs, or integrations.
• 🌍 Works on Any Site: From e-commerce to job boards and travel sites.

What Does It Do Best? 🌟

• 💰 Price Tracking: Automatically monitor product prices across websites.
• 📈 Lead Generation: Extract contact info or listings from directories and CRMs.
• 📰 News Monitoring: Track updates from blogs, forums, or job boards.
• 🏆 Competitive Research: Monitor competitor sites and alert your team to changes.

Applications 💼

• 📦 E-commerce: Track price changes and inventory on competitors' stores.
• 🏢 Recruiting: Collect job listings across platforms for new roles.
• 💼 Sales & Marketing: Scrape leads and build outreach lists in minutes.
• 🧠 Market Research: Stay informed on changes in listings, content, or offers.

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1. 🌐 Visit: Go to browse.ai and create a free account.
2. 📸 Train Your Bot: Select a page and highlight what you want it to monitor.
3. ⏰ Set a Schedule: Choose how often the bot runs and where to send the data.
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Create your first robot to monitor a competitor’s product page or scrape a public job board. Share your robot’s use case with us—best submission gets featured in next week's issue! 🔍📥