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The AI Race, Starship and Silicon Valley’s Defense Bet | Bloomberg Tech 7/20/2026

Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow breaks down what Moonshot’s Kimi K3 means for the race with OpenAI, Anthropic and the chipmakers powering it. Plus, SpaceX gears up for a second attempt at a Starship test flight later this week. And, Andreessen Horowitz signs defense investor and military vet Connor Love to the firm’s American Dynamism team. ——–…

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Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow breaks down what Moonshot’s Kimi K3 means for the race with OpenAI, Anthropic and the chipmakers powering it. Plus, SpaceX gears up for a second attempt at a Starship test flight later this week. And, Andreessen Horowitz signs defense investor and military vet Connor Love to the firm’s American Dynamism team.
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  1. @edwinmacias8731

    July 20, 2026 at 3:16 pm

    KIMI = DeepSeek = smoke = cybersecurity risk

  2. @holdenmcgroin8917

    July 20, 2026 at 3:16 pm

    We need more people like Gordon Chang to spread the propaganda that China’s AI success comes from distillation or theft.

  3. @jeslab11

    July 20, 2026 at 3:20 pm

    Ed’s ability to get these CEOs to explain themselves is so professional. Even his face at 12:25 is class yet comedy. Well done Ed 😂

  4. @rawfromnowhere

    July 20, 2026 at 3:37 pm

    But at what cost?

  5. @JoaoHenrique-ue2pc

    July 20, 2026 at 9:18 pm

    I have a crush on Ed.

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Crusoe CEO: Data Center Indusry Has a ‘Marketing Issue’

Crusoe CEO Chase Lochmiller discusses the AI infrastructure company’s nearly $4 billion in fresh funding sending its valuation to almost $31 billion. He also discusses how it will fuel the company’s push to build AI infrastructure spanning data centers, cloud computing and managed AI services. He says Crusoe could eventually enter the public markets and…

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Crusoe CEO Chase Lochmiller discusses the AI infrastructure company’s nearly $4 billion in fresh funding sending its valuation to almost $31 billion. He also discusses how it will fuel the company’s push to build AI infrastructure spanning data centers, cloud computing and managed AI services. He says Crusoe could eventually enter the public markets and pushes back against growing opposition to data centers, arguing the industry has a “marketing issue” and needs to better communicate its impact on water, jobs and local tax revenue. He joins Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.”
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Former FTC Technologist Warns Against an AI ‘Cartel’

As frontier AI labs seek greater coordination on safety, Neil Chilson, Head of AI Policy at the Abundance Institute and former FTC Chief Technologist, warns that government-backed antitrust exemptions could create a durable “cartel” that ultimately harms competition. He argues companies can collaborate on safety standards without suspending antitrust rules, and that existing consumer-protection and…

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As frontier AI labs seek greater coordination on safety, Neil Chilson, Head of AI Policy at the Abundance Institute and former FTC Chief Technologist, warns that government-backed antitrust exemptions could create a durable “cartel” that ultimately harms competition. He argues companies can collaborate on safety standards without suspending antitrust rules, and that existing consumer-protection and liability laws already provide tools for addressing harms caused by AI. He joins Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Tech.”
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Calls to “pace” development at the AI frontier are unlikely to translate into a slowdown in infrastructure spending, according to Sara Araghi, Franklin Templeton Portfolio Manager and Franklin Venture Partner. She argues that even if labs temper some model training, growing inference demand will continue to require enormous amounts of compute. Araghi also discusses why…

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