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OpenAI and Microsoft’s ‘frenemies relationship,’ and what you missed at SXSW

This week, OpenAI inked a five-year, $11.9 billion deal with CoreWeave () , the GPU-heavy cloud provider, securing its own AI computing pipeline—and a $350 million equity stake in the company. With CoreWeave’s pending IPO () and deep ties to Microsoft, OpenAI’s deal marks a significant shift in the AI cloud wars. Today, on TechCrunch’s…

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This week, OpenAI inked a five-year, $11.9 billion deal with CoreWeave () , the GPU-heavy cloud provider, securing its own AI computing pipeline—and a $350 million equity stake in the company.

With CoreWeave’s pending IPO () and deep ties to Microsoft, OpenAI’s deal marks a significant shift in the AI cloud wars. Today, on TechCrunch’s Equity () podcast, hosts Kirsten Korosec, Max Zeff, Anthony Ha, and Rebecca Bellan are diving into whether or not the deal is a power move against Microsoft or just an inevitable step in OpenAI’s bid for more compute, key deals of the week, and what you missed at South by Southwest 2025. 

Listen to the full episode to hear about:

• What Kirsten and Rebecca are seeing on the ground in Austin () , and which founders are making moves

• Who’s feeling the ‘vibe shift’ () leading up to Y Combinator’s latest Demo Day, and why founders are raising less money

• Scopely’s $3.5 billion bid () for Pokémon GO maker Niantic

Equity will be back next week, so stay tuned!

Equity is TechCrunch’s flagship podcast, produced by Theresa Loconsolo, and posts every Wednesday and Friday. 

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iPhone Duo Livestream: How Many Folds Can Apple’s Phone Take? Day 13

Apple’s iPhone Duo is out and we want to see how durable it is. So we built a robot to fold it 20,000+ times a day to test its limits. How long do you think it will last? 100,000 folds? 200,000 folds? 500,000 folds? Tune in and watch the testing live. We’ll have CNET’s editors…

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Apple’s iPhone Duo is out and we want to see how durable it is. So we built a robot to fold it 20,000+ times a day to test its limits. How long do you think it will last? 100,000 folds? 200,000 folds? 500,000 folds? Tune in and watch the testing live. We’ll have CNET’s editors online to answer any of your questions.

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Why the data center you dread might never even be built | Equity Podcast

The data center boom is running into serious real-world obstacles, from widespread local opposition and permitting delays to a scramble for electricity. Before those challenges even come into play, though, there’s a more basic problem: A lot of the projects being announced may never get built in the first place. With billions of dollars in…

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The data center boom is running into serious real-world obstacles, from widespread local opposition and permitting delays to a scramble for electricity. Before those challenges even come into play, though, there’s a more basic problem: A lot of the projects being announced may never get built in the first place. With billions of dollars in AI infrastructure investment at stake, separating realistic projects from speculative ones is becoming increasingly important.

On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, hosts Rebecca Bellan and Tim De Chant are joined by Brent Nelson, senior managing director of markets and strategy at Ascend Analytics, to separate the data center projects that are likely to get built from the ones that may never get off the ground.

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2:20 Will the midterms and data center backlash slow the buildout?
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10:01 Who’s lending, and why tenants matter most
14:59 Powering data centers: why everyone defaults to gas
18:44 The case for curtailable interconnections plus batteries
20:09 Why the grid can’t just move power around
24:46 Can data centers pay their way out of opposition?
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Fold-A-Phone Week 3, Livestream Day 13: 406K iPhone Duo Folds! Will we get to 500K?

Why aren’t we adding dust or sand directly into the hinge? Because we’re looking to get the best data about durability. Each phone that goes into the Fold-A-Phone is tested in highly controlled conditions, with a tightly calibrated opening and closing cadence to ensure equivalent performance each and every time. Join us on YouTube at…

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Why aren’t we adding dust or sand directly into the hinge? Because we’re looking to get the best data about durability. Each phone that goes into the Fold-A-Phone is tested in highly controlled conditions, with a tightly calibrated opening and closing cadence to ensure equivalent performance each and every time.

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