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Where Silicon Valley meets Wall Street, TechCheck dives deep into stocks, trades, trends and opportunities focused on new technologies while highlighting news from mega-cap heavyweights, social media darlings, streaming giants, growth software and red-hot disruptors. Everyday TechCheck delivers investors what they need to know with compelling in-depth reporting and analysis from investors, analysts and leaders in the industry.

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00:05:52

Kalshi airs fully AI-generated ad on primetime 6/12/25

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2025/06/12

AI has gone primetime, with a completely AI-generated ad from the prediction platform Kalshi airing last night during the NBA finals. The company says it was created from idea to live in less than 72 hours and cost them less than $2,000 to make. It shows just how fast AI is moving up the value chain and raises new questions around public trust and AI media consumption.

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00:04:46

Meta spends $15B for Scale AI stake 6/10/25

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2025/06/10

A source confirming to CNBC that Meta is spending $15B to obtain a 49% stake in AI startup Scale AI. We dig into why Meta is going big on the deal, and the flurry of AI valuation headlines making news this week.

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00:06:42

Apple Researchers' AI Red Flag, Plus OpenAI's Revenue...

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2025/06/09

Researchers at Apple are out with a new paper that throws cold water on the biggest trend in AI right now: reasoning models. Scientists there say that beyond a certain point, the models lose all accuracy. Plus, OpenAI has just hit $10 billion in annual recurring revenue, driven by chatGPT, its consumer business and APIs.

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00:07:03

Amazon’s big bet on “Physical AI” 6/6/25

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2025/06/06

Morgan Stanley calling out Amazon as an “under-appreciated Gen AI winner” over its investments in automation. We dig into how robotics could translate into big savings for Amazon’s core business.

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00:20:12

TechCheck Takes: Waymo’s co-CEO on 10 million...

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2025/06/05

Alphabet’s self-driving unit Waymo may not be as loud as Tesla in the autonomous vehicle race, but co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana says that Waymo is the only company that’s operating fully driverless rides at scale - most recently notching 10 million autonomous rides. CNBC’s Deirdre Bosa sits down with her in an exclusive interview at the Google I/O developer conference. Aired on May 21st 2025.

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00:03:46

How AI “vibe-hacking” could upend cyber security 6/5/25

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2025/06/05

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is warning against a provision in the GOP’s massive reconciliation bill that would ban state AI laws for 10 years. We dig into the growing debate and the newest AI-related threat to cyber security.

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00:07:46

Tesla FSD crash video highlights the camera vs. lidar...

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2025/06/04

New footage obtained by Bloomberg reveals the shocking moments before a pedestrian was struck and killed in 2023 by a Tesla using FSD technology. We dig into the camera vs lidar debate as Tesla gets set to launch its robotaxis in Austin this month.

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00:05:55

AI laws on chopping block in GOP bill 6/3/25

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2025/06/03

The Senate is getting their turn at the GOP’s massive reconciliation bill, but now state lawmakers are speaking out against a provision buried inside that would tie their hands on AI regulation. We dig into how the controversial rule is reigniting debate on the future of AI.

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00:08:03

Perplexity AI nears deal with Samsung 6/2/25

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2025/06/02

Startup Perplexity is close to a deal with Samsung that would make their assistant the default on upcoming devices. We look at what the deal means as AI companies battle to reach more users and become the default chatbot.

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00:06:54

Zuckerberg & Luckey's Reconciliation 5/30/25

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2025/05/30

Meta's Mark Zuckerberg and Anduril's Palmer Luckey are now teaming up to make virtual reality headsets for defense military training. But the new venture represents a reconciliation between two tech CEOs who had a complicated last decade and speaks to the new alignments taking shape between Silicon Valley and politics.

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00:04:35

Nvidia's Inference Growth Engine 5/29/25

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2025/05/29

China may have been the big headline out of Nvidia's quarter, with 28 mentions on the earnings call, but right behind was inference at 27. It represents the next wave of AI, models that generate responses after getting trained, and could unlock a major new growth engine for Nvidia.

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00:06:53

The growing disconnect in AI 5/28/25

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2025/05/28

Meta is reportedly shaking up its AI team after months of delays on its latest Llama 4 Behemoth AI model. We look at how Meta is not alone in having model issues, and the reignited debate around slowing AI progress.

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00:07:08

Tariffs threaten big tech’s physical AI buildout 5/23/25

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2025/05/23

President Trump’s threat to slap iPhones with a 25% tariff is just his latest attempt to reshape the global supply chain. We look at how his push for American manufacturing could derail big tech’s move into physical AI.

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00:06:57

OpenAI’s Jony Ive deal escalates Google rivalry 5/22/25

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2025/05/22

OpenAI’s deal with iphone designer Jony Ive came right in the middle of Google I/O and sent a signal the AI company is aiming to challenge the big tech ecosystem. Plus, we look what DOJ’s reported probe of Google’s Character.AI deal means for the AI talent battlefield.

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00:07:40

Balancing search, AI at Google I/O 5/20/25

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2025/05/20

Alphabet kicks off its adeveloper event Google I/O today – we look at the tech giant’s delicate balancing act between prioritizing AI while maintaining its core search business

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00:44:03

Why Palantir, Anduril are Washington's new tech...

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2025/05/19

Apple and Alibaba shares under pressure after New York Times reporting that their deal to bring AI to Chinese iPhones is facing U.S. government scrutiny. We look at how as Apple feels the squeeze of Trump’s trade policies, defense tech is winning big.

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00:07:43

Meta reportedly delays launch of flagship AI model...

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2025/05/16

The Wall Street Journal reporting Meta has again delayed the launch of flagship AI model, named “Behemoth.” We look at how the news highlights Meta’s massive AI spend and the increasing focus on leaner models.

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00:09:22

Trump, Cook clash over iPhones 5/15/25

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2025/05/15

President Trump attacking Tim Cook over Apple’s plans to produce more iPhones in India. We look at how Trump’s tariffs are shifting supply chains.

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00:07:07

Databricks buys Neon for $1B, Plus Coreweave’s first...

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2025/05/14

Databricks CEO talks with Deirdre Bosa about the company’s $1B deal to acquire cloud-based database software vendor Neon, and the rapidly evolving AI landscape. Plus, we walk through what to watch in AI Infrastructure Coreweave’s first quarterly report since its March IPO.

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00:02:39

The Gulf’s AI ambitions, and China backdoor risks...

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2025/05/13

President Trump escalating chip diplomacy in his trip to the Gulf states. We look at how Gulf ambitions to become an AI and their longstanding ties to Chinese tech.

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