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WIRED Roundup: The US Chip Manufacturers’ Bonanza


On this episode of “Uncanny Valley,” our senior business editor joins us to talk about the Trump administration’s deals with chipmakers, OpenAI’s potential $500 billion valuation—and ants.

In today’s episode, host Zoë Schiffer is joined by senior business editor Louise Matsakis to run through five of the best stories we published this week—from OpenAI being poised to become the highest valued startup in history, to how government staffing cuts have fueled an ant smuggling boom. Uncanny Valley cohosts Lauren Goode and Michael Calore will sit down with our editor-in-Chief, Katie Drummond and a special guest for a conversation that you won't want to miss. I keep coming back to the fact that when Trump returned to the White House, one of the first things that Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick talked about is the idea of creating a sovereign wealth fund.

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