EP-152 : Softbank’s $25b Openai Investment 💰, Tesla’s Robotaxi Launch 🚖, Asml’s Chipmaking Surge 📈

welcome to echo-pod's tech briefing for thursday, january 30th! here's what we're covering today:

• softbank's investment in openai: reports suggest discussions for a $25 billion investment, potentially positioning softbank as openai's largest backer, surpassing microsoft's 2019 investment.
• concerns over ai hardware investments: investor anxiety rises following the release of a low-cost reasoning model by deepseek, impacting nvidia's...