Category Archives: Mad Hedge AI

UK’s Nscale Signs $14 Billion Deal with Microsoft to Deliver 200,000 Nvidia AI Superchips Across US and Europe

London, UK – October 15, 2025 – In a monumental agreement that underscores the global race to build the infrastructure of the artificial intelligence era, UK-based AI hyperscaler Nscale has signed an expanded multi-billion-dollar deal with Microsoft to deploy approximately 200,000 NVIDIA GB300 superchips across data centers in the United States and Europe. The deal, […]

THREE MINUTES, ZERO BUDGET, AND THE END OF ANIMATION AS WE KNOW IT

(DIS), (NFLX) Last Tuesday morning, my neighbor Marcus made a South Park episode in three minutes. Kenny died, Cartman said something ridiculous, and I watched the entire entertainment industry’s cost structure collapse in real time. Marcus works at a fintech startup in San Francisco, spends his days building payment algorithms, but like every engineer I […]

AI Boom Defies D.C. Gridlock: S&P 500 and Nasdaq Hit New Highs Amid Sixth Day of Government Shutdown

The resilience of Wall Street’s infatuation with artificial intelligence proved stronger than political dysfunction on Monday, as the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite advanced to new record closing highs, even as the U.S. government shutdown stretched into its sixth day. Investor sentiment was significantly boosted by major dealmaking in the technology sector, particularly surrounding […]

WATTS THE HOLDUP?

(DUK), (NVDA), (PWR), (AMZN), (POWL), (EME), (ETN), (URI) Seven years. That’s how long it takes to connect a new data center to the U.S. power grid right now. Not the glossy brochure timeline. Not the consultant’s PowerPoint fantasy. Seven actual years from application to flipping the switch.  I learned this sitting in a Duke Energy […]

AI Unicorn Dataiku Taps Morgan Stanley, Citi for Landmark US IPO

NEW YORK, NY—In a significant move underscoring the enduring appetite for high-growth artificial intelligence companies, data analytics startup Dataiku has selected a roster of prominent investment banks, including Morgan Stanley and Citigroup, to lead its anticipated initial public offering (IPO) in the United States. Sources familiar with the matter indicate that the New York-based company […]

Lufthansa to Slash 4,000 Jobs by 2030 in AI-Driven Efficiency Push

FRANKFURT, GERMANY—German aviation giant Lufthansa Group announced plans on Monday to eliminate approximately 4,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) administrative roles worldwide by 2030, a move the company explicitly linked to leveraging artificial intelligence and digitalization to boost profitability. The announcement, made during the airline’s first company-wide Capital Markets Day in six years, underscores a global trend […]

THE PUPPET MASTER

(TSMC), (MSFT), (NBIS), (GOOGL), (SSNLF), (INTC) There’s a phone call that happens every month between Cupertino, Seattle, and a modest office building in Hsinchu, Taiwan that determines more about the future of artificial intelligence than all the flashy product launches and CEO tweets combined.  Most investors have never heard of this conversation, but the numbers […]