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Marvell announces a deal to buy Celestial AI for at least $3.25B, expected to close in Q1 2026; the price can rise to $5.5B if Celestial hits revenue targets (Kif Leswing/CNBC)

Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Marvell announces a deal to buy Celestial AI for at least $3.25B, expected to close in Q1 2026; the price can rise to $5.5B if Celestial hits revenue targets  —  Semiconductor company Marvell on Tuesday announced that it will acquire Celestial AI for at least $3.25 billion in cash and stock.

Sources say President Trump's efforts to block state-level AI regulations through a preemption proposal are facing significant opposition on Capitol Hill (Axios)

Axios:
Sources say President Trump's efforts to block state-level AI regulations through a preemption proposal are facing significant opposition on Capitol Hill  —  Pressure from President Trump to block state-level AI regulation is falling short on Capitol Hill.

Anthropic's employees self-report using Claude in 60% of work and achieving a 50% productivity boost, often using it for debugging and code understanding, more (Anthropic)

Anthropic:
Anthropic's employees self-report using Claude in 60% of work and achieving a 50% productivity boost, often using it for debugging and code understanding, more  —  Key findings  —  How is AI changing the way we work?  Our previous research on AI's economic impacts looked at the labor market as a whole …

CNN partners with Kalshi to use its real-time prediction data in TV, digital, and social channel reporting, on-air data tickers, analysis, and fact-checking (Sara Fischer/Axios)

Sara Fischer / Axios:
CNN partners with Kalshi to use its real-time prediction data in TV, digital, and social channel reporting, on-air data tickers, analysis, and fact-checking  —  CNN has stuck a partnership with Kalshi, the world's largest global prediction market company, bringing Kalshi's data …

Instacart sues New York City to block enforcement of five laws, including rules governing minimum pay for app-based workers and tipping disclosures (Jonathan Stempel/Reuters)

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Instacart sues New York City to block enforcement of five laws, including rules governing minimum pay for app-based workers and tipping disclosures  —  Instacart sued New York City on Tuesday to block enforcement of five laws affecting the grocery delivery company, including rules governing minimum pay …