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Axcelis

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Axcelis does ion implant, a niche step in the fab that is real, booked, and easy to ignore until it is the bottleneck.

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November 2, 2026 · Morning Brief
The AI money just blinked
CNBC reports that OpenAI is now seeking up to $20 billion in its latest funding round, down from an earlier target of about $30 billion.
October 30, 2026 · Closing Time
Closing Time: The chip that broke the market
CNBC reports that Intel shares fell 29.2%, their worst day since the 1970s, after the chipmaker issued weaker-than-expected guidance tied to a plant shutdown in Israel and a soft PC market.
October 6, 2026 · Morning Brief
Who pays when the agent goes rogue?
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October 5, 2026 · Closing Time
Closing Time: They still don’t know how to control it
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October 5, 2026 · Morning Brief
He wrote the safety reports. Then he walked out.
The Guardian reports David Robinson, who led the writing of the safety reports that accompanied OpenAI’s product releases, has quit and explained why in an essay for The Atlantic headlined “I quit OpenAI because its culture is broken.”