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Haque Eleen

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Haque Eleen writes where power meets consequence, from central banks and statehouses to the technology remaking daily life. She has built a reputation for a clear eye and a refusal to flinch, turning dense policy and hard data into reporting readers can actually use. At Speedway Scene her byline has become shorthand for work that is rigorous, fearless and impossible to skim.

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A Ford Escape sport utility vehicle parked at a dealership lot. Photo: Fortune
Business

Ford Books Another Rollaway Recall Days After Declaring a Quality Turn

Ford recalled 741,195 vehicles over a park-by-wire defect that can allow rollaways, a filing that landed just after Chief Executive Jim Farley described the automaker crossing a durable quality threshold.

14 Jul 2026 ·6 min
The Guggenheim Museum on Manhattan's Upper East Side, among 31 buildings ordered to disinfect cooling towers during a Legionnaires' outbreak. Photo: NBC News
Health

Guggenheim Joins 31 Sites Flagged as Legionnaires' Cluster Climbs to 60 on Upper East Side

A Legionnaires' cluster in Carnegie Hill and Yorkville grew to about 60 confirmed cases, with the Guggenheim Museum among 31 buildings ordered to clean their cooling towers.

14 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
Physical golden bitcoin tokens arranged on a dark reflective surface. Photo: Fortune
Markets & Finance

Bitcoin Trades Like a Rates Bet as Warsh Fed and CLARITY Act Reshape the Tape

A weak payrolls print, a Warsh-led Federal Reserve tilting dovish and fresh legislative momentum behind the CLARITY Act combined to lift bitcoin roughly 15% in the first stretch of July, before profit-taking pulled the token back toward $62,550 by the fourteenth.

14 Jul 2026 ·7 min
Teenagers using smartphones as Australia's under-16 social media ban falters. Photo: Fortune
Opinion

Australia's Under-16 Ban Is Misfiring, and the World Should Not Copy the Blueprint

Australia built the world's first under-16 social media ban to run on account removal and platform-side age checks. Seven months on, the machinery is stalling, and the Senate just postponed the repair.

14 Jul 2026 ·7 min read
Federal building housing the Southern District of New York, where a grand jury will hear reporter testimony. Photo: Al Jazeera
Politics

Four Times Reporters Face Grand Jury in Air Force One Leak Probe

Federal prosecutors have ordered four New York Times journalists to testify before a Manhattan grand jury investigating the leak behind reporting on the Qatar-donated Air Force One, a move press-freedom advocates call a direct threat to newsgathering.

14 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
France's forward line during the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Photo: Al Jazeera
Sports

FIFA Removes French Officials as Barton Draws the France v Spain Semi-Final

FIFA has invoked its conflict-of-interest statute to withdraw two French referees and hand the France v Spain semi-final to El Salvador's Ivan Barton, a whistle whose readiness to caution now shadows a Bastille Day meeting in Arlington.

14 Jul 2026 ·6 min
Meta corporate signage outside its Menlo Park headquarters campus. Photo: CNBC
Tech

Meta Bets on Its Own Silicon With September Launch of Iris Chip

An internal Meta memo reviewed by Reuters places the custom Iris data-center chip into production in September, a step meant to loosen the company's dependence on Nvidia and support a doubling of compute capacity by 2027.

14 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
Temporary Protected Status holders and advocates rally over expiring work permits. Photo: CBS News
U.S.

DHS Buys TPS Holders Days, Not Reprieve, as Work Permits Lapse

USCIS granted TPS holders from seven countries a brief extension of work authorization, deferring by days a lapse that follows the Supreme Court's June ruling clearing the way to end their protections.

14 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
Emergency responders outside the fire-damaged Rong Beer Na Lat Phrao music bar in northern Bangkok. Photo: Al Jazeera
World

Blocked Exits Turned a Bangkok Music Bar Into a Death Trap for 27

Fire tore through a northern Bangkok music bar shortly before midnight, killing 27 and injuring 73. Investigators say most victims died trapped near a rear exit that was never used, opening a negligence probe.

14 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board building in Washington. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Economy

Falling Pump Prices Hand the Fed a Softer Headline, Not a Reason to Ease

A double-digit slide in gasoline was expected to pull June headline inflation lower, but firm core prices and tariff pass-through kept the disinflation shallow, framing Kevin Warsh's first congressional testimony and a July policy meeting that leans hawkish.

14 Jul 2026 ·7 min read
Jude Bellingham celebrates for England against Mexico at Estadio Azteca in the World Cup round of 16. Photo: NPR
Sports

98 Seconds That Broke Mexico's Azteca Fortress

Two goals in 98 seconds from Jude Bellingham carried England to a 3-2 win over co-hosts Mexico at Estadio Azteca, ending an unbeaten World Cup record at the venue that had stood for decades.

6 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
Tadej Pogacar accelerates toward the summit finish at Les Angles during Stage 3 of the 2026 Tour de France. Photo: The National
Sports

Pogacar Reclaims the Yellow Jersey at Les Angles, Redrawing the Tour de France's Balance of Power

A late acceleration at Les Angles handed Tadej Pogacar the stage and the yellow jersey on the smallest of margins, leaving him level on time with Jonas Vingegaard and in command of the 2026 Tour de France.

6 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
Mourners fill a Tehran avenue during the multi-day state funeral for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Photo: Al Jazeera
World

Tehran Buries Khamenei as an Unseen Successor Tests the Republic

Millions filled Tehran to mourn a supreme leader killed in a February airstrike, yet the man chosen to replace him did not appear, leaving the succession contest in shadow.

6 Jul 2026 ·7 min read
Samsung Electronics logo displayed at a corporate facility signaling record memory-chip earnings. Photo: CNBC
Business

Samsung Board Readies Record Q2 Disclosure as AI Memory Profit Climbs Nearly 18-Fold

Samsung Electronics prepares to disclose preliminary second-quarter figures on July 7, with operating profit seen near 86 trillion won as DRAM and NAND prices spike alongside high-bandwidth memory.

6 Jul 2026 ·7 min read
NATO leaders and flags at the 36th alliance summit in Ankara, Turkey, July 2026. Photo: Euronews
World

70 Billion Euros and an 'Ironclad' Vow: NATO Convenes in Ankara

As leaders assemble in Ankara, a draft declaration binds the alliance to a 70 billion euro annual line for Ukraine and a restated Article 5 guarantee, with President Trump pressing to convert last year's spending pledges into hard numbers.

6 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
A trader monitors screens on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as the Dow sets a record. Photo: CNBC
U.S.

Dow Vaults Past 53,000 for the First Time as Wall Street Returns From the Holiday

US equities pushed the Dow above 53,000 for the first time on July 6, TheStreet reported, though a second day of selling in AI chipmakers left the Nasdaq trailing behind the blue-chip rally.

6 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
Microsoft Xbox logo displayed at a company campus as the gaming division faces major layoffs. Photo: NBC News
Economy

4,800 Jobs Gone: Microsoft Guts Xbox to Free Cash for AI

Microsoft is cutting 4,800 roles and dismantling much of its gaming business as it redirects spending toward artificial intelligence, with the Xbox unit absorbing the deepest reductions.

6 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
NATO leaders and President Trump convene for the Ankara defense spending summit. Photo: CNBC
Opinion

Five Percent Becomes the Price of Trump's Approval in Ankara

The 5 percent target NATO set in The Hague has become the yardstick by which Trump measures allied loyalty in Ankara. The summit is less a strategy session than an audition.

6 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
Mourners fill Tehran streets during the funeral procession for Iran's slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Photo: Al Jazeera
Politics

Ten Million Mourn Khamenei While His Named Heir Stays in Shadow

Iran estimated that up to 10 million mourners could gather for Ali Khamenei's burial, according to Al Jazeera, even as the man named to succeed him refused to appear in public.

6 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
Sparsely attended polling station during Algeria's July 2026 parliamentary election. Photo: Arab News
Politics

Algeria's Election Authority Certifies FLN Win as Turnout Sinks to a Record Low

Algeria's national elections authority certified a plurality for the ruling National Liberation Front after a July 2 ballot that, per France 24 and Al Jazeera, drew turnout of about 21 percent following the disqualification of more than a third of candidates.

6 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as chip stocks lead an advance. Photo: CNBC
Markets & Finance

Chip Stocks Power Wall Street's Post-Holiday Advance as Dow Guards Its Record

The first session after the Independence Day break belonged to the chipmakers, with Astera Labs, AMD and Western Digital leading a semiconductor surge that carried the Nasdaq and S&P 500 higher while the Dow defended record territory.

6 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
Benjamin Netanyahu prepares for a White House visit as Washington presses a Gaza framework. Photo: Al Jazeera
U.S.

Netanyahu Bound for Washington as Trump Presses 21-Point Gaza Framework

Benjamin Netanyahu prepared to meet President Trump in Washington as the administration pressed a 21-point framework to end the Gaza war, with the visit shadowed by tension over an Israeli strike in Doha.

6 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
A vial and syringe of measles vaccine on a clinical tray. Photo: NBC News
Health

CDC Tally Puts 2026 Measles Within Reach of a Post-1991 Record

Federal case counts show 2026 measles activity has almost matched the whole of 2025 with the summer transmission window still open, raising the prospect of a new post-1991 record and a threat to US elimination status.

6 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
Children receiving treatment during a disease outbreak at a hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photo: CBS News
Health

CDC Sees No Unusual H5N1 Signal at Home as Bird-Flu Deaths Climb Abroad

US flu surveillance registered no unusual avian influenza A(H5) activity in people through July 6, 2026, even as a dozen human H5N1 infections and three deaths accumulated overseas.

6 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
SK Hynix memory chip modules displayed ahead of the company's Nasdaq ADR listing. Photo: CNBC
Markets & Finance

SK Hynix Seeks $28 Billion on Nasdaq as AI Memory Demand Overheats

SK Hynix opened a roughly $28 billion U.S. share sale on Monday, drawing up to $7 billion of indicated interest from major funds and setting up one of the largest listings on record.

6 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
NATO heads of state and government prepare to convene for the alliance summit in Ankara, Turkey. Photo: CNBC
Politics

At the Ankara Summit, NATO Confronts the Gap Between Its Spending Pledges and Actual Force

As the alliance gathers in Ankara, the central question is whether commitments made a year ago in The Hague can be translated into interceptors, industrial capacity and sustained aid to Ukraine.

6 Jul 2026 ·7 min read
Storage tanks at a Saudi Arabian oil facility as OPEC+ agrees a further production increase. Photo: Al Jazeera
Economy

OPEC+ Sanctions Another Output Boost as Crude Slides Toward Multi-Month Lows

Seven OPEC+ members ratified a modest 188,000-barrel-per-day increase as crude prices drifted toward levels last seen in late February, with recovering Gulf flows stoking fears of an approaching supply glut.

6 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
LeBron James in a Los Angeles Lakers uniform during a 2025-26 game. Photo: NBC News
U.S.

LeBron James Walks Away From the Lakers as the NBA Free-Agent Market Opens

LeBron James has informed the Lakers he intends to keep playing in 2026-27 but with another franchise, closing an eight-season chapter in Los Angeles as the league's negotiating window opened.

6 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
Storm-battered street and downed debris in the US Pacific territories as Super Typhoon Bavi makes landfall. Photo: NPR
U.S.

150 mph Eyewall Rakes Rota as Super Typhoon Bavi Strikes US Pacific Territories

Category 5 Super Typhoon Bavi tore across the US Northern Mariana Islands, passing over Rota with winds above 150 mph as authorities reported major damage and forecasters warned of catastrophic flooding.

6 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
Oil and gas infrastructure at a Gulf export terminal against a hazy sky, illustrating the energy shock behind the OECD downgrade. Photo: Euronews
Economy

OECD Trims Global Growth View as Gulf Energy Shock Feeds Inflation

The OECD lowered its global growth outlook, warning that an energy shock tied to the evolving Middle East conflict is stoking inflation. Two scenarios frame how deep the damage runs, depending on how long Gulf disruptions persist.

6 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
Medicaid enrollment paperwork and a benefits form on a desk, illustrating new federal work requirements. Photo: STAT News
Opinion

Washington's Medicaid Paperwork Clock Starts Ticking Toward July 31

Federal guidance issued in June brings Medicaid work requirements into force on July 31, and budget analysts warn the heaviest losses will fall on people who work but cannot navigate the paperwork.

6 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
Jacob Bethell batting for England against India in the 2nd T20I at Manchester. Photo: Sky Sports
Sports

Bethell's 76 Powers England Past India in Manchester T20I

England chased down India's total with six balls to spare in Manchester, with Jacob Bethell's 76 dismantling the middle overs to hand the hosts control of the series.

6 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
Gold bars stacked beside a rising price chart illustrating the early July bullion rally. Photo: Fortune
Economy

Gold Reclaims Its Safe-Haven Shine as a Cooling Jobs Market Dents Fed Hike Bets

Bullion climbed toward $4,170 an ounce and posted its first weekly advance in a month after a run of softer labor data cut the odds of a September Fed rate hike and sent the dollar toward its worst week since April.

6 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
Bending Spoons shares trading on the Nasdaq after the company's IPO debut. Photo: Forbes
Business

Bending Spoons Carries Its Bought-and-Rebuilt Internet Empire Onto the Nasdaq

Luca Ferrari's Milan-based acquirer of aging internet brands priced above range, raised $1.68 billion, and watched its shares leap on debut, a validation of a debt-financed, private-equity-styled model.

6 Jul 2026 ·7 min read
GLP-1 weight-loss injection pens of the kind now covered under Medicare's temporary Bridge program. Photo: NPR
Health

Medicare Opens the Door to Weight-Loss Drugs at $50 a Month, and to a Fight Over the Bill

On July 1 Medicare began covering obesity drugs for the first time in more than two decades, offering eligible enrollees Wegovy, Zepbound and Foundayo for a flat $50 monthly copay, a milestone shadowed by disputes over price, durability and who ultimately benefits.

6 Jul 2026 ·7 min read
Custom AI inference silicon of the kind challenging Nvidia's data-center dominance. Photo: Forbes
Tech

Etched Books $1 Billion in Orders as Valuation Reaches $5 Billion

AI-chip startup Etched reached a $5 billion post-money valuation and says it has booked $1 billion in orders for inference systems built around its transformer-only Sohu ASIC, according to TechCrunch.

6 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
AeroVironment logo and Titan RF counter-drone system as defense stock rallies. Photo: CNBC
Markets & Finance

AeroVironment Vaults 10.7% After Landing $500 Million Army Counter-Drone Award

A $500 million U.S. Army award for AeroVironment's Titan RF counter-drone system pushed shares up 10.7%, completing a week in which the defense-tech firm gained close to 40%.

6 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
Emergency crews search a damaged residential block in Kyiv after a Russian missile and drone barrage. Photo: NPR
Politics

Kyiv Buries Its Dead Again as Ballistic Gap Shadows the NATO Table

A second mass strike on Kyiv in under a week killed more than 20 and left every Russian ballistic missile on target, sharpening Ukraine's plea for interceptors as leaders convene.

6 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
Cristiano Ronaldo trains with Portugal in Dallas ahead of the round-of-16 tie against Spain. Photo: Al Jazeera
Sports

Ronaldo Draws the Curtain on His International Timeline, Naming 2026 as His Final World Cup

Ahead of a round-of-16 meeting with Spain in Dallas, Cristiano Ronaldo told reporters that his sixth World Cup will be his last, framing the 2026 campaign as the final act of a two-decade international tenure.

6 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
Naomi Osaka celebrates her fourth-round win over Aryna Sabalenka on Centre Court at Wimbledon. Photo: Al Jazeera
Sports

Eight Years After Their Last Meeting, Osaka Silences Sabalenka to Reach a First Wimbledon Quarterfinal

Naomi Osaka outslugged top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka 6-2, 7-6(2) to reach the Wimbledon quarterfinals for the first time, a landmark grass-court result for the four-time Grand Slam champion.

6 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
Police cordon and evidence markers outside a Coney Island residence after a July 4 shooting wounded eight people. Photo: ABC News
U.S.

NYPD Launches Manhunt After Masked Gunman Wounds Eight at Coney Island Barbecue

The New York Police Department opened a manhunt after a masked gunman fired into a Coney Island courtyard barbecue late on July 4, wounding eight people including four children, according to CNN and ABC News.

6 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
Bitcoin price chart showing a decline toward a 21-month low in July 2026. Photo: Fortune
Markets & Finance

Bitcoin Grinds Near 21-Month Low as ETF Redemption Machine Drains Demand

Bitcoin traded near $61,900 on July 6 after touching a fresh 21-month low, as record monthly ETF redemptions and Fed uncertainty steadily drained the demand that once propelled the token above $93,000.

6 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
Trading screens showing sharp declines in South Korean chipmaker shares during the July memory selloff. Photo: CNBC
Tech

How a Single HBM Order Book Rattled the AI Trade

High-bandwidth memory has become the load-bearing wall of the AI buildout. When doubts about its order book surfaced, Samsung and SK Hynix shed a combined 290 billion dollars in a day.

6 Jul 2026 ·7 min read
Constellation Brands beer bottles on a production line illustrating the company's earnings beat. Photo: Fortune
Business

Beer Engine Carries Constellation Past Estimates as Top Line Slips

Constellation Brands beat consensus earnings on beer-segment momentum even as net sales slipped and volumes cooled late in the quarter, with operating income and margins widening against an inflation-strained consumer.

6 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
Crude oil storage tanks at a Gulf export terminal as OPEC+ raises August output. Photo: Al Jazeera
Business

OPEC+ Adds 188,000 Barrels a Day for August as Hormuz Traffic Revives

OPEC+ approved a fifth consecutive monthly output increase, adding 188,000 barrels per day from August just as Strait of Hormuz shipping begins to normalize and the geopolitical risk premium fades.

6 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
Bitcoin price chart showing a rebound above $61,000 on July 2, 2026. Photo: Fortune
Business

Bitcoin Reclaims $61,000 as Warsh Remarks Cool Inflation Anxiety

Bitcoin pushed back above $61,000 on July 2 after remarks from Fed Chair Kevin Warsh softened inflation fears, clawing back ground lost during a bruising slide to a 21-month low.

6 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
Traders working on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as the Dow reaches a record high. Photo: CNBC
Business

Dow Vaults to 52,900 Record as Soft June Payrolls Deflate Rate-Hike Bets

A weaker-than-expected June jobs report cooled expectations for a near-term Federal Reserve rate increase, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average nearly 600 points higher to a fresh record even as semiconductors dragged.

6 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
President Trump speaking on trade policy amid a threatened 100% tariff over foreign digital services taxes. Photo: CBS News
Economy

Trump Wields a 100% Tariff Trigger Against Digital Levies on US Tech

President Trump has vowed an immediate 100% tariff on any nation that taxes American technology firms, wielding a levy he insists will supersede trade deals already on the books.

6 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
Health workers in protective gear during the Ebola and Marburg response in Uganda and DR Congo. Photo: Al Jazeera
Health

Uganda's Second Filovirus Emergency Exposes the Machinery Straining Africa's Outbreak Defenses

A confirmed Marburg case in western Uganda stacks a second filovirus onto an active Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak, revealing how one detection system now carries two lethal threats at once.

6 Jul 2026 ·7 min read
Catholic nuns attend the funeral of an infant who died of Ebola in Bunia, eastern DR Congo. Photo: Al Jazeera
Health

1,561 Ebola Cases Confirmed in DR Congo as Bundibugyo Strain Outpaces the Response

Confirmed Bundibugyo Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have climbed past 1,500 with more than 500 deaths, WHO and CDC figures show, as a new WHO-sponsored treatment trial opens against a strain that has no licensed vaccine or therapy.

6 Jul 2026 ·7 min read
Healthcare.gov marketplace enrollment page illustrating the 2026 sign-up decline. Photo: CNBC
Health

First ACA Enrollment Retreat Since 2017 Erases Millions of Sign-Ups

ACA marketplace enrollment slid roughly 3 million to 19.2 million by February 2026 after enhanced premium subsidies lapsed, with experts and the Trump administration split over the cause.

6 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
Apple foldable iPhone Ultra concept beside rising share price chart. Photo: Forbes
Markets & Finance

Apple Rallies as Foldable Roadmap Revives Its Growth Story

Reports of a five-model iPhone roadmap and a $2,500 foldable pushed Apple shares up more than 12 percent, restoring a hardware growth narrative Wall Street had all but written off.

6 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
Grocery and retail price tags illustrating tariff-driven consumer inflation in 2026. Photo: Fortune
Opinion

Tariffs Rewire the Price Machine, and the Fed Loses Its Escape Hatch

Fresh research attributes almost all of the excess in core-goods inflation to tariffs, arriving as the labor market softens and forcing the Federal Reserve into a corner it cannot easily leave.

6 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
Emergency crews search rubble of a collapsed Kyiv building after a Russian missile and drone strike. Photo: NPR
Opinion

Kyiv's July Barrage Lays Bare an Interceptor Arithmetic Ukraine Cannot Win

Russia's July 2 assault on Kyiv killed dozens and revealed a defensive arithmetic that scarce Patriot interceptors can no longer balance.

6 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
A graduate student reviews financial aid paperwork on a campus bench. Photo: NPR
Opinion

Grad School Loan Ceiling Redraws the Map of Who Gets In

A federal aid overhaul now caps graduate and professional borrowing and retires Grad PLUS. Whether it is an affordability reset or a barrier depends on who is standing at the admissions door.

6 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
A head of state addresses a podium during a diplomatic address. Photo: Al Jazeera
Politics

Sheinbaum Ties Ecuador Detente to Embassy Reckoning, Slowing Any Thaw

President Claudia Sheinbaum told reporters that reconciliation with Ecuador cannot be automatic, keeping a two-year rupture rooted in the Quito embassy raid frozen despite Daniel Noboa's overtures.

6 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
Pastor Ezra Jin reunites with family after arriving in Los Angeles. Photo: CNN
Politics

Beijing Frees Pastor Ezra Jin as Eight Zion Church Leaders Stay Jailed

Pastor Jin Mingri reached Los Angeles on July 4 after nine months in detention, a release Beijing framed as goodwill even as eight Zion Church figures remain imprisoned.

6 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
Anthropic Claude Sonnet 5 launch coverage on a screen. Photo: CNBC
Tech

Claude Sonnet 5 Trades a Million-Token Memory for Enterprise-Grade Prices

Anthropic made Claude Sonnet 5 the default engine inside Claude Code, pairing a native one-million-token context window with promotional rates that read as a signal to public-market investors.

6 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
Meta corporate signage outside its headquarters as the company weighs a cloud compute business. Photo: CNBC
Tech

Meta's Compute Pivot Wipes Billions Off Neocloud Valuations in a Single Session

A single report that Meta intends to resell its surplus AI computing power sent its shares up nearly 9 percent and hammered the neocloud providers that supply it, exposing how much of their revenue rests on one buyer.

6 Jul 2026 ·6 min read
Samsung Electronics semiconductor foundry facility illustrating Anthropic custom AI chip talks. Photo: CNBC
Tech

Anthropic Courts Samsung Foundry to Forge Its Own AI Chip

Anthropic has opened preliminary talks with Samsung Electronics to manufacture a bespoke AI accelerator on the chipmaker's 2-nanometer foundry, a step that would loosen its dependence on Nvidia and hand Samsung a marquee foundry customer.

6 Jul 2026 ·6 min read