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1. SoftBank has fully funded $40 billion investment in OpenAI, sources tell CNBC

   Companies have been spending big on AI infrastructure to support growing compute and connectivity needs.

2. Silver's big swing, another AI acquisition for Meta, GM's banner year and more in Morning Squawk

   Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day.

3. UK's Octopus Energy to spinoff AI unit Kraken at $8.65 billion valuation

   British renewable energy startup Octopus Energy is set to spin out its AI tech unit Kraken Technologies, as an independent company valued at $8.65 billion.

4. Elon Musk envisions humanoid robots everywhere. China may be the first to make it a reality

   China has made the development of humanoid robots a strategic priority in its tech battle with the U.S.

5. Meta acquires intelligent agent firm Manus, capping year of aggressive AI moves

   Meta Platforms has acquired Manus, a Singapore-based developer of general-purpose AI agents, capping a year of massive spending on artificial intelligence.

6. California's Ro Khanna faces Silicon Valley backlash after embracing wealth tax

   A proposal to tax California billionaires at 5% of their wealth could land on the California ballot in November.

7. S&P 500 hits new highs, flight cancellations, the restaurant industry's value push and more in Morning Squawk

   Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day.

8. SoftBank to buy data center firm DigitalBridge for $4 billion in AI push

   Japan's SoftBank on Monday said it has agreed to buy data center investment firm DigitalBridge for $4 billion.

9. China to crack down on AI chatbots around suicide, gambling

   The proposed rules come as Chinese artificial intelligence chatbot startups Minimax and Z.ai have this month filed for Hong Kong IPOs.

10. From data center spas to servers in space: How the energy crunch is reshaping cloud computing

    Data centre developers and designers are starting to get creative.