The mind-boggling valuations of AI companies

<p>You try wrapping your head around a string of deals worth nearly $600bn</p><p>Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m your host, Blake Montgomery. If you like reading our newsletter, forward this email to five friends with a demand they sign up like it’s a chain letter warning of bad luck for five years. In this week’s news, AI companies hit mind-boggling financial milestones such as a $5tn valuation, a $100bn quarter, and a string of deals worth nearly $600bn.</p><p><em>The Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center stretches from Interstate 80 up into the dry Nevada desert mountains. The complex spans tens of thousands of acres and is home to nearly 200 companies, both for fulfillment and logistics operations and tech data centers. That includes Google, Microsoft and Tesla. Some businesses have several data centers, each multiple football fields long, that snake up the desert valleys. The industrial center’s landmass makes up 65% of the county’s territory. It’s so big, it’s almost hard to comprehend.</em></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter-us/2025/oct/31/airpods-pro-3-hearing-aids">How do Apple’s AirPods Pro 3 compare against hearing aids? I put them to the test</a></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/nov/03/oakley-meta-vanguard-review-fantastic-ai-running-glasses-linked-to-garmin">Oakley Meta Vanguard review: fantastic AI running glasses linked to Garmin</a></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter/2024/oct/24/best-android-2024-flagship-smartphones-compared-and-ranked">The best Android phones in 2025: flagship smartphones compared and ranked</a></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global/2025/nov/04/the-mind-boggling-valuations-of-ai-companies">Continue reading...</a>