Catalog of Budget Machine

🇺🇸 INSIGHT: Ray Dalio warned the US could face a debt crisis within three years unless it cuts its deficit to 3% of GDP.

He said rising debt supply, weak Treasury demand and money printing favor gold and Bitcoin over bonds.

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https://t.me/cointelegraph/71727

Karnataka launches KEO PC to take AI-ready computing to government schools

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https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/karnataka-launches-keo-pc-to-take-ai-ready-computing-to-government-schools-14012622.html

https://t.me/moneycontrolcom/104542

🍬 Sugar prices are up nearly 16% in a month. What’s behind the rise?

India’s average retail sugar price climbed from ₹48.18/kg on July 20 to ₹55.70/kg on August 20. At the same time, estimated domestic sugar production has fallen to around 306 lakh tonnes, from an initial estimate of 343 lakh tonnes.

👉 Swipe through for the key numbers and factors behind the sugar price rise here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DcTlR_EiTF_/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsi=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

https://t.me/moneycontrolcom/104541

🤖 One Generation From Always-On ChatGPT

Sam Altman says OpenAI is about one model generation away from ChatGPT running in the background throughout your digital life. It would watch the screen, attend meetings, and record calls.

You could connect it to email, documents, Slack, and messages. The system would build a full picture of your work and suggest solutions in real time, while leaving the final choice to you.

Most people now use AI in isolated sessions. The model Altman described would never switch off or lose context, giving one company a continuous record of your screen, conversations, and work.

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Ⓜ️ Thiel’s Facebook Exit

Peter Thiel turned a $500,000 investment in Facebook into roughly $1 billion, while retail investors were down 47% from the IPO price.

🖱️ 2004: Thiel invests $500,000 for roughly 10% of Facebook.

🖱️ May 18, 2012: Facebook IPOs at $38. Thiel sells 16.8 million shares for $640 million and sets up a plan to sell the rest before the stock trades for an hour.

🖱️ August 16-17, 2012: He sells 20.6 million more shares at $19-$21 after the first lockup expires.

🖱️ He keeps 5.6 million shares and his board seat.

The exit turned an early stake into $1 billion in cash, while the stock closed at $20.01 on August 20, 2012.

✔️ @venture

https://t.me/shareholders/6425

Three Indian smartphone brands could emerge in 10–14 months under new mobile manufacturing scheme: Vaishnaw

Details here ⤵️
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/telecom/three-indian-smartphone-brands-could-emerge-in-10-14-months-under-new-mobile-manufacturing-scheme-vaishnaw-14012536.html

https://t.me/moneycontrolcom/104540

India reports 29 FDI investments worth Rs 4,895.65 crore under revised land-border rules

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https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/india-reports-29-fdi-investments-worth-rs-4-895-65-crore-under-revised-land-border-rules-14012531.html

https://t.me/moneycontrolcom/104539

☠️ Voyah EV Completes a Tunnel Loop

In a test tunnel in Wuhan, the Passion S entered a turn at 130 km/h, holding about 16° of steering angle. The resulting centripetal force pushed the electric crossover onto the wall, over the ceiling, then back down.

The electric crossover used its speed and the tunnel’s radius to stay pressed against the concrete.

The margin was tiny. A speed drop would reduce the normal force between the tires and concrete, so engineers had to calculate a narrow operating window for the heavy EV.

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https://t.me/startups/3785

Closing Bell: Sensex, Nifty flat in volatile session; IT, FMCG, auto drag, metals shine

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https://t.me/moneycontrolcom/104538

🚨 QUESTION: Does Bitcoin break $80K today, or is the rally running out of steam? Comment why.

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https://t.me/cointelegraph/71723

💻️ NVIDIA’s $500 Billion Headline

On 10th August 2026, NVIDIA tied $500 billion to 6 memorandums of understanding. Final agreements remain pending.

Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs and KKR would create independent pools to underwrite compute as infrastructure. Huang said NVIDIA may support 25%, or $125 billion, not a booked liability.

A filing lists facility lease guarantees of $3.5 billion maximum gross and $712 million escrow over 5-7 years. The $500 billion is neither revenue nor one fund.

Closed deals will show tenor, collateral, usage contracts and who bears losses.

✔️ @venture

https://t.me/shareholders/6424

📹 Flock’s Cameras Feed an Investigative AI

Flock’s cameras cover 6,000 US communities. Its internal tool, first called Nightshift and now OS Investigate, pulls data from the network to log drivers’ movements.

Wired reports that police can search a mapped area using only a person’s physical description, time, location, and behavior. Results can be linked to police files, 911 call logs, and commercial databases, producing a name, home address, relatives, or friends.

A chatbot accepts plain-text requests, including searches for cars seen most often in an area over the last 14 days. Flock says the product is being tested with selected law-enforcement partners and that its current capabilities may change.

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https://t.me/startups/3784