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Deep & Emerging Tech·August 27, 2026·1 min read

Sources: Nvidia paused some deals with AI cloud providers in the revenue-sharing program it announced in July; Nvidia says the program is still in place

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Nvidia rethinking revenue-sharing deals with AI clouds this quickly suggests the economics of “GPU-as-rev-share” are less straightforward than hoped. If you’re building on second-tier AI clouds, clarify how dependent their pricing and capacity are on these programs before you commit workloads or long-term contracts.

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Laser internet breakthrough sees scientists hit 98% fidelity over hundreds of meters —magnetic 'skyrmions' shield data from distortion in alternative to fiber-optic cables

High-fidelity free-space laser links with skyrmion-based shielding point to a future where last-mile and campus backhaul don’t require trenching fiber. If this scales beyond hundreds of meters, data-center interconnect and edge sites get a new design variable — line-of-sight real estate instead of just conduit and rights-of-way.

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Russia's bid to launch a Starlink rival is falling embarrassingly short — 'Rassvet' is losing satellites faster than it can build them

Rassvet’s deployment struggles underline how hard it is to replicate Starlink’s vertically integrated machine—launch cadence, manufacturing, and ground infra all have to work. If your product assumes global, low-latency broadband, plan for asymmetric coverage and reliability by provider and region well into the late 2020s.