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🔐 Palo Alto smashes earnings
....and waves goodbye to its legendary CTO

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What we’ll cover today:
⚡ Google pumps billions into TeraWulf to power AI with Bitcoin miners
🔐 Palo Alto smashes earnings and waves goodbye to its legendary CTO
💡 SaaS leaders weigh in on the future of AI rules

Google and TeraWulf are teaming up. Google boosted its stake to help expand TeraWulf’s big New York data center.
🚨Breaking News
Google hiked its stake in TeraWulf to 14%, backing $3.2B funding for AI-ready Bitcoin-powered data centers in New York.
⚡Wire Simplified
TeraWulf stock jumped nearly 90% in a week
Google invested $1.4B more, raising its stake to 14%
Huge data center expansion at Lake Mariner in New York
Deals with Fluidstack add $6.7B to $16B in revenue
Operations start late 2026 with over 360 MW of power
✔️Straight to the Point
Google is betting big on Bitcoin miners becoming AI landlords. If successful, TeraWulf could be the crypto cloud crossover.
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Palo Alto Networks, the cybersecurity giant, surprised Wall Street with strong earnings while its legendary founder CTO Nir Zuk retires.
🚨Breaking News
Palo Alto stock jumped 6% after beating earnings estimates, offering upbeat guidance, and announcing CTO Nir Zuk’s retirement.
⚡Wire Simplified
Revenue hit $2.54B, up 16% year over year
Guidance for 2026 beats Wall Street’s expectations
Founder and CTO Nir Zuk retiring after 20 years
Big $25B CyberArk deal still hangs over investors
Stock is down 3% this year despite strong Q4
✔️Straight to the Point
Palo Alto is making money and bold acquisitions but Zuk’s exit plus CyberArk risk leaves investors excited yet cautious.

An extremely obvious version of AI + YouTube will look like personalized documentaries with video and AI agents linking the best most interesting clips
Imagine a personalized docuvibe about Coltrane and Davis with specific video essay built just for the user on the spot
— Garry Tan (@garrytan)
5:14 AM • Aug 17, 2025
With AI, everybody will make their own software just like how we all 3D print our own furniture.
— Eren Bali (@erenbali)
5:02 PM • Aug 18, 2025

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