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Tom Brown used GOP ties to broker a $1.25B/month SpaceX compute deal
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Article URL: https://wsj.com/tech/ai/tom-brown-athropic-669005ad Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50033678 Points: 86 # Comments: 25…
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- Article URL: https://wsj.com/tech/ai/tom-brown-athropic-669005ad Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50033678 Points: 86 # Comments: 25…
- Reported by Hacker News and published Sat, 10 Oct 2026 15:04:38 UTC.
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