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DoorDash is acquiring its competitor Instacart for $17 billion, the company announced Thursday. A majority of the deal will be paid in cash and shareholders will have the option to receive cash, DoorDash stock or a combination of both. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacharyfolk/2026/10/29/doordash-will-acquire-instacart-in-17-billion-deal/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Elon Musk’s xAI, which is under fire from the NAACP for impacts to locals in Mississippi caused by gas turbines powering data centers, is reportedly offering to buy hundreds of nearby homes if their owners promise not to join a class-action nuisance lawsuit over noise pollution they say is “torturous.” Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2026/10/28/xai-offers-home-buyouts-in-mississippi-to-quash-data-center-lawsuit/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anthropic’s 335-page initial public offering document filed Monday was packed with revelations about the firm’s internal workings and new insights into its customer base—including warnings about AI safety and misuse, revenue and safety-related expenses for its top executives as Claude’s maker prepares to go public. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/fionariley/2026/10/26/top-surprises-revealed-in-anthropics-ipo-filing-ceos-personal-security-costs-firms-spending-10-million-on-claude-and-more/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tyler Shultz, a former Theranos employee who blew the whistle on the ill-fated biotech company, alleged its founder and convicted fraudster Elizabeth Holmes “misled” Nathan Fielder about the technology her company developed in a key scene in his new documentary, “You Can See Everything.” Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2026/10/19/theranos-whistleblower-alleges-elizabeth-holmes-misled-nathan-fielder-in-documentary-scene/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Elon Musk on Monday announced he plans to give every child in America one share in his aerospace and AI company SpaceX next year, shortly after he criticized rival Anthropic’s plan to pledge 5% of its shares to a public benefit fund and urged the company to distribute its shares directly to the public. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2026/10/19/elon-musk-says-hell-give-every-child-in-america-one-spacex-share-next-year/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices