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Jun 2025
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Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow discuss the impact of the stablecoin legislation that passed the Senate with White House AI and Crypto Czar David Sacks. Plus, Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski talks about the startup's super-app ambitions; Zoox CEO Aicha Evans joins from the company’s new facility to mass-produce robotaxis; and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman claims Meta is offering bonuses as high as $100 million to OpenAI staffers to jump ships.

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