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Affirm CEO Levchin Sees Strong Demand Ahead of Sam's Club Partnership

Max Levchin, founder and CEO of Affirm Holdings, says the company is seeing no slowdown in demand from consumers or retailers, despite concerns about squeezed household budgets and a challenging consumer-spending outlook. Discussing Affirm's announced exclusive buy now, pay later deal with Sam's Club, he says the partnership arrives ahead of the holiday season and reflects retailers' interest in Affirm as a way for customers to pay.

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Permitting Council Looks to Lame Duck Session to Pass Reform Deal

Emily Domenech, executive director of the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council, said that she thinks there is a 'good chance' that a permitting reform deal passed in the Senate will make it through the House during the upcoming lame duck session. Domenech said that lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have recognized how important it is to make it easier to build in America and it will be crucial and difficult to keep that coalition together in order to pass the bill.

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Russia Looking to Escalate War, Not End it, Romanian Leader Says

President of Romania Nicușor Dan said that Europe was not prepared for the hybrid approach taken by Russia as the region deals with the military 'collateral damage' from the war in Ukraine, as well as targeted cyberattacks. Dan said that recent drone attacks against ships in Romania's territory of the Black Sea are not incidental and believes that Russia is looking to 'escalate' the war and provoke European countries.

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OpenAI Helped Find Potentially Catastrophic Cyber Flaw

OpenAI's model helped identify a potentially catastrophic cybersecurity vulnerability in a programming language that runs millions of websites and applications. Greg Brockman, president of OpenAI, and Matthew Prince, CEO of Cloudflare which helped protect websites before the flaw was publicly exposed join Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech" to explain how AI is empowering cyber defenders and attackers.

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Meta Makes Share Deal to Keep Zuckerberg in California

Meta says it will issue a new class of shares as part of a plan to keep CEO Mark Zuckerberg in California if a proposed wealth tax is passed and potentially help fund growth. The credit risk hit a record high after Meta laid out plans to boost AI spending. Alison Porter, portfolio manager for Janus Henderson's Global Technology Leaders Team, explains how the equities market are weighing these factors. She joins Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech."

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Tesla Shareholders Likely to Demand a Premium: New Street's Harwood

Tesla investors are likely to demand a premium in a possible merger with SpaceX, says Ben Harwood, New Street Research senior analyst for technology and space infrastructure. Harwood discusses the synergies he sees between Tesla and SpaceX and why demand for Tesla's full self-driving shows the company has momentum to keep profits growing.

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SpaceX is 'Most Egregiously Overpriced Company at Scale,' Says George Noble

Stocks dropped as a jump in oil prices and renewed concerns about the outlook for the artificial-intelligence trade pushed global investors toward the safety of bonds. George Noble, Managing Partner at Noble Capital Advisors, discusses the outlook for the AI trade and companies like Coreweave and SpaceX.

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