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Bloomberg's Liana Baker joins Dani Burger on "Bloomberg Deals." Bank of America handed a $520 million credit line to OpenAI in recent weeks after previously spurning the artificial intelligence giant's request, according to people with knowledge of the matter .

Bloomberg's Ryan Gould joins Dani Burger on "Bloomberg Deals." Chip startup SambaNova has raised $1 billion at an $11 billion valuation, underscoring investors' conviction in rising demand for infrastructure tied to artificial intelligence.

Maine's Democratic Party urged Graham Platner to immediately withdraw from the race for a US Senate seat following allegations of sexual assault and vowed he would have no role in selecting his replacement. Patrick McHenry, former Republican Congressman from North Carolina, Bloomberg Contributor, former House Financial Services Committee Chairman joins to discuss.

Bank of America is changing its tune on OpenAI: after initially passing on lending to the AI company, it is now extending a $520 million credit line, according to sources. Bloomberg's Sridhar Natarajan joins Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech."

Chip startup SambaNova raised $1 billion at an $11 billion valuation, underscoring investors' conviction in rising demand for infrastructure tied to AI. SambaNova CEO Rodrigo Liang joins Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech."

Aaron David Miller, senior fellow at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, joined Balance of Power to discuss the recent escalation in the Middle East. He said Iran will go to "extreme lengths" to ensure it exercises some control over the Strait of Hormuz.

AI is dominating venture capital, with OpenAI, Anthropic and xAI attracting a huge share of global funding. Eric Hippeau, managing partner at Lerer Hippeau, joins Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech" to discuss what that means for startups and the broader VC market.

A few Federal Reserve officials in their most recent policy meeting said there was a case for raising interest rates, though they ultimately supported the decision to leave rates on hold, according to the minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee's June 16-17 meeting.

Leslie Vinjamuri, the President and CEO of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs joined Bloomberg Open Interest to explain why President Trump's latest Iran threats are aimed at gaining negotiating leverage rather than launching a full-scale war. She also breaks down NATO's strategy for managing Trump, why Europe is adapting its approach, and why the risk of escalation. and its impact on oil markets and the global economy, remains dangerously high.

Once a rare event reserved for historic mega-acquisitions, the jumbo bond sale is increasingly becoming the tech sector's go-to financing tool. Debt offerings of $25 billion or more have quickly shifted into a baseline for tech giants funding their artificial intelligence expansion, with Amazon.com Inc.'s sale on Tuesday marking the seventh time this year alone a technology company has reached that threshold in a single shot.  Vishal Khanduja, Head of Broad Markets Fixed Income at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, discusses how the bond market is pricing in these offerings.