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Broadcom Inc.

Broadcom Inc.

Semiconductor and infrastructure company

Appears in 4 stories

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Trump accounts launch: America's first universal child investment program

Rule Changes

Committed to Trump Accounts program

The program launched July 4, 2026, opening for contributions on America's 250th birthday. Treasury deposited $1,000 into 1.4 million eligible accounts, committing $1.4 billion in total; 6 million children are now enrolled.

Updated Jul 7

Nvidia builds an AI empire through billion-dollar ecosystem investments

Money Moves

Primary competitor to Marvell in custom AI chips; not part of Nvidia's investment ecosystem

Since May 2025, Nvidia has committed more than $40 billion to companies building AI infrastructure, a total dominated by a $30 billion stake in OpenAI confirmed in February 2026. May brought two more deals: $3.2 billion for glass and fiber maker Corning, and $2.1 billion for data center operator IREN.

Updated Jul 2

OpenAI builds its own AI chip with Broadcom

New Capabilities

Builds and ships the chip

Every time you ask ChatGPT a question, OpenAI rents the chips that answer it, mostly from Nvidia. On June 24, OpenAI and Broadcom unveiled JalapeΓ±o, OpenAI's first chip of its own, built to do that work for roughly half the cost.

Updated Jun 25

America's multi-gigabit broadband buildout reaches mass-market scale

Built World

Dominant supplier of broadband gateway and Wi-Fi silicon; pushed Wi-Fi 8 down to mass-market price tier

For two decades, 'fiber to every home' was promised and postponed β€” not because of the fiber, but because gateway hardware stayed too expensive for carriers to include free. On April 30, 2026, Broadcom announced chipsets designed to change that: a 10-gigabit passive optical network (PON) gateway system-on-chip and two paired Wi-Fi 8 radios, all engineered for mass-market price points.

Updated May 31