{ "@context": "https://agentflare.org/schema", "type": "NewsArticle", "tier": "L2-full", "title": "AI & Compute News, Oct 13, 2026: Microsoft to deploy in-house Maia AI chips at scale from 2027, challenging Nvidia", "description": "Microsoft said on 2026-10-12 it will make its Maia chips the main hardware for running AI across its products from 2027, with enough deployment to draw…", "canonical": "https://agentflare.org/news/2026-10-13-ai.html", "category": "news", "updated": "2026-10-13", "generated_at": "2026-10-13T11:31:00.015Z", "facts": [ { "label": "Desk", "value": "AI & Compute" }, { "label": "Date", "value": "Tue, Oct 13, 2026" }, { "label": "Stories", "value": "6" }, { "label": "Outlets cited", "value": "10" }, { "label": "Items screened", "value": "12" }, { "label": "Freshness", "value": "last 48h" } ], "data": { "date": "2026-10-13", "cluster": "ai", "headline": "Microsoft to deploy in-house Maia AI chips at scale from 2027, challenging Nvidia", "dek": "Microsoft said on 2026-10-12 it will make its Maia chips the main hardware for running AI across its products from 2027, with enough deployment to draw several gigawatts of electricity.", "generated_at": "2026-10-13T11:35:14.126Z", "freshness_hours": 48, "stories": [ { "title": "Microsoft commits to Maia chips as main AI hardware from 2027", "summary": "Microsoft announced on Monday, 2026-10-12, that it will roll out its in-house Maia artificial intelligence chips on a massive scale starting in 2027, making them the main hardware for running AI across its products. The company plans to deploy enough chips to draw several gigawatts of power. Maia 200 is already operational, including for Microsoft 365 Copilot, and a more powerful Maia 300 is due in 2027. Executive vice president Scott Guthrie called the move a new phase for Microsoft's AI infrastructure. The shift targets inference, where Nvidia, AMD, Amazon and Google are all pushing new products.", "why": "A large buyer moving inference to its own silicon could erode Nvidia's dominance outside model training and reshape chip demand forecasts.", "sources": [ { "id": "S11", "title": "Microsoft bets on homegrown AI chip to challenge Nvidia", "url": "https://techxplore.com/news/2026-10-microsoft-homegrown-ai-chip-nvidia.html", "publisher": "techxplore.com", "published": "2026-10-12T20:40:19.000Z" } ], "entities": [ "MSFT", "NVDA", "AMD", "AMZN", "GOOGL" ] }, { "title": "Meta unveils new Muse Wonder AI models; AMD introduces Helion rack", "summary": "Meta Platforms unveiled a pair of new artificial-intelligence models on Monday, 2026-10-12, with Barron's describing the company's once-scattershot AI strategy as continuing to take shape. The headline from Barron's said Meta stock rose on the news, and the models are branded Muse Wonder. Separately, a MarketScreener headline reported that Advanced Micro Devices introduced the AMD Helion Agentic AI Rack, a product aimed at the agent-focused workloads that chipmakers are now competing to serve.", "why": "Model launches and rack-scale hardware show both software and silicon vendors positioning for the agentic AI wave.", "sources": [ { "id": "S12", "title": "Meta Stock Rises as Company Unveils New Muse Wonder AI Models", "url": "https://www.barrons.com/articles/meta-stock-muse-wonder-ai-models-71cdaa08", "publisher": "Barron's", "published": "2026-10-12T20:27:00.000Z" }, { "id": "S10", "title": "Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Introduces AMD Helion Agentic AI Rack", "url": "https://www.marketscreener.com/news/advanced-micro-devices-inc-introduces-amd-helion-agentic-ai-rack-ce785ddddb8bf424", "publisher": "marketscreener.com", "published": "2026-10-12T21:56:46.000Z" } ], "entities": [ "META", "AMD" ] }, { "title": "Intel and Broadcom CEOs flag AI industry challenges at financial event", "summary": "SiliconANGLE reported on 2026-10-13 that the chief executives of Intel and Broadcom discussed challenges and trends facing the AI industry at a financial event. The coverage places two of the sector's key chip suppliers on the same stage as investors weigh high valuations and bubble worries. Broadcom is among the AI stocks that the Motley Fool noted have been popular because of strong results and growth potential, even as it cautioned that valuations are elevated.", "why": "Executive commentary from major chip suppliers offers signals on demand, constraints and competition across AI infrastructure.", "sources": [ { "id": "S8", "title": "Intel, Broadcom CEOs flag AI industry challenges, trends at financial event", "url": "https://siliconangle.com/2026/10/12/intel-broadcom-ceos-flag-ai-industry-challenges-trends-at-financial-event", "publisher": "siliconangle.com", "published": "2026-10-13T00:11:17.000Z" }, { "id": "S1", "title": "The Deep Value Play for Growth Investors Isn't Artificial Intelligence, It's This Forgotten Industry", "url": "https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/10/13/the-deep-value-play-for-growth-investors-isn-t-artificial-intelligence-it-s-this-forgotten-industry", "publisher": "fool.com", "published": "2026-10-13T10:00:02.000Z" } ], "entities": [ "INTC", "AVGO" ] }, { "title": "Musk says Texas Terafab chip plant will have at least $1 trillion output", "summary": "Elon Musk said in an X post on Sunday, 2026-10-11, that the planned Tesla and SpaceX semiconductor factory in Texas will have an output of at least $1 trillion. Mother Jones noted that the Terafab project recently broke ground 70 miles northwest of Houston and is meant to build chips for Tesla cars, humanoid robots and the newly merged SpaceX and xAI. The outlet pointed to Musk's history of overpromising and to the current dominance of Nvidia in advanced AI chip design and TSMC in fabrication.", "why": "If it materializes, in-house fabrication would challenge Nvidia and TSMC; the claim itself remains an unverified projection.", "sources": [ { "id": "S9", "title": "Elon Musk Hopes His New Factory Will Help AI Supplant Life on Earth", "url": "https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/10/elon-musk-ai-semiconductors-successionism-terafab-factory-x/", "publisher": "Mother Jones", "published": "2026-10-12T22:41:49.000Z" } ], "entities": [ "TSLA", "NVDA" ] }, { "title": "Power limits push focus on cooling while China builds data centers fast", "summary": "Frore Systems said in a white paper released on 2026-10-13 that better cooling could let AI data centers produce up to 40% more tokens from the same power, with a 10°C cooler chip yielding about 15% more tokens per watt. CNN reported that the US had roughly 10 times more AI datacenters than China as of last year, per Stanford research, but that China builds quickly: nearly 90 data centers are slated for Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia, where public opposition is described as non-existent.", "why": "Power, permitting and local opposition are becoming binding constraints on AI capacity, favoring efficiency gains and faster builders.", "sources": [ { "id": "S3", "title": "What If the World had Fewer AI Data Centers?", "url": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/what-if-the-world-had-fewer-ai-data-centers-302906274.html", "publisher": "prnewswire.com", "published": "2026-10-13T10:00:00.000Z" }, { "id": "S7", "title": "The US is fighting over AI data centers. China is building them fast", "url": "https://edition.cnn.com/2026/10/13/china/china-data-centers-ai-race-intl-hnk-dst", "publisher": "edition.cnn.com", "published": "2026-10-13T04:22:39.000Z" } ], "entities": [] }, { "title": "AI industry and critics clash over how regulation should work", "summary": "An LA Times column by Michael Hiltzik argues the government should regulate AI but not in the way the industry prefers, saying the big AI firms have proposed a system tantamount to self-regulation. It follows a White House AI meeting on 2026-09-29 attended by Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, Nvidia's Jensen Huang, Elon Musk and Google's Sundar Pichai. A Reuters exclusive headline describes a fight over what gets made public behind the AI industry's call for independent reviews.", "why": "The shape of oversight, especially disclosure rules for model reviews, could affect compliance costs and competitive dynamics for AI developers.", "sources": [ { "id": "S2", "title": "Hiltzik: The AI wolf in sheep's clothing", "url": "https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-10-13/of-course-government-should-regulate-ai-but-not-the-way-the-ai-industry-prefers", "publisher": "latimes.com", "published": "2026-10-13T10:00:00.000Z" }, { "id": "S4", "title": "EXCLUSIVE: Behind AI industry's call for independent reviews, a fight over what gets made public", "url": "https://www.reuters.com/world/behind-ai-industrys-call-independent-reviews-fight-over-what-gets-made-public-2026-10-13", "publisher": "reuters.com", "published": "2026-10-13T10:00:00.000Z" } ], "entities": [ "META", "NVDA", "GOOGL" ] } ], "market": [ { "id": "NVDA", "kind": "equity", "last": 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] } ], "watch": [ { "text": "Microsoft's Maia 300 chip is slated to launch in 2027, alongside the large-scale rollout of Maia hardware across its products.", "sources": [ "S11" ] } ], "takeaways": [ "Microsoft plans to make in-house Maia chips its main AI hardware from 2027, a direct test of Nvidia's inference position.", "Meta rose 3.38% on 2026-10-12 after unveiling new AI models, while NVDA, AMD and AVGO all closed lower.", "Power and cooling are emerging as limits on AI capacity, with Frore claiming up to 40% more tokens from the same electricity." ], "faq": [ { "q": "When will Microsoft deploy its Maia AI chips at scale?", "a": "Microsoft said on 2026-10-12 that it will roll out Maia chips on a massive scale starting in 2027. Maia 200 is already operational, including for Microsoft 365 Copilot, and the more powerful Maia 300 will launch in 2027." }, { "q": "How much more AI output can better cooling deliver?", "a": "Frore Systems says optimized cooling could let data centers produce up to 40% more tokens from the same power. Its paper estimates a 10°C cooler chip yields about 15% more tokens per watt." }, { "q": "What is Elon Musk's Terafab project?", "a": "Terafab is a planned Tesla and SpaceX semiconductor factory in Texas that recently broke ground 70 miles northwest of Houston. Musk said it will have output of at least $1 trillion; it will build chips for Tesla, robots and SpaceX-xAI." } ], "count": 6, "items": [ { "title": "The Deep Value Play for Growth Investors Isn't Artificial Intelligence, It's This Forgotten Industry", "url": "https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/10/13/the-deep-value-play-for-growth-investors-isn-t-artificial-intelligence-it-s-this-forgotten-industry", "source": "fool.com", "date": "Tue, 13 Oct 2026 10:00:02 GMT", "tickers": [], "iso": "2026-10-13T10:00:02.000Z" }, { "title": "Hiltzik: The AI wolf in sheep's clothing", "url": "https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-10-13/of-course-government-should-regulate-ai-but-not-the-way-the-ai-industry-prefers", "source": "latimes.com", "date": "Tue, 13 Oct 2026 10:00:00 GMT", "tickers": [], "iso": "2026-10-13T10:00:00.000Z" }, { "title": "What If the World had Fewer AI Data Centers?", "url": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/what-if-the-world-had-fewer-ai-data-centers-302906274.html", "source": "prnewswire.com", "date": "Tue, 13 Oct 2026 10:00:00 GMT", "tickers": [], "iso": "2026-10-13T10:00:00.000Z" }, { "title": "EXCLUSIVE: Behind AI industry's call for independent reviews, a fight over what gets made public", "url": "https://www.reuters.com/world/behind-ai-industrys-call-independent-reviews-fight-over-what-gets-made-public-2026-10-13", "source": "reuters.com", "date": "Tue, 13 Oct 2026 10:00:00 GMT", "tickers": [], "iso": "2026-10-13T10:00:00.000Z" }, { "title": "N10 Assets LLC Acquires New Stake in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA", "url": "https://www.marketbeat.com/instant-alerts/filing-n10-assets-llc-acquires-new-stake-in-nvidia-corporation-nvda-2026-10-13/", "source": "MarketBeat", "date": "2026-10-13T07:14:52+00:00", "tickers": [ "NVDA" ], "iso": "2026-10-13T07:14:52.000Z", "also": [] }, { "title": "Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Chemicals Market Size, Share, Trends and Forecast to 2030 at 4% CAGR - Technology Today", "url": "https://tech.einnews.com/pr_news/948998102/artificial-intelligence-ai-in-chemicals-market-size-share-trends-and-forecast-to-2030-at-4-cagr", "source": "tech.einnews.com", "date": "Tue, 13 Oct 2026 05:24:17 GMT", "tickers": [], "iso": "2026-10-13T05:24:17.000Z" }, { "title": "The US is fighting over AI data centers. China is building them fast", "url": "https://edition.cnn.com/2026/10/13/china/china-data-centers-ai-race-intl-hnk-dst", "source": "edition.cnn.com", "date": "Tue, 13 Oct 2026 04:22:39 GMT", "tickers": [], "iso": "2026-10-13T04:22:39.000Z" }, { "title": "Intel, Broadcom CEOs flag AI industry challenges, trends at financial event", "url": "https://siliconangle.com/2026/10/12/intel-broadcom-ceos-flag-ai-industry-challenges-trends-at-financial-event", "source": "siliconangle.com", "date": "Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:11:17 GMT", "tickers": [], "iso": "2026-10-13T00:11:17.000Z" }, { "title": "Elon Musk Hopes His New Factory Will Help AI Supplant Life on Earth", "url": "https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/10/elon-musk-ai-semiconductors-successionism-terafab-factory-x/", "source": "Mother Jones", "date": "2026-10-12T22:41:49+00:00", "tickers": [ "TSLA" ], "iso": "2026-10-12T22:41:49.000Z" }, { "title": "Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Introduces AMD Helion Agentic AI Rack", "url": "https://www.marketscreener.com/news/advanced-micro-devices-inc-introduces-amd-helion-agentic-ai-rack-ce785ddddb8bf424", "source": "marketscreener.com", "date": "2026-10-12T21:56:46+00:00", "tickers": [ "AMD" ], "iso": "2026-10-12T21:56:46.000Z" }, { "title": "Microsoft bets on homegrown AI chip to challenge Nvidia", "url": "https://techxplore.com/news/2026-10-microsoft-homegrown-ai-chip-nvidia.html", "source": "techxplore.com", "date": "Mon, 12 Oct 2026 20:40:19 GMT", "tickers": [], "iso": "2026-10-12T20:40:19.000Z" }, { "title": "Meta Stock Rises as Company Unveils New Muse Wonder AI Models", "url": "https://www.barrons.com/articles/meta-stock-muse-wonder-ai-models-71cdaa08", "source": "Barron's", "date": "2026-10-12T20:27:00+00:00", "tickers": [ "META" ], "iso": "2026-10-12T20:27:00.000Z" } ] }, "analysis_md": "Microsoft said on 2026-10-12 it will make its Maia chips the main hardware for running AI across its products from 2027, with enough deployment to draw several gigawatts of electricity.\n## Microsoft commits to Maia chips as main AI hardware from 2027\nMicrosoft announced on Monday, 2026-10-12, that it will roll out its in-house Maia artificial intelligence chips on a massive scale starting in 2027, making them the main hardware for running AI across its products. The company plans to deploy enough chips to draw several gigawatts of power. Maia 200 is already operational, including for Microsoft 365 Copilot, and a more powerful Maia 300 is due in 2027. Executive vice president Scott Guthrie called the move a new phase for Microsoft's AI infrastructure. The shift targets inference, where Nvidia, AMD, Amazon and Google are all pushing new products.\n**Why it matters:** A large buyer moving inference to its own silicon could erode Nvidia's dominance outside model training and reshape chip demand forecasts.\nSources: [techxplore.com](https://techxplore.com/news/2026-10-microsoft-homegrown-ai-chip-nvidia.html)\n## Meta unveils new Muse Wonder AI models; AMD introduces Helion rack\nMeta Platforms unveiled a pair of new artificial-intelligence models on Monday, 2026-10-12, with Barron's describing the company's once-scattershot AI strategy as continuing to take shape. The headline from Barron's said Meta stock rose on the news, and the models are branded Muse Wonder. Separately, a MarketScreener headline reported that Advanced Micro Devices introduced the AMD Helion Agentic AI Rack, a product aimed at the agent-focused workloads that chipmakers are now competing to serve.\n**Why it matters:** Model launches and rack-scale hardware show both software and silicon vendors positioning for the agentic AI wave.\nSources: [Barron's](https://www.barrons.com/articles/meta-stock-muse-wonder-ai-models-71cdaa08), [marketscreener.com](https://www.marketscreener.com/news/advanced-micro-devices-inc-introduces-amd-helion-agentic-ai-rack-ce785ddddb8bf424)\n## Intel and Broadcom CEOs flag AI industry challenges at financial event\nSiliconANGLE reported on 2026-10-13 that the chief executives of Intel and Broadcom discussed challenges and trends facing the AI industry at a financial event. The coverage places two of the sector's key chip suppliers on the same stage as investors weigh high valuations and bubble worries. Broadcom is among the AI stocks that the Motley Fool noted have been popular because of strong results and growth potential, even as it cautioned that valuations are elevated.\n**Why it matters:** Executive commentary from major chip suppliers offers signals on demand, constraints and competition across AI infrastructure.\nSources: [siliconangle.com](https://siliconangle.com/2026/10/12/intel-broadcom-ceos-flag-ai-industry-challenges-trends-at-financial-event), [fool.com](https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/10/13/the-deep-value-play-for-growth-investors-isn-t-artificial-intelligence-it-s-this-forgotten-industry)\n## Musk says Texas Terafab chip plant will have at least $1 trillion output\nElon Musk said in an X post on Sunday, 2026-10-11, that the planned Tesla and SpaceX semiconductor factory in Texas will have an output of at least $1 trillion. Mother Jones noted that the Terafab project recently broke ground 70 miles northwest of Houston and is meant to build chips for Tesla cars, humanoid robots and the newly merged SpaceX and xAI. The outlet pointed to Musk's history of overpromising and to the current dominance of Nvidia in advanced AI chip design and TSMC in fabrication.\n**Why it matters:** If it materializes, in-house fabrication would challenge Nvidia and TSMC; the claim itself remains an unverified projection.\nSources: [Mother Jones](https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/10/elon-musk-ai-semiconductors-successionism-terafab-factory-x/)\n## Power limits push focus on cooling while China builds data centers fast\nFrore Systems said in a white paper released on 2026-10-13 that better cooling could let AI data centers produce up to 40% more tokens from the same power, with a 10°C cooler chip yielding about 15% more tokens per watt. CNN reported that the US had roughly 10 times more AI datacenters than China as of last year, per Stanford research, but that China builds quickly: nearly 90 data centers are slated for Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia, where public opposition is described as non-existent.\n**Why it matters:** Power, permitting and local opposition are becoming binding constraints on AI capacity, favoring efficiency gains and faster builders.\nSources: [prnewswire.com](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/what-if-the-world-had-fewer-ai-data-centers-302906274.html), [edition.cnn.com](https://edition.cnn.com/2026/10/13/china/china-data-centers-ai-race-intl-hnk-dst)\n## AI industry and critics clash over how regulation should work\nAn LA Times column by Michael Hiltzik argues the government should regulate AI but not in the way the industry prefers, saying the big AI firms have proposed a system tantamount to self-regulation. It follows a White House AI meeting on 2026-09-29 attended by Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, Nvidia's Jensen Huang, Elon Musk and Google's Sundar Pichai. A Reuters exclusive headline describes a fight over what gets made public behind the AI industry's call for independent reviews.\n**Why it matters:** The shape of oversight, especially disclosure rules for model reviews, could affect compliance costs and competitive dynamics for AI developers.\nSources: [latimes.com](https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-10-13/of-course-government-should-regulate-ai-but-not-the-way-the-ai-industry-prefers), [reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/world/behind-ai-industrys-call-independent-reviews-fight-over-what-gets-made-public-2026-10-13)\n## Data behind the stories\n\nOn 2026-10-12, META closed at $742.96, up 3.38% on the day, matching the Barron's report that its shares rose after the Muse Wonder launch. MSFT gained 1.14% to $541.15, while NVDA fell 1.29% to $226.32, AMD was down 2.28% and AVGO down 1.88%.\n\n- AMD: +15.13% (~1-month)\n- META: +14.65% (~1-month)\n- MSFT: +9.18% (~1-month)\n- GOOGL: +4.20% (~1-month)\n- NVDA: +3.68% (~1-month)\n- TSLA: +3.45% (~1-month)\n- AMZN: +1.07% (~1-month)\n- INTC: -1.54% (~1-month)\n- AVGO: -2.01% (~1-month)\n\n**OpenAI IPO closing market cap above ___ ?** (Polymarket): $800B 82.3%; $1T 73.0%; $1.2T 64.0%; $1.4T 63.0%; $1.6T 54.0%\n\n**OpenAI announces another Millennium Prize solution by...?** (Polymarket): December 31, 2027 54.5%; December 31, 2026 15.5%\n\n## What to watch\n\n- Microsoft's Maia 300 chip is slated to launch in 2027, alongside the large-scale rollout of Maia hardware across its products.\n\n## Key takeaways\n\n- Microsoft plans to make in-house Maia chips its main AI hardware from 2027, a direct test of Nvidia's inference position.\n- Meta rose 3.38% on 2026-10-12 after unveiling new AI models, while NVDA, AMD and AVGO all closed lower.\n- Power and cooling are emerging as limits on AI capacity, with Frore claiming up to 40% more tokens from the same electricity.\n\n## FAQ\n\n**When will Microsoft deploy its Maia AI chips at scale?**\nMicrosoft said on 2026-10-12 that it will roll out Maia chips on a massive scale starting in 2027. Maia 200 is already operational, including for Microsoft 365 Copilot, and the more powerful Maia 300 will launch in 2027.\n\n**How much more AI output can better cooling deliver?**\nFrore Systems says optimized cooling could let data centers produce up to 40% more tokens from the same power. Its paper estimates a 10°C cooler chip yields about 15% more tokens per watt.\n\n**What is Elon Musk's Terafab project?**\nTerafab is a planned Tesla and SpaceX semiconductor factory in Texas that recently broke ground 70 miles northwest of Houston. Musk said it will have output of at least $1 trillion; it will build chips for Tesla, robots and SpaceX-xAI.\n", "sources": [ { "title": "Microsoft bets on homegrown AI chip to challenge Nvidia", "url": "https://techxplore.com/news/2026-10-microsoft-homegrown-ai-chip-nvidia.html" }, { "title": "Meta Stock Rises as Company Unveils New Muse Wonder AI Models", "url": "https://www.barrons.com/articles/meta-stock-muse-wonder-ai-models-71cdaa08" }, { "title": "Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Introduces AMD Helion Agentic AI Rack", "url": "https://www.marketscreener.com/news/advanced-micro-devices-inc-introduces-amd-helion-agentic-ai-rack-ce785ddddb8bf424" }, { "title": "Intel, Broadcom CEOs flag AI industry challenges, trends at financial event", "url": "https://siliconangle.com/2026/10/12/intel-broadcom-ceos-flag-ai-industry-challenges-trends-at-financial-event" }, { "title": "The Deep Value Play for Growth Investors Isn't Artificial Intelligence, It's This Forgotten Industry", "url": "https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/10/13/the-deep-value-play-for-growth-investors-isn-t-artificial-intelligence-it-s-this-forgotten-industry" }, { "title": "Elon Musk Hopes His New Factory Will Help AI Supplant Life on Earth", "url": "https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/10/elon-musk-ai-semiconductors-successionism-terafab-factory-x/" }, { "title": "What If the World had Fewer AI Data Centers?", "url": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/what-if-the-world-had-fewer-ai-data-centers-302906274.html" }, { "title": "The US is fighting over AI data centers. China is building them fast", "url": "https://edition.cnn.com/2026/10/13/china/china-data-centers-ai-race-intl-hnk-dst" }, { "title": "Hiltzik: The AI wolf in sheep's clothing", "url": "https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-10-13/of-course-government-should-regulate-ai-but-not-the-way-the-ai-industry-prefers" }, { "title": "EXCLUSIVE: Behind AI industry's call for independent reviews, a fight over what gets made public", "url": "https://www.reuters.com/world/behind-ai-industrys-call-independent-reviews-fight-over-what-gets-made-public-2026-10-13" } ], "related": [ { "name": "Crypto: Strategy adds 250 BTC at $86,194 average, lifting holdings to 848,250 BTC", "url": "https://agentflare.org/news/2026-10-13-crypto.html" }, { "name": "Macro & Fed: Fed's Hammack backs restrictive stance as minutes point to another 2026 hike", "url": "https://agentflare.org/news/2026-10-13-macro.html" }, { "name": "Earnings: JPMorgan, Goldman and UnitedHealth Report Tuesday as Earnings Season Opens", "url": "https://agentflare.org/news/2026-10-13-earnings.html" }, { "name": "Markets: Dow Gains While Memory Stocks Weigh on Nasdaq as S&P 500 Edges Lower", "url": "https://agentflare.org/news/2026-10-13-markets.html" } ], "pricing": { "price_usd": 0.005, "method": "402", "endpoint": "https://esa.aisa.one/api/v1/access/verify", "autopay_hint": "set crawlerAutoPrice=true with the X-Crawler-Token header", "onboarding": "https://esa.aisa.one/agent/guide.html" }, "powered_by": "AISA — agent-native search, settlement & delivery (https://aisa.one)" }