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Amazon says it will stop using NDAs when negotiating data center deals with local governments
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- Amazon says it will stop using NDAs when negotiating data center deals with local governments, following a similar move from Microsoft earlier this year
Summary
Amazon says it will stop using NDAs when negotiating data center deals with local governments, following a similar move from Microsoft earlier this year. On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Anthony Ha, Sean O’Kane, and Rebecca Bellan dig into whether ditching NDAs will change how data center deals get done, why trust may be the real product for personal AI startups, plus a couple of deals of the week. The White House’s plans to make plans with its new Super Intelligence Force. Ghost’s $3,499 computer built to run AI agents around the clock, and why the Equity crew doesn’t see it going mass market. Tab, Underdog, and Hark pitching privacy as their product, plus the business model that could turn your agent into a salesperson.