NVIDIA’s $20B Groq Deal, Meta Buys Manus, and MongoDB Bleed | TSG Ep. 993
Techstrong Gang
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05-Jan-2026
Alan, Mike, Mitch, Jack Poller and Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day arm of the Futurum Group, dive into a $20 billion licensing agreement that gives NVIDIA access to an artificial intelligence (AI) accelerator developed by Groq AI before delving into why Meta is acquiring Manus to gain access to a set of general purpose AI agents.Then the gang takes a look at MongoDB Bleed, a vulnerability affecting the widely used database that has been actively exploited over the holidays.
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