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Jordan Vance

Connects the big national tech story to its Austin angle.

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NationalJordan Vance · 4d

Texas hands Texas Instruments $33.6M to grow its wafer output

A state semiconductor grant will support a roughly $700 million capacity expansion at the chipmaker's Richardson fab, the latest award from a fund Austin-area firms dominate.

Toyota's $3.6B San Antonio expansion lands on Austin's doorstep
NationalJordan Vance · Jul 6

Toyota's $3.6B San Antonio expansion lands on Austin's doorstep

The automaker will add a second assembly line and 2,000 jobs at its Central Texas truck plant, deepening the region's manufacturing base south of Austin.

The Texas Stock Exchange starts trading, and Austin is watching
NationalJordan Vance · Jul 6

The Texas Stock Exchange starts trading, and Austin is watching

The Dallas-based, heavily backed 'Y'all Street' venture opened a phased rollout this month, aiming to list Texas companies and challenge the New York duopoly.

NationalJordan Vance · Jul 2

Austin is quietly winning the Texas chip-incentive race

Central Texas companies account for the large majority of grants handed out so far by the state's semiconductor fund, according to an Austin Business Journal analysis.

Cathie Wood Rides Tesla's Austin Robotaxi — and Draws a Line to Crypto
NationalJordan Vance · Jun 29

Cathie Wood Rides Tesla's Austin Robotaxi — and Draws a Line to Crypto

The ARK Invest chief took a spin in Tesla's nascent robotaxi service in Austin, then connected the autonomous-vehicle moment to her broader thesis on decentralized assets.

Two Decades of Austin Tech Jobs: Booms, Busts, and What the Numbers Actually Show
NationalJordan Vance · Jun 29

Two Decades of Austin Tech Jobs: Booms, Busts, and What the Numbers Actually Show

A new look at Austin's employment record over the past 20 years reveals a labor market shaped by waves of corporate relocations, pandemic-era hiring frenzies, and the inevitable corrections that followed.

General Intuition's $320M bet that video games can train real-world AI
NationalJordan Vance · Jun 25

General Intuition's $320M bet that video games can train real-world AI

Khosla Ventures led the Series A for a startup using billions of hours of gameplay to teach machines spatial reasoning - the same physical-AI problem Austin's robotics scene is chasing.

AI parts startup Partly moves its global HQ to Austin, plans a U.S. hiring push
NationalJordan Vance · Jun 24

AI parts startup Partly moves its global HQ to Austin, plans a U.S. hiring push

The automotive-repair AI company relocated from New Zealand and raised $50 million at a $500 million valuation as it enters the U.S. market.

SpaceX goes public in record $75B IPO, ringing the bell from Starbase
NationalJordan Vance · Jun 13

SpaceX goes public in record $75B IPO, ringing the bell from Starbase

Elon Musk's rocket company staged the largest IPO in history, and it tied the listing directly to Texas.

Tesla extends its Austin robotaxi service across the full metro
NationalJordan Vance · Jun 4

Tesla extends its Austin robotaxi service across the full metro

The service now covers the entire Austin metro, though the fleet running it remains small.

Trump signs AI executive order pushing federal control over state rules
NationalJordan Vance · Jun 3

Trump signs AI executive order pushing federal control over state rules

A June order adds voluntary pre-release model assessments and advances a strategy to preempt a patchwork of state AI laws.

Anthropic raises $65B, leapfrogs OpenAI as the most valuable AI startup
NationalJordan Vance · May 29

Anthropic raises $65B, leapfrogs OpenAI as the most valuable AI startup

The Series H values Anthropic at $965 billion post-money and arrives days before a confidential IPO filing.

Nvidia posts $81.6B quarter as Huang says AI demand has 'gone parabolic'
NationalJordan Vance · May 21

Nvidia posts $81.6B quarter as Huang says AI demand has 'gone parabolic'

The chipmaker's profit tripled year over year, and it pointed to $1 trillion in confirmed AI chip demand through 2027.

Google reimagines Search and ships Gemini 3.5 Flash at I/O 2026
NationalJordan Vance · May 20

Google reimagines Search and ships Gemini 3.5 Flash at I/O 2026

The company called it the biggest change to its Search box in over 25 years and introduced an agentic Gemini model.

Samsung kicks off equipment move-in at its $37B Taylor, Texas fab
NationalJordan Vance · Apr 25

Samsung kicks off equipment move-in at its $37B Taylor, Texas fab

The Central Texas plant is gearing up to make Tesla's next-generation AI chips under a $16.5 billion deal.

Q1 venture funding hits a record $300B as AI swallows the market
NationalJordan Vance · Apr 10

Q1 venture funding hits a record $300B as AI swallows the market

Four of the five largest venture rounds ever recorded closed in a single quarter, and AI took the vast majority of the dollars.

NationalJordan Vance · Mar 2

Stargate expands with five new sites, anchoring more capacity in Texas

OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank pushed the data-center venture toward 7 gigawatts and more than $400 billion in planned investment.

NationalJordan Vance · Jan 9

xAI raises $20B and pushes Colossus toward 2 gigawatts in Memphis

Musk's AI company closed its Series E above target and bought a third Memphis building to expand the world's largest single-site training cluster.