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Tech & AI Daily – Monday, August 17, 2026
SOXL surges 5.6% to $153.07 as traders aggressively position for an Nvidia earnings beat ahead of the August 26 print, while QQQ and VGT edge modestly higher and VUG dips slightly. • OpenAI disbands its Preparedness Team — the group responsible for assessing catastrophic AI risks — raising urgent governance alarms just as its most powerful o-series models are already triggering real-world incidents. • Stripe is reportedly in talks to acquire AI gateway startup OpenRouter for more than $7 billion, a deal that would make LLM traffic routing a core piece of fintech infrastructure. • Nvidia is…
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