Late Thursday, August 13th, during the New York trading session, spot gold retreated by 1.34% to $4,350.20 per ounce. Spot silver closed down 1.43% at $64.427 per ounce, showing a fluctuating but weakening trend throughout the day, trading between $66.303 and $64.219 per ounce. COMEX copper futures closed down 0.35% at $6.5326 per pound. During the session, copper saw a V-shaped rebound that temporarily erased all losses, but after the US PPI data was released, it consistently declined from the

According to The Wall Street Journal, sources say Oracle (ORCL.US) is in talks with institutions such as Apollo and Goldman Sachs for financing to fund a large-scale chip purchase, aiming to complete the deal as soon as this year. This financing is intended to bridge the funding gap between Oracle's hardware purchases and the commencement of revenue generation from its cloud computing business.

According to the Wall Street Journal citing sources, Broadcom (AVGO.US) has been seeking over $50 billion in financing in recent weeks to jointly develop custom AI chips with OpenAI. Institutions such as Apollo and Blackstone have engaged in discussions to participate in the financing, which is still in its early stages and may see the total amount adjusted. The financing aims to cover several gigawatts of custom chip capacity for OpenAI, with completion expected as early as the end of this year. Internally, OpenAI refers to the chip project as "Nexus," with the first and second generation chips codenamed Jalapeño and Serrano, respectively. OpenAI and Broadcom had previously announced plans to jointly develop a 10-gigawatt custom chip system, scheduled for continuous deployment from the second half of 2026 through the end of 2029.

According to The Wall Street Journal, Oracle, Broadcom, and SpaceX are seeking debt agreements for AI chip procurement. Broadcom is arranging over 50 billions USD in funding for chips required by OpenAI. Oracle is in talks with Apollo and Goldman Sachs regarding chip financing. Recently, the Financial Times reported that SpaceX is seeking 40 billions USD in financing to purchase Nvidia chips. SpaceX plans to raise around 10 billions USD in bank loans, plus 30 billions USD in investment-grade bonds.

According to The Wall Street Journal, Broadcom (AVGO.US) is seeking over $50 billions in financing to develop custom AI chips for OpenAI.