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Linux Foundation adopts A2A | OpenAI for Countries | CoreWeave acquires Core Scientific

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July 09, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes

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AI & Tech Frontier

The Linux Foundation has officially taken over the Agent‑to‑Agent (A2A) protocol, originally developed by Google in April, under its neutral, open-source governance.

  • The A2A protocol is designed to enable autonomous AI agents to discover, authenticate, securely communicate, and coordinate tasks across diverse platforms—tackling a fundamental challenge: interoperability in multi-agent systems.

  • Since its launch, it's gained support from 100+ organizations, including tech giants such as AWS, Microsoft, Cisco, Salesforce, SAP, and ServiceNow.

  • Under Linux Foundation stewardship, A2A will remain vendor-neutral, community-driven, and sustainably governed—Jim Zemlin emphasized this as essential for fostering the "next era of agent-to-agent powered productivity".

🔍 Why it matters: This protocol could be a game‑changer, enabling seamless coordination among specialized AI agents (like chatbots, code assistants, automation bots), breaking down silos between AI services and mitigating vendor lock-in.

OpenAI for Countries, part of Project Stargate, is aimed at building democratic AI infrastructure in partnership with national governments.

  • OpenAI proposes collaborating with countries to set up local datacenters, deploy localized ChatGPT, and foster ecosystems with public–private funding.

  • The initiative emphasizes transparency, sovereignty, and democratic values, while also nurturing local start‑ups and job creation.

  • However, tension exists—some observers warn it could entrench OpenAI’s global influence and overshadow domestic innovation.

Separately, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), backed by Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic, is launching a National AI Academy this fall in NYC.

  • With $23 million in funding, it will offer free, hands-on AI workshops to 200,000 teachers for integrating AI in lesson planning and education.

🎯 Why it matters: OpenAI is extending its influence beyond tech into geopolitical and educational realms, balancing global AI infrastructure goals with efforts to democratize AI access and skills.

Business Briefs

SpaceX is in discussions to raise additional funding through new share sales to insiders, potentially valuing the company at around $400 billion—up from $350B in late 2024.

  • It will likely combine this with a tender offer enabling early employees to sell equity—typically how SpaceX raises capital biannually.

  • Reports suggest the deal may involve $1 billion in share sales at approximately $212/share, with SpaceX planning partial share buybacks.

  • This places SpaceX among the top 20 most valuable companies globally, reflecting sustained confidence despite Musk’s political entanglements.

🛰 Why it matters: This massive valuation underlines investor belief in SpaceX’s dominance in launch, satellite networks (Starlink), and long-term ambitions like Mars colonization—even amid political headwinds.

  • Who: Kirk Tanner, current CEO of Wendy’s since February 2024 and a long-time PepsiCo executive.

  • What: He will become President & CEO of The Hershey Company effective August 18, 2025, succeeding the retiring Michele Buck. Wendy’s CFO Ken Cook will serve as interim CEO from July 18.

  • Why it matters: Tanner brings deep experience in snacks, beverages, innovation, M&A, AI-powered drive-thrus, and menu enhancements. His move triggered a ~3% drop in Hershey’s shares and modest gains for Wendy’s.

  • What: CoreWeave has announced an approximately $9 billion all-stock acquisition of Core Scientific to vertically integrate data center and power infrastructure.

  • Details: The deal gives CoreWeave control over 1.3 GW of power (including 840 MW in Austin), enhancing its capacity and eliminating lease costs. The transaction is expected to close by Q4 2025.

  • Market reaction: CoreWeave shares briefly reached over 4x their IPO price before falling ~5% amid analyst concerns. Core Scientific’s stock dropped around 17.6% due to dilution fears.

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