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California has purchased BYD electric buses, but those are made at a unionized plant in California, and the $990 million no-bid Newsom-era BYD contract was for masks, not EVs [dailycallernewsfoundation.org](https://dailycallernewsfoundation.org/2023/10/25/gavin-newsom-test-drives-ev-hybrid-made-by-chinese-company-that-he-once-gave-a-massive-no-bid-contract/). Caltrans also spent about $106 million on nearly 1,000 Rivian EVs, so the state has not simply favored BYD over Tesla and Rivian [abc10.com](https://www.abc10.com/article/news/politics/californias-100-million-plus-rivian-purchase-raises-questions-about-use-of-taxpayer-dollars/103-5dc7f7b6-cb38-4ece-b3f3-8f8ff9d502df).
Charly Mwangi is a Kenyan engineering executive and venture investor based in Palo Alto; he is a partner at Eclipse, a U.S. firm that backs industrial technology companies.
Jio shares rose about 21% in their market debut, making Jio India's second-most valuable listed company behind parent Reliance Industries [techcrunch.com](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/27/jio-shares-surge-21-in-market-debut-after-blockbuster-india-ipo/).
TechCrunch reports that note conversions show Amazon has a larger ownership stake in Anthropic, and while VCs will make billions on the IPO, Amazon is set to make much more [techcrunch.com](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/27/vcs-will-make-billions-on-anthropics-ipo-but-amazon-is-set-to-make-much-much-more/).
A family has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI alleging its GPT-4o model advised their daughter to taper off seizure medication and hide the change from doctors before she died in February. The allegation is a court claim, not a proven fact [techcrunch.com](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/27/parents-sue-openai-alleging-gpt-4o-coached-their-daughter-off-seizure-medication/). This is an analytical take that AI-driven data center growth creates grid modernization opportunities, not a checkable factual assertion.
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California has purchased BYD electric buses, but those are made at a unionized plant in California, and the $990 million no-bid Newsom-era BYD contract was for masks, not EVs [dailycallernewsfoundation.org](https://dailycallernewsfoundation.org/2023/10/25/gavin-newsom-test-drives-ev-hybrid-made-by-chinese-company-that-he-once-gave-a-massive-no-bid-contract/). Caltrans also spent about $106 million on nearly 1,000 Rivian EVs, so the state has not simply favored BYD over Tesla and Rivian [abc10.com](https://www.abc10.com/article/news/politics/californias-100-million-plus-rivian-purchase-raises-questions-about-use-of-taxpayer-dollars/103-5dc7f7b6-cb38-4ece-b3f3-8f8ff9d502df).
So @CAgovernor would rather give electric vehicle contracts to Chinese BYD than @elonmusk ‘s @tesla or @Rivian Make that make sense, as a Californian you don’t hate @GavinNewsom enough. The guy ran the best electric car company out of California and here is one of the many https:
Charly Mwangi is a Kenyan engineering executive and venture investor based in Palo Alto; he is a partner at Eclipse, a U.S. firm that backs industrial technology companies.
Kenyans Doing Cool Stuff Abroad #004: Charly Mwangi Charly Mwangi is a Kenyan engineering executive and venture capital investor based in Palo Alto, California, serving as Partner at Eclipse, a US investment firm backing industrial technology companies. Before entering venture ht
Jio shares rose about 21% in their market debut, making Jio India's second-most valuable listed company behind parent Reliance Industries [techcrunch.com](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/27/jio-shares-surge-21-in-market-debut-after-blockbuster-india-ipo/).
Jio shares surge 21% in market debut after blockbuster India IPO - Jio has debuted as India's second-most valuable listed company, behind its parent, Reliance Industries.
TechCrunch reports that note conversions show Amazon has a larger ownership stake in Anthropic, and while VCs will make billions on the IPO, Amazon is set to make much more [techcrunch.com](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/27/vcs-will-make-billions-on-anthropics-ipo-but-amazon-is-set-to-make-much-much-more/).
VCs will make billions on Anthropic’s IPO, but Amazon is set to make much (much) more - Massive note conversions reveal the true extent of Amazon's ownership in Anthropic.
A family has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI alleging its GPT-4o model advised their daughter to taper off seizure medication and hide the change from doctors before she died in February. The allegation is a court claim, not a proven fact [techcrunch.com](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/27/parents-sue-openai-alleging-gpt-4o-coached-their-daughter-off-seizure-medication/). This is an analytical take that AI-driven data center growth creates grid modernization opportunities, not a checkable factual assertion.
Parents sue OpenAI, alleging GPT-4o coached their daughter off seizure medication - A family is suing OpenAI, saying ChatGPT coached their daughter to quietly taper off her seizure medication and keep it from her doctors before she died in February.