Space Race Acquisition
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🗓️ 14 April 2026
⏱️ 19 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Tech Brew Ride Home for Tuesday, April 14th, 2026. I'm Brian McCullough. Today, Amazon's |
| 0:09.4 | dropping $10.8 billion on Global Star to beef up its Leo satellite network and challenge Starlink |
| 0:14.7 | and apples along for the ride. Plus, federal charges for the Sam Altman attacker. Open AI |
| 0:19.7 | Aqua hires a fintech startup. |
| 0:21.4 | Google declares war on back button hijacking. |
| 0:24.1 | Data labeling startups are printing money. |
| 0:26.0 | And Missouri voters revolt over a data center. |
| 0:28.8 | Here's what you miss today in the world of tech. |
| 0:33.4 | Amazon has agreed to acquire satellite operator Global Star with the deal set to close in |
| 0:38.7 | 27 to expand its Leo space internet system. Amazon and Apple say Leo will still power some iPhone |
| 0:47.0 | and watch services, quoting the journal. Amazon is paying $10.8 billion to buy satellite operator |
| 0:54.1 | Global Star, the biggest rival to Elon Musk's Starlink service. Amazon is paying $10.8 billion to buy Satellite Operator Global Star, the biggest |
| 0:55.3 | rival to Elon Musk's Starlink service. Amazon will acquire the company's existing satellite |
| 1:00.2 | operations, infrastructure, and assets, including Mobile Satellite Services, Spectrum licenses. |
| 1:05.6 | Its Leo service plans to deploy its own direct-to-device satellite system beginning in |
| 1:09.6 | 2008. |
| 1:15.0 | The satellite industry is rushing to find ways to provide connections on cell phones using fleets in orbit, anticipating a large market will coalesce in the coming years. |
| 1:19.4 | Musk's SpaceX has been the most aggressive, conducting regular launches of satellites dedicated |
| 1:23.8 | to offering those links. |
| 1:25.5 | SpaceX has upended the satellite industry with two major acquisitions |
| 1:29.0 | of Spectrum to support its satellites to cell phone goals. It committed more than $20 billion |
| 1:34.1 | in cash, stock, and debt commitments to acquire wireless resources from Echo Star and separate deals |
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