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TNB Tech Minute: Trump Media Will Merge With Fusion Energy Firm

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 18 December 2025

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Plus: Accenture sales rise on AI bookings. And DoorDash teams up with OpenAI to offer grocery shopping in ChatGPT. Julie Chang hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Every organization, government or commercial, is being asked to deliver more with less.

0:05.3

Technology is undeniably the key to making that possible.

0:09.0

We invite you to explore the insights in the tech guide.

0:12.2

Available now at guidehouse.com.

0:16.3

Here's your morning TNB Tech Minute for Thursday, December 18th.

0:22.4

I'm Julie Chang for the Wall Street Journal. Trump Media and Technology Group has agreed to merge with the alphabet-backed fusion energy

0:29.0

firm TAE Technologies in a deal valued at over $6 billion. The tie-up is a move to address the

0:37.2

explosion of energy demands caused by the

0:39.5

global AI boom by utilizing TAE's leading fusion technology. The combined company plans to begin

0:46.6

construction next year on a 50-magawatt utility scale fusion power plant. Under the deal,

0:52.5

Trump Media and T.A TAE technologies would split ownership roughly

0:56.3

evenly. The transaction is expected to close in mid-2020. Technology consulting firm, Accenture,

1:03.8

reported higher first-quarter sales driven by growth in its advanced AI business. Revenue increased

1:10.5

6% to $18.7 billion, surpassing Wall

1:15.2

Street expectations. The company secured new bookings of $20.9 billion, a 12% rise, which

1:22.7

included $2.2 billion in advanced AI bookings. Earlier this month, Accenture struck a three-year partnership

1:29.8

with startup Anthropic to provide AI services to businesses. Accenture has also expanded its

1:36.1

AI collaboration with Palantir Technologies and has teamed up with OpenAI and co-hear.

1:42.9

And DoorDash is partnering with OpenAI to offer grocery shopping within

1:47.6

ChatGPT. Under the partnership, users can ask ChatGPT for meal or recipe suggestions, then ask the chatbot to

1:55.6

shop using the DoorDash app. Users would be able to build their carts and place orders through DoorDash

2:02.2

apps within the chat. DoorDash said the app in Chatchipit is currently live for select users

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