# PayPal Gets a $53B Takeover Offer, ASML Says the AI Boom Is Accelerating

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Podcast: [The Rundown](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rundown-6758831)
Published: 2026-07-15T14:51:55+00:00
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Duration seconds: 658

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Market update for Wednesday July 15, 2026 Check out the Public app for incredible investing tools and to support the show ( LINK ) Follow us on Instagram ( @TheRundownDaily ) for bonus content and instant reactions. In today’s episode, Zaid covers: Why cooler CPI and PPI inflation data is easing fears of another Fed rate hike Kevin Warsh’s promise of a “regime change” at the Federal Reserve ASML’s blowout earnings and what its order book says about the AI boom Samsung and DeepSeek could be among the next major AI-related companies headed to public markets PayPal’s $53 billion takeover offer Lucid’s bankruptcy rumor Why New York is temporarily blocking large data centers

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