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Coogan: China is building domestic equivalents to TSMC, Nvidia, and ASML
“China is actively working to catch up in chip fabrication with SMIC and SME. So they have their own TSMC, they have their own NVIDIA, and they have their own ASML.”
John Coogan Jan 25, 2025 ▶ 1:03:04 DeepSeek, Stargate Update, Bees Do Enjoy Honey, Golden Retriever Maxxing, Bring on the Trilly
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Coogan: Mistral raised $1.3 billion led by ASML
“Their last round was led by ASML. 1.3 billion dollars from the Dutch chip maker.”
John Coogan Feb 12, 2026 ▶ 28:16 AI Isn’t Covid, FBI probes Tai Lopez, Mistral’s $2B Sweden bet | Diet TBPN
Assertion Supported
Coogan: Intel, TSMC, and Samsung invested $6.8B in ASML in 2012
“ASML, the Dutch company, they did what's called a customer co-investment program. Where Intel, TSMC, and Samsung pitched in 6.8 billion dollars across R&D funding and equity purchases in the company in order to help pull in order to help ASML. This is 2012.”
John Coogan Sep 27, 2025 ▶ 18:26 Weekly Recap: Matthew McConaughey on AI, Nvidia x OpenAI
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