📈 Data to start your week

German elections ↑ Robots ↑ Stablecoins ↑ Plane accidents ↓

Hi,

Here’s your Monday round-up of data driving conversations this week — all in less than 250 words.

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1. Germany saw a high election turnout of 84%, compared to 76% in 2021. The Conservatives (CDU/CSU) suffered their second-worst election result but Friedrich Merz will form the next government.

Merz has vowed not to partner with far-right AfD party who doubled its share of the vote since the last election and was particularly strong in ex-East Germany.

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2. OpenAI expects to more than triple its revenue this year to over $12.5 billion, 1/3rd of the growth coming from SoftBank’s spending on agent tools. At the same time, its cash burn could peak at $20 billion in 2027. By 2030, OpenAI anticipates its compute spending will shift from renting Nvidia GPUs through Microsoft to relying on Stargate, with inference costs surpassing training costs.

3. 27% of US respondents said they use AI instead of search engines.

4. Trading, payments and transfers in stablecoins hit $27.6 trillion last year, 2/5 of all value settled on public blockchains.