Amazon drops NDAs in data center negotiations

Amazon will stop using NDAs when negotiating data center deals with local governments, following a similar move by Microsoft earlier this year. Secrecy around such deals has fueled community backlash and contributed to hundreds of proposed or enacted moratoriums from New York to San Francisco. The TechCrunch Equity podcast also examines a wave of startups betting consumers will grant AI agents access to inboxes, files, and credit cards, and whether trust is the real product these companies are selling.