AI NewsAmazon drops data center NDAs, and AI agents want your credit card

Amazon drops data center NDAs, and AI agents want your credit card

11:05 PM IST · October 9, 2026

Amazon says it willstop using NDAswhen negotiating data center deals with local governments, following asimilar move from Microsoftearlier this year. Secrecy has fueled community backlash against AI infrastructure, with opposition leading to hundreds of proposed and enacted moratoriums from New York to San Francisco. Meanwhile, a wave of startups is betting that consumers will hand AI agents access to their inboxes, files, and credit cards —if they can get websites to let them in. On this episode of TechCrunch’sEquitypodcast, Anthony Ha, Sean O’Kane, and Rebecca Bellan dig into whether ditching NDAs will change how data center deals get done, why trust may be the real product for personal AI startups, plus a couple of deals of the week. Listen to the full episode to hear more about: We’ll see you next week atTechCrunch Disrupt 2026! Get 25% off your tickets with code Equity25, and we’ll see you on the Builders Stage Tuesday at 9 am. Subscribe to Equity onYouTube,Apple Podcasts,Overcast,Spotifyand all the casts. You can also follow Equity onXandThreads, at @EquityPod.