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AI data center startup Fluidstack in talks for $1B round at $18B valuation months after hitting $7.5B, says report
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AI data center startup Fluidstack in talks for $1B round at $18B valuation months after hitting $7.5B, says report

Fluidstack, an AI data center startup, is in talks to raise $1 billion at an $18 billion valuation, a significant...

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Oracle Expands AI Infrastructure Drive with Bloom Deal
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Oracle Expands AI Infrastructure Drive with Bloom Deal

The deal comes amid growing interest in onsite energy options, as AI compute vendors struggle to meet power demands.

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AI Drives Europe’s Second Straight Quarter Of Funding Gain As Deal Volume Falls Sharply
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AI Drives Europe’s Second Straight Quarter Of Funding Gain As Deal Volume Falls Sharply

European venture funding reached $17.6 billion in Q1 2026, up 30% year-over-year, with AI claiming more than 50% of...

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Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch signals IPO readiness as AI agents fuel revenue surge
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Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch signals IPO readiness as AI agents fuel revenue surge

Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch announced the company's readiness for an IPO, attributing growth momentum to AI agents...

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Steel giants, automakers, and banks plan to build Japan's answer to US and Chinese AI dominance
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Steel giants, automakers, and banks plan to build Japan's answer to US and Chinese AI dominance

SoftBank is leading a consortium of Japanese industrial companies including steel giants, automakers, and banks to...

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Arcee AI spent half its venture capital to build an open reasoning model that rivals Claude Opus in agent tasks
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Arcee AI spent half its venture capital to build an open reasoning model that rivals Claude Opus in agent tasks

Arcee AI invested approximately half of its venture capital funding to develop Trinity-Large-Thinking, a 400 billion...

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Overworld's Waypoint-1.5 brings AI-generated 3D worlds to Mac and Windows on consumer hardware
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Overworld's Waypoint-1.5 brings AI-generated 3D worlds to Mac and Windows on consumer hardware

Overworld has released Waypoint-1.5, an AI system that generates 3D worlds and is now accessible on standard consumer...

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AI training data startup AfterQuery nabs $30M investment
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AI training data startup AfterQuery nabs $30M investment

AfterQuery, an AI training data provider, has raised $30 million in Series B funding at a $300 million valuation, with...

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TechCrunch is heading to Tokyo — and bringing the Startup Battlefield with it
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TechCrunch is heading to Tokyo — and bringing the Startup Battlefield with it

TechCrunch is organizing SusHi Tech 2026 in Tokyo, featuring its Startup Battlefield competition focused on four key...

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This Startup Wants You to Pay Up to Talk With AI Versions of Human Experts
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This Startup Wants You to Pay Up to Talk With AI Versions of Human Experts

Onix is launching a platform featuring AI-powered digital twins of health and wellness influencers that provide 24/7...

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Intel Secures New AI Infrastructure Deal With Google
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Intel Secures New AI Infrastructure Deal With Google

Intel has secured a new AI infrastructure deal with Google as part of ongoing agreements between major tech vendors to...

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South Korean Chipmaker Partners with SKT, Arm for Sovereign AI
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South Korean Chipmaker Partners with SKT, Arm for Sovereign AI

South Korean chipmaker Rebellions announced a partnership with SKT and Arm to enhance AI and telecom data centers. The...

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The 70-Person AI Image Startup Taking on Silicon Valley's Giants
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The 70-Person AI Image Startup Taking on Silicon Valley's Giants

Black Forest Labs, a 70-person AI image generation startup, is positioning itself as a competitor to Silicon Valley's...

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The AI industry’s race for profits is now existential
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The AI industry’s race for profits is now existential

Major AI companies like Anthropic and OpenAI face a critical monetization challenge, needing to become profitable...

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Exclusive: Juno, CPA-Founded Startup That Aims To Make Tax Returns Less Painful With AI, Raises $12M
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Exclusive: Juno, CPA-Founded Startup That Aims To Make Tax Returns Less Painful With AI, Raises $12M

Juno, an AI-powered tax preparation automation startup founded by CPAs, has raised $12 million in seed funding. The...

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AWS boss explains why investing billions in both Anthropic and OpenAI is an OK conflict
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AWS boss explains why investing billions in both Anthropic and OpenAI is an OK conflict

AWS leadership defends its strategy of investing billions in both Anthropic and OpenAI, explaining that the company has...

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Stability AI launches Brand Studio for brand-consistent image generation
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Stability AI launches Brand Studio for brand-consistent image generation

Stability AI has launched Brand Studio, a commercial product that enables creative teams to generate AI-generated...

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VC Eclipse has a new $1.3B fund to back — and build — ‘physical AI’ startups
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VC Eclipse has a new $1.3B fund to back — and build — ‘physical AI’ startups

VC firm Eclipse has secured a new $1.3B fund to invest in and build 'physical AI' startups. The firm plans to use the...

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Firmus, the ‘Southgate’ AI data center builder backed by Nvidia, hits $5.5B valuation
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Firmus, the ‘Southgate’ AI data center builder backed by Nvidia, hits $5.5B valuation

Firmus, an Nvidia-backed Asia AI data center provider, has reached a $5.5 billion valuation after raising $1.35 billion...

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