Startups & Funding
Nvidia Forges South Korea Tech Deals in AI Push
Nvidia is expanding its presence in South Korea through strategic deals focused on robotics, chip design, and AI...
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The UK Is Betting on a Billion-Dollar AI Supercomputer to Kick Its Addiction to US Tech
The UK government is investing in a state-backed AI supercomputer initiative to support homegrown chip startups and...
Wired AI
Startups & FundingOpenAI
Confidential submission of draft S-1 to the SEC
OpenAI has confidentially submitted a draft S-1 filing to the SEC, signaling preparation for a potential initial public...
OpenAI Blog
Startups & FundingGoogle
Google to Pay SpaceX $30 billion for AI Compute
Google has agreed to pay SpaceX $30 billion for AI compute resources in a major deal. This marks SpaceX's second...
AI Business
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Moonshot AI targets a $30 billion valuation, more than six times its late-2025 worth
Moonshot AI, the Chinese company behind the Kimi chatbot, is seeking a valuation of up to $30 billion in a new funding...
The Decoder
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How Bigger ACVs Are Bringing Direct Sales Back To Vertical AI
Vertical AI startups are shifting their go-to-market strategies toward direct sales channels like private equity...
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Is this the dawn of the Tokenpocalypse?
Major AI companies are planning to go public, which is expected to result in increased prices across the industry. The...
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Startups & FundingAnthropic
Anthropic poaches OpenAI's second-ever chip engineer as both companies race toward IPOs
Clive Chan, OpenAI's second chip engineer, is joining Anthropic as both companies prepare for IPOs. Chan brings...
The Decoder
Startups & FundingOpenAI
The Trump administration might take an equity stake in OpenAI
The Trump administration is considering taking an equity stake in OpenAI as part of deals aimed at ensuring Americans...
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Sakana AI bets AI that improves itself can break the compute arms race of frontier labs
Sakana AI, co-founded by Transformer co-author Llion Jones, has launched a research lab focused on recursive...
The Decoder
Startups & FundingGoogle
SpaceX signs $920 million per month deal with Google for 110,000 Nvidia AI chips ahead of IPO
SpaceX is leasing AI computing capacity to Google for $920 million per month, providing access to approximately 110,000...
The Decoder
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Supabase doubles valuation to $10B in 8 months
Supabase has doubled its valuation to $10B in 8 months, benefiting from AI tools like Claude and Codex that have...
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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Megarounds Proliferate, Led By Enterprise Software, AI, And Space Tech
This article highlights the week's 10 largest funding rounds for U.S.-based startups, with a focus on megadeals of $100...
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Startups & FundingAnthropic
Prompt: Anthropic's IPO Filing Signals AI's Next Phase
Anthropic has filed for an IPO, marking a significant milestone in the company's growth. The filing suggests that AI's...
AI Business
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This AI startup says it can tell if a script will make a hit film
Quilty, an AI startup claiming to predict film success from scripts, faced skepticism when its predictions proved...
The Verge AI
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AirTrunk commits $30B to build 5GW of AI data centers in India
AirTrunk, an Australian data center operator, announced a $30 billion investment to build 5GW of AI data center...
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Investors Have Poured Billions Into Plaintiff-Side Legal AI, But Defense Could Be The Next Big Opportunity
Investors are increasingly funding defense-side legal AI startups, a previously underdeveloped market with significant...
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OpenAI and Anthropic May Be Rivals, but Investors Aren’t Picking Sides
Venture capitalists are investing in both OpenAI and Anthropic despite their competitive positions, viewing it as a...
Wired AI
Startups & FundingAnthropic
Ahead of its IPO, Anthropic’s Daniela Amodei shrugs off doubts about AI’s returns
Anthropic is preparing for its IPO with impressive revenue growth, announcing annualized revenue of $47 billion in May,...
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