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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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Intel will help build Elon Musk’s Terafab AI chip factory
Intel has partnered with Elon Musk's Terafab AI chip factory project in Austin, Texas to design and build a facility...
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