SoftBankβs massive bet on OpenAI is running into a problem that has begun to shadow the AI boom: how do lenders assign a reliable valuation to a private company worth hundreds of billions of dollars on paper? The Japanese investment [β¦]
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Itβs Friday, May 8, 2026, and the global AI arms race just went nuclear. Nvidia is dropping billions into everything from residential mini data centers to 5-gigawatt hyperscale builds, Big Tech is committing a record-shattering $725 billion in capex while [β¦]
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Today is Thursday, May 7, 2026, and weβre back with the latest startup and tech funding newsΒ from around the world. Todayβs funding activity highlights where investors continue placing their biggest bets: sovereign AI infrastructure, quantum computing, satellite communications, defense manufacturing, [β¦]
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AIβs compute wars just hit escape velocity β with SpaceX powering Anthropicβs next models, Nvidia pouring billions into optical fiber, and floating data centers testing the ocean itself. Itβs Thursday, May 7, 2026, and here are the top tech stories [β¦]
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The AI infrastructure race is no longer just about chips. It is now about what connects the chips.Β Nvidia, the chip giant sitting at the center of the AI boom, is partnering with glassmaker Corning to build three advanced manufacturing facilities [β¦]
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Itβs Wednesday, May 6, 2026, and weβre back with todayβs top startup and tech funding news. Todayβs funding rounds reflect a market increasingly centered on AI infrastructure, quantum computing, autonomous software development, and industrial-scale energy systems. Investors continue to pour [β¦]
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Anthropic just secured a massive shot of computing power, and it could reshape the pace of its AI push. SpaceX said Wednesday it will lease its Colossus 1 data center to Anthropic, linking Elon Muskβs company with a rival he [β¦]
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SpaceX has filed plans to invest $55 billion in a new semiconductor facility in Texas, a project called Terafab that could grow into a $119 billion buildout if later phases move forward. The filing, made public on Wednesday, outlines an [β¦]
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Itβs Wednesday, May 6, 2026, and AI just got a major reliability upgrade while governments and Big Tech tighten their grip on the frontier. From OpenAIβs new default model slashing hallucinations to fresh U.S. pre-release reviews and billion-dollar infrastructure bets, [β¦]
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Itβs Tuesday, May 5, 2026, and weβre back with todayβs top startup and tech funding news. Todayβs rounds highlight a clear shift toward AI infrastructure, compute optimization, next-gen energy systems, and platforms that quietly power large-scale digital operations. As demand [β¦]
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A fresh legal fight is brewing over how AI models are built, and this time it puts Meta back in the spotlight. A group of major publishers, including Elsevier, Cengage, Hachette, Macmillan, and McGraw-Hill, has sued Meta Platforms in Manhattan [β¦]
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The rush to build AI is starting to hit a physical limit. It is not chips or models this time. It is electricity.Β Across the U.S. and Canada, data centers are drawing more power than grids were built to handle. New [β¦]
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