Firmus, the βSouthgateβ AI data center builder backed by Nvidia, hits $5.5B valuation TechCrunch By:Julie Bort 7 April 2026 at 22:46 Nvidia-backed Asia AI data center provider Firmus has now raised $1.35 billion in six months.
Uber is the latest to be won over by Amazonβs AI chips TechCrunch By:Julie Bort 7 April 2026 at 20:46 Uber is expanding its AWS contract to run more of its ride-sharing features on Amazon's chips. This is a thumb-of-the nose at Oracle and Google.
OpenAI alums have been quietly investing from a new, potentially $100M fundΒ TechCrunch By:Julie Bort 7 April 2026 at 01:54 Zero Shot, a new venture capital fund with deep ties to OpenAI, is aiming to raise $100 million for its first fund. It has already written some checks.