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Goldman Sachs analyst Rich Privorotsky projects hyperscaler capital expenditures could reach $765 billion by 2026 and cumulative AI infrastructure spending $7.6 trillion by 2031, driven by strong demand for high-bandwidt…
Unconventional AI, led by former Databricks AI chief Naveen Rao, released its first model Un0, an image-generation system built on a novel oscillator-based computer architecture that promises to reduce AI inference power…
Salahodeen Abdul-Kafi left his $450,000 tech job at companies including Microsoft and Google to open Kafi BBQ, a halal barbecue restaurant in Irving, Texas. The restaurant generated over $2 million in revenue in its firs…
Sail Research has raised $80 million in seed and Series A funding at a $450 million valuation to develop AI inference infrastructure optimized for agents. The startup claims its engine can serve tokens at up to 10 times …
General Intuition, founded by Pim de Witte, raised $320 million at a $2.3 billion valuation to train AI agents on action-labeled gameplay data from Medal. The round was led by Khosla Ventures with participation from Gene…
Micron Technology announced 16 multi-year strategic agreements for AI-optimized memory chips on June 24, with customers providing $22 billion in cash deposits and committing to roughly $100 billion in minimum revenue thr…
Chinese AI lab Zhipu AI, under its global brand Z.AI, launched the open-weight GLM-5.2 model with up to 753 billion parameters, rivaling top closed models from Anthropic and OpenAI at roughly one-tenth the cost. The mode…
Chinese AI firm DeepSeek announced plans to at least double the size of every department, opening 33 positions across seven categories as it pursues artificial general intelligence. The company said it wants newcomers to…
Marketing and media leaders gathered at Cannes Lions to discuss trends in AI, experiential marketing, and brand partnerships. Disney's Rita Ferro and Target's Michelle Mesenburg highlighted the value of collaborative con…
Agentic traffic on the web has surpassed human traffic for the first time in history, according to Union Square Ventures (USV). The venture firm argues that the AI opportunity will be owned by a broad ecosystem—dubbed th…
The Nasdaq Composite fell nearly 3% this week amid investor concerns that massive AI infrastructure spending may not yield sufficient returns. Goldman Sachs estimates technology companies will spend $7.6 trillion through…
Coval raised $28 million in Series A funding to stress-test AI voice agents before they reach real callers. The San Francisco startup applies simulation techniques from autonomous vehicles to catch failures in accents, i…
Toronto-based FinTech firm Float Financial announced an $85-million CAD Series C round led by Inovia Capital to fuel geographic expansion and AI investment. The round values Float at $548 million, a 70% increase from its…
Taktile raised $110 million in a Series C round led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives to automate high-stakes banking decisions using AI agents. The Berlin-and-New-York startup aims to replace manual processes in underwritin…
A Haystack News poll found 55% of over 4,100 Americans are very concerned about an AI bubble, reflecting growing alarm over the $1 trillion invested in AI with little return. The concern coincides with a broad stock sell…
Netris, a Santa Clara startup that automates networking for GPU data centers, raised $15 million in a Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz. The company reports 800% annual recurring revenue growth and over 35 live d…
Andreessen Horowitz led a $15 million Series A round for Netris, a network automation startup that helps GPU cloud providers manage the networking layer beneath AI clusters. The investment highlights a growing bottleneck…
Oracle cofounder Larry Ellison quietly donated about $45 million to a pro-Trump nonprofit during the 2024 campaign, according to The Wall Street Journal. Since then, Oracle has secured major government-linked deals, incl…
General Intuition raised $320 million at a $2.3 billion valuation to develop AI agents trained on video game footage that can operate in the real world. The startup uses action labels from gameplay clips to teach spatial…
Robinhood Ventures Fund I invested $25 million in Canva's Class A Common Stock on June 24, adding the AI-powered design platform to its portfolio alongside a previous $75 million OpenAI stake. The non-diversified closed-…