OpenAI Doubles Down on Super Bowl Spotlight as AI Ad Wars Intensify
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Databricks’ $1 Billion Neon Deal: Supercharging AI Agents With Instant Databases
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AI in 2025: From Experiment to Core Economic Infrastructure
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Nvidia’s $20 Billion Groq Bet: Creative Cash Deployment to Defend Its AI Moat
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SpaceX Targets Record $800 Billion Valuation as It Preps for Potential 2026 IPO
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AI Giants Take the Super Bowl Stage as Chatbot Ad War Intensifies
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Anthropic’s $10 Billion Raise Pushes AI Startup Toward $350 Billion Valuation and 2028 Profitability
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Nvidia Races Ahead With Vera Rubin: A New Generation of Faster, Cheaper AI Chips
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OpenAI and SoftBank Pour $1 Billion Into SB Energy to Power AI Data Center Expansion
OpenAI–SoftBank: A $1 Billion Bet on the Future of AI Power OpenAI and SoftBank have each committed $500 million to SB Energy, SoftBank’s energy and infrastructure subsidiary, in a transaction totaling $1 billion. The investment is intended to support the expansion of energy and data center infrastructure required
Mistral AI’s Open-Source Offensive: A European Challenger in the Global AI Arms Race
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Altman’s Code Red: OpenAI Swaps AGI Moonshot for a ChatGPT Popularity Push
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$40 Billion Hype or Breakthrough? Inside Figure AI’s Robot Gold Rush
Figure AI: The $40 Billion Robotics Revolution Figure AI: The $40 Billion Robotics Revolution Introduction: Robots at a Critical Crossroads Figure AI is a three-year-old robotics startup developing humanoid robots intended for industrial use, with longer-term ambitions that include deployment in consumer environments. The company is currently seeking to raise
Databricks Hits $4 Billion Revenue Run Rate, Scores $100 Billion Valuation in New $1 Billion Funding Round
Rocketing Revenue: Databricks' $4 Billion Run Rate Databricks reported that it has reached an annual revenue run rate exceeding $4 billion as of July. An annual revenue run rate reflects the company’s current revenue pace projected over a twelve-month period and does not represent a forward-looking forecast or
SpaceX Ignites Wall Street Bake-Off as It Preps for a Blockbuster IPO
SpaceX's Strategic Path to Public Markets: From Wall Street Competition to Market Leadership SpaceX has begun a competitive selection process among major Wall Street banks as it evaluates a potential initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter. The so-called bank “bake-off” is a standard preparatory
Tesla Investors Back Elon Musk’s Record $1 Trillion “Moonshot” Pay Deal
Tesla Shareholders Greenlight Elon Musk's Record-Breaking Pay Deal Tesla shareholders have approved a new long-term compensation package for Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk that could be worth up to $1 trillion in stock if all performance conditions are met. More than 75% of votes cast supported the proposal,
Humanoid Robots Move From Lab Experiments to Real Warehouse Jobs
Humanoid Robots in Real Warehouse Jobs Warehouse operators are beginning to test humanoid robots in live operational environments, marking a shift from laboratory experimentation toward limited commercial use. In Flowery Branch, Georgia, humanoid robots known as Digit, developed by Agility Robotics, are being deployed inside an active warehouse, where they
Anthropic–Databricks Forge $100 Million Alliance to Power Enterprise AI Agents
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Humanoid Robots: Big Hype, Narrow Uses—For Now
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Lambda Bags $1.5 Billion to Build Its Own AI Data Centers Amid GPU Cloud Arms Race
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OpenAI Chases $100 Billion Raise and $830 Billion Valuation Amid Cooling AI Hype
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Google and Meta Team Up to Challenge Nvidia’s AI Dominance with PyTorch‑Optimized TPUs
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Databricks Taps AI Boom With $134 Billion Valuation and $4 Billion Fundraise
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