OpenAI's $500B Pike County data center to create 35,000 jobs, 8GW power demand
OpenAI partners with SB Energy, Nvidia, and the U.S. Department of Energy for a $500B data center campus, creating 35,000 jobs and demanding 8GW of power.
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Nvidia-backed OpenAI round drives $250B in semiconductor startup investments this year
Semiconductor giants have poured over $250B into startups in 2026, with Nvidia leading the charge and backing OpenAI's $122B round.
Nvidia's $3B SB Energy investment ties to OpenAI's Ohio data center plans
Nvidia reportedly in talks to invest $3B in SB Energy for OpenAI's Ohio data center project, per The Information.
Nvidia's OpenAI backstop slashed to $120B amid investor concerns
Nvidia reduces its financial guarantee for OpenAI's Ohio data center project from $250B to $120B following market reaction.
Nvidia's Nemotron 4: 1 trillion parameters to fuel GPU demand
Nvidia is developing Nemotron 4, a 1 trillion parameter open AI model, to boost GPU demand among startups and enterprises.
Nvidia secures $500B AI financing consortium with Wall Street giants
Nvidia partners with Apollo, BlackRock, and others for a $500B AI infrastructure funding package, reshaping the AI financing landscape.
River AI secures $1.1B in funding to rethink AI architecture
River AI, founded by Igor Babuschkin, raises $1.1B in seed and Series A funding to rebuild AI technology from the ground up.
Olix, the AI chip startup, hits $3.3B valuation with James Dacombe as Britain's youngest billionaire
Olix, an AI chip startup, raises $312M, tripling its valuation to $3.3B and making 25-year-old founder James Dacombe a billionaire.
OpenAI and Nvidia billionaires pledge billions in non-binding AI philanthropy
OpenAI and Nvidia executives commit billions to philanthropy, but voluntary pledges lack enforcement mechanisms.
Firmus hits $15B valuation after $2.85B round for AI infrastructure
Firmus, an Australian AI data centre startup, raises $2.85B in 12 months, now valued at $15B.
Anthropic builds in-house chip team to meet Claude's skyrocketing demand
Anthropic is designing custom silicon for its Claude AI models, joining OpenAI, Meta, and others in the AI chip race.
Anthropic secures $10B, 6-year cloud deal with Volta for Claude's AI compute
Anthropic has signed a $10B deal with Volta for 6 years of AI compute, powered by Nvidia's Vera Rubin systems in Norway.
Nvidia backs Sarvam AI with $75M investment, its first in India
Nvidia invests $75M in Sarvam AI, its first Indian startup bet, as part of a $300M funding round.
Mistral's Shieldstral: a 3B model that outpaces 7x larger rivals in multimodal safety
Mistral releases Shieldstral, a 3B multimodal safety classifier that outperforms models up to 7x its size, now open-source under Apache 2.0.
OpenAI secures $250B Nvidia-backed data center deal, slashes GPT-5.6 model prices
OpenAI partners with Nvidia on a $250B data center build, unveils full-stack AI strategy, and reduces GPT-5.6 model prices
CuspAI's $2.6B valuation with Bezos, Nvidia, and Meta eyes AI-designed chip materials
CuspAI, backed by Jeff Bezos, Nvidia, and Meta, raises $450M to develop AI-designed chip materials, addressing critical supply bottlenecks.
ZML's LLMD software targets $13B Baseten with multi-chip AI inference
ZML releases LLMD, a free software to optimize AI inference across chips from Nvidia, AMD, Google, and more, competing with Baseten.
OpenAI ex-researcher warns of 50% valuation drop, starts RL dataset firm with $700k equity locked
Andrew Ho, ex-OpenAI researcher, warns of potential 50% valuation drop, starts RL dataset firm with $700k equity locked until IPO
Sam Altman and Jensen Huang lobby as Trump's 60-day AI framework deadline looms
OpenAI's Sam Altman and Nvidia's Jensen Huang meet with lawmakers ahead of a key AI regulation deadline set by Trump's executive order.
Situational Awareness sells $20B portfolio after margin calls, signaling AI funding risks
Leopold Aschenbrenner's hedge fund sells public holdings to Citadel, highlighting AI industry's reliance on debt and leverage.
Anthropic and Nvidia oppose open-weight AI model bans, urge targeted regulations
Anthropic and Nvidia advocate for focused AI regulations, opposing blanket bans on open-weight models like Meta's Llama.
Nvidia's $5B bet on Ilya Sutskever's SSI won't move the needle on chip stock slump
Nvidia invests $5B in Safe Superintelligence (SSI), founded by OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever, but shares fall amid chip sector selloff.
Nvidia's RTX Spark superchip brings 1 petaflop AI to Windows laptops this fall
Nvidia's RTX Spark superchip, with 128GB memory and 1 petaflop AI compute, launches in Windows laptops from Asus, Dell, HP, and Lenovo this fall.
Generalist AI secures $400M Series B to advance robotics with AI
Generalist AI raises $400M Series B to develop AI-powered robotics for real-world tasks, backed by NVIDIA and Union Square Ventures.
Nvidia and Microsoft form Open Secure AI Alliance, excluding OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic
Nvidia and Microsoft launch the Open Secure AI Alliance with 15 other tech companies to develop open-source AI security tools, excluding major players like O...
Nvidia's $600B OpenAI financing talks could reshape AI infrastructure funding
Nvidia reportedly in talks to finance $600B for OpenAI's AI infrastructure, potentially reshaping the AI ecosystem.
Nvidia to back $250B OpenAI data center in Ohio, per WSJ
Nvidia is in talks to provide $250B in financing for OpenAI's massive Ohio data center project, reports WSJ.
Nvidia's Jensen Huang debuts on X with open-letter backing open-weight AI, as Vera Rubin chip production begins
Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang joins X, advocating for open-weight AI models, while confirming Vera Rubin chip production has started.
AMD secures $5B Anthropic deal to power Claude AI models with Helios platform
AMD partners with Anthropic to deploy 2GW of MI450 AI accelerators, investing $5B to power Claude models and challenge Nvidia.
NVIDIA's Jensen Huang predicts OpenAI and Anthropic could top IPO records
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang says OpenAI and Anthropic could set new IPO success benchmarks, highlighting their market potential.
Nvidia's Open Weights letter gains 25 new signatories, including OpenAI, Google, and AMD
Nvidia's Open Weights letter gains 25 new signatories, including OpenAI, Google, and AMD, doubling its support to 50 in a day.
Nvidia's Jensen Huang champions DeepSeek and Kimi K3 in open-source AI push
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang advocates for open-source AI models, highlighting DeepSeek and Kimi K3 in his first X post.
Etched's $300M Series C values AI chip startup at $10.3B, challenging Nvidia
Etched raises $300M in Series C, valuing the AI chip startup at $10.3B to challenge Nvidia's dominance.
Infinity raises $15M at $100M valuation to challenge Nvidia's CUDA dominance
Infinity, an AI infrastructure startup, raises $15M to build CUDA-alternative software for AI chips, backed by Touring Capital and researchers from OpenAI an...
Fireworks AI secures $1.5B in funding, totaling $1.8B
Fireworks AI, an AI platform for open-source models, raises $1.5B, bringing its total equity funding to $1.8B.
NVIDIA SIGNALS lands in Egypt, linking 100+ local AI startups to its global Inception program
NVIDIA SIGNALS debuts in Egypt, connecting local AI startups with NVIDIA's global ecosystem and investors.
Nvidia, Microsoft, and OpenAI lead as global AI spending hits $2.5 trillion in 2026
Nvidia, Microsoft, and OpenAI are among the key players as global AI spending surpasses $2.5 trillion in 2026, reshaping markets worldwide.
Valar Atomics seeks $1B at $6B valuation for AI-powered nuclear reactors
Valar Atomics, backed by Sequoia, aims to raise $1B at a $6B valuation for its AI-powered nuclear reactors.
Samsung to manufacture custom AI chips for Anthropic, per report
Samsung Electronics' foundry division will reportedly produce custom AI chips for Anthropic, diversifying its silicon suppliers.
NVIDIA's Nemotron-Labs-Diffusion achieves 4x throughput in self-speculation mode on GB200 GPUs
NVIDIA's new tri-mode model, Nemotron-Labs-Diffusion, eliminates the need for a separate draft model in speculative decoding, boosting throughput.
ZML's LLMD unlocks LLM inference across 5 chip vendors
ZML launches LLMD, a free inference server accelerating LLMs on Nvidia, AMD, Google TPU, Apple Metal, and Intel Arc chips.