Agent add-ons go unsigned: AIR raises $50M
A software supply chain is forming around the skills, plug-ins and MCP servers AI agents use. AIR has come out of stealth to police it.
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Nvidia is not content selling chips: now it is buying the power connection
The chipmaker has taken a stake in Cloverleaf Infrastructure, which brokers between utilities and data centers.
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$250 million for a data center in orbit — but the bottleneck is rockets
Starcloud is now valued at $2.3 billion. Its CEO says the hardest constraint ahead is not chips but booking launch capacity.
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Pathway bets on life after the Transformer at a $500M valuation
AI research company Pathway, which develops models based on what it calls a Post-Transformer BDH architecture, has closed a $30 million seed round at a $500 million valuation.
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Nvidia moves up the stack: a stake in the builder, not just the chips
The Information reports that Nvidia is in talks to invest up to $3 billion in SB Energy, the SoftBank-backed data centre developer behind OpenAI's vast Ohio campus, which is aiming for an IPO.
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Model evaluation has become an industry: Vals raises $40M at a $400M valuation
Vals, which builds evaluations and benchmarks testing AI models on real-world tasks, has closed a $40 million Series A led by a16z at a $400 million valuation.
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Dual valuations in AI rounds: different prices in the same deal
According to Newcomer, dual-valuation deals have become pervasive in the AI funding cycle, with prestige firms monetising their brand names by getting better prices in the same round.
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Cognition moves from a $26B to a $40B valuation in months
AI coding startup Cognition is reportedly in talks for a new round at a $40 billion valuation, only months after its previous raise.
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Databricks raises $5 billion at a $190 billion valuation
Data intelligence company Databricks has raised $5 billion in a round led by Coatue. Its valuation climbed from $188 billion to $190 billion within a few weeks.
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Point2 Technology Raises $136M for RF Data Center Links
Point2 Technology, which develops RF-based data center connectivity technology, raised $136 million in a Series B round led by LB Investment, Arm, and Maverick Silicon.
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