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Meta builds AI data centers in tents, cuts construction time in half
Meta builds AI data centers in tents, cuts construction time in half Meta has constructed six weatherproof tents — internally called “rapid deployment structures” — outside New Albany, Ohio, to house...
Anthropic files IPO ahead of OpenAI, valued near $1 trillion
Anthropic files IPO ahead of OpenAI, valued near $1 trillion Anthropic has filed for an initial public offering with a valuation approaching $1 trillion, leapfrogging OpenAI in the race to go public....
Anthropic has quietly submitted a confidential draft S-1 registration statement to the U.S. Securiti...
Anthropic has quietly submitted a confidential draft S-1 registration statement to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, initiating its IPO process. The filing, dated June 1, leaves the number...
Defense Tech Startup Funding Hits All-Time Record as AI Companies Drive Surge
Defense Tech Startup Funding Hits All-Time Record as AI Companies Drive Surge Venture investment in defense tech has reached an all-time high, with over $14.6 billion flowing into companies in Crunchb...
Anthropic Confidentially Files for IPO, Eyes Public Listing Ahead of OpenAI
Anthropic Confidentially Files for IPO, Eyes Public Listing Ahead of OpenAI Anthropic, the developer of the Claude chatbot family, has confidentially submitted draft registration documents to the U.S....
SAP is acquiring Prior Labs, an eighteen-month-old Freiburg AI startup specializing in Tabular Found...
SAP is acquiring Prior Labs, an eighteen-month-old Freiburg AI startup specializing in Tabular Foundation Models — AI systems designed for structured, tabular enterprise data. SAP is committing over o...
Silicon Valley startup Empora AI, led by former Adobe senior director Hyunjun Jeong, built a 500,000...
Silicon Valley startup Empora AI, led by former Adobe senior director Hyunjun Jeong, built a 500,000-line system with just two people in 2.5 months using AI-native development tools. The company, whic...
Dell Technologies beats expectations on AI server boom, stock surges most since 2018.
Dell Technologies beats expectations on AI server boom, stock surges most since 2018. Dell Technologies (델) reported fiscal Q1 2026 revenue of $43.8 billion, up 88% year-over-year, with AI server reve...
OpenAI hires ServiceNow CMO Colin Fleming as new chief marketing officer
OpenAI hires ServiceNow CMO Colin Fleming as new chief marketing officer Colin Fleming, the chief marketing officer of ServiceNow, has announced he is leaving the enterprise software company to join O...
China restricts overseas travel for top AI talent at Alibaba, DeepSeek, escalating tech retention efforts
China restricts overseas travel for top AI talent at Alibaba, DeepSeek, escalating tech retention efforts China has begun requiring top AI professionals at private firms — including Alibaba Group and...
Imperagen appoints Guy Levy-Yurista as CEO after £5M seed round for AI enzyme engineering.
Imperagen appoints Guy Levy-Yurista as CEO after £5M seed round for AI enzyme engineering. Manchester-based techbio company Imperagen has appointed Guy Levy-Yurista as CEO following a £5 million (~$6....
AI Data Partners appoints former METI official Kishi Hiroyuki as auditor for Japan AI data center JV
AI Data Partners appoints former METI official Kishi Hiroyuki as auditor for Japan AI data center JV AI Data Partners, a newly formed joint venture focused on AI-optimized data centers in Japan, annou...
Zoom Communications has recorded approximately $1 billion in unrealized gains from its early-2023 st...
Zoom Communications has recorded approximately $1 billion in unrealized gains from its early-2023 strategic investment in AI startup Anthropic, according to a regulatory filing cited by Bloomberg. Zoo...
IAN Group has invested approximately ₹625 crore (~$75 million) in 50 deep-tech startups over the pas...
IAN Group has invested approximately ₹625 crore (~$75 million) in 50 deep-tech startups over the past two decades, with an increasing emphasis on AI-led ventures and sovereign capabilities, according...
EVERY CEO Dan Shipper argues AI automation paradox will create more human work, not less
EVERY CEO Dan Shipper argues AI automation paradox will create more human work, not less Dan Shipper, CEO and founder of EVERY, shared predictions on the AI paradox in a recent Lenny's Podcast appeara...
Turiya Softech Listed as AI and 3D Scanning Provider on Inc42 DataLabs
Turiya Softech Listed as AI and 3D Scanning Provider on Inc42 DataLabs Turiya Softech, a bootstrapped Indian technology company founded in 2018, has been listed on Inc42 DataLabs as an AI company offe...
Yatri founders featured amid India startup funding rebound
Yatri founders featured amid India startup funding rebound Yatri, the official real-time train tracking app for Mumbai's local rail network built in partnership with Indian Railways, was featured in a...
Korean academic society holds workshop on trustworthy AI and agentic AI security.
Korean academic society holds workshop on trustworthy AI and agentic AI security. The Korean Institute of Information and Communication Engineering (KIICE) and the AX Trust Research Workshop held the...
Microsoft's AI cost problem is putting Copilot math under pressure
Microsoft's AI cost problem is putting Copilot math under pressure A rising number of enterprises are scrutinizing Microsoft 365 Copilot's actual costs against promised productivity gains, as internal...
BluWave-ai VP Finance Muhammad Zaheed Named to Ottawa Forty Under 40
BluWave-ai VP Finance Muhammad Zaheed Named to Ottawa Forty Under 40 BluWave-ai, an Ottawa-based AI platform for renewable energy optimization, announced that its Vice President of Finance, Muhammad Z...