Saudi-backed AI startup Humain invested $3B in xAI, becoming a “significant minority shareholder” in a deal that completed just before SpaceX's xAI acquisition
Saudi-backed artificial intelligence company Humain has invested $3 billion into Elon Musk's AI startup xAI, according to a statement on Wednesday.
Source: Blue Owl's Digital Infrastructure funds invested ~$3B in a New Mexico-based Stargate data center, set to consume 4.5GW, as Blue Owl ramps up its AI bet
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Source: Google is in early talks to deepen its strategic investment in Anthropic, which could value the AI startup at $350B+; Google has already invested $3B+
- The talks come as Anthropic and its main rival, OpenAI, are in a multitrillion-dollar race to dominate AI.
Blackstone partners with Humain to invest about $3B in building and operating data centers and AI infrastructure across Saudi Arabia, set to open in 2026
Private equity giant Blackstone Inc. is partnering with Saudi Arabia's new artificial intelligence company, Humain …
Sources: Amazon is weighing another multibillion-dollar investment in Anthropic, as it seeks to position itself ahead of Google, which has also invested $3B+
The tech groups are increasingly tied to each other and act as a bulwark to Microsoft-OpenAI partnership
Source: OpenAI is in talks to acquire Windsurf, an AI coding tool formerly known as Codeium, for ~$3B; Windsurf was valued at $1.25B in a 2024 funding deal
they are the black hole of Startups People still don't get it Evil institution Deedy / @deedydas : @EMostaque Perhaps the time (say even 6mos) it takes to build and grow a Windsurf like product and GT...
SoftBank commits $3B annually for itself and its subsidiaries to use OpenAI's tech, and launches SB OpenAI Japan to market OpenAI's enterprise tech in Japan
Welcome to Cautious Optimism, a newsletter on tech, business, and power. SoftBank Group Corp. : OpenAI and SoftBank Group Partner to Develop and Market Advanced Enterprise AI The Asahi Shimbun : SoftB...
Satya Nadella says Microsoft will invest ~$3B to expand Azure cloud and AI capacity in India and train 10M people in AI by 2030, after upskilling 2.4M in 2024
Microsoft (MSFT.O) will invest about $3 billion to expand capacity for artificial intelligence and its Azure cloud-computing services in India …
Sources: a planned $3B chip plant in India by ISMC, a consortium that included chipmaker Tower, has stalled due to the company's pending takeover by Intel
A planned $3 billion semiconductor facility in India by chip consortium ISMC that counted Israeli chipmaker Tower as a tech partner … Tweets: @dnystedt , @adityakalra , @reuters , and @adityakalra Twe...
Profile of Chinese AI company SenseTime, which has raised $3B+, as it prepares for a Hong Kong IPO and tries to retain support from China, its biggest customer
Financial Times : Tweets: @primroseriordan , @chinabeigebook , @financialtimes , and @primroseriordan Tweets: Primrose Riordan / @primroseriordan : SenseTime is one of China's brightest hopes for its...