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Google · SpaceX

Google will pay SpaceX $920 million a month for compute

A SpaceX filing shows Google renting about 110,000 NVIDIA GPUs from October 2026 through June 2029.

Osamah Ismail · Jun 5, 2026
Google · Chips

Google launches two new AI chips to compete with Nvidia

The eighth-generation TPU splits into TPU 8t for training and TPU 8i for inference, with up to 3x faster training.

Osamah Ismail · Apr 22, 2026
OpenAI · Funding

OpenAI raises $122 billion at an $852 billion valuation

The largest funding round in tech history. OpenAI says it now makes about $2 billion in revenue a month.

Osamah Ismail · Mar 31, 2026
Nvidia · Gaming

Nvidia unveils DLSS 5: generative AI makes games more photorealistic

At GTC, Jensen Huang showed DLSS 5, which uses AI to predict parts of the image so games look better with less compute.

Osamah Ismail · Mar 16, 2026
AMI Labs · AI

Yann LeCun's AMI Labs raises $1.03 billion for world models

The Paris-based startup is valued at $3.5 billion pre-money, with Nvidia, Samsung and Toyota among its backers.

Osamah Ismail · Mar 9, 2026
OpenAI · ChatGPT

ChatGPT reaches 900 million weekly users

OpenAI says ChatGPT has 900 million weekly users and 50 million paying subscribers, and it has raised $110 billion in new funding.

Osamah Ismail · Feb 27, 2026
Wayve · Self-driving

Wayve raises $1.2B from Nvidia, Uber and three automakers

The British self-driving startup is now valued at $8.6 billion, with Mercedes, Nissan and Stellantis among its backers.

Osamah Ismail · Feb 24, 2026
Anthropic · AI

Anthropic: three Chinese labs used 24,000 fake accounts to learn from Claude

Anthropic says DeepSeek, Moonshot and MiniMax generated more than 16 million exchanges with Claude to train their own models.

Osamah Ismail · Feb 23, 2026
Ricursive · Chips & AI

Ricursive Intelligence raised $335M in four months

A startup that uses AI to design chips is now valued at $4 billion. Its founders created Google's AlphaChip.

Osamah Ismail · Feb 16, 2026
Anthropic · Investment Report

Sequoia to invest in Anthropic as valuation reaches $350 billion

According to the Financial Times, Anthropic is looking to raise $25 billion or more. Sequoia, already an investor in OpenAI and xAI, is set to take part.

Osamah Ismail · Jan 18, 2026
Chips · Taiwan

Taiwan to invest $250 billion in US chip manufacturing

Under a new deal, Taiwanese companies will invest $250 billion directly in the US. Only 10% of semiconductors are made in the US today.

Osamah Ismail · Jan 15, 2026
Nvidia · Chips

US imposes 25% tariff on Nvidia H200 chips headed to China

Trump signed a proclamation taxing advanced AI chips that pass through the US on their way abroad. AMD's MI325X is also covered.

Osamah Ismail · Jan 15, 2026
xAI · Startups

Elon Musk's xAI raises $20 billion

The Grok maker claims 600 million users. The money goes to data centres and new Grok models, as several countries investigate Grok.

Osamah Ismail · Jan 6, 2026
Nvidia · CES 2026

Nvidia launches Vera Rubin: up to 5x faster than Blackwell for AI

Jensen Huang told CES 2026 that Vera Rubin is in full production, with OpenAI, Anthropic and AWS among its users.

Osamah Ismail · Jan 5, 2026