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Beijing‑based Moonshot AI raised roughly $2 billion in a financing round led by Meituan’s Long‑Z Investment, pushing its valuation to $20 billion. The round also included Tsinghua Capital, China Mobile and CPE Yuanfeng. Founded in 2023 by former Meta and Google Brain researcher Yang Zhilin, the lab’s open‑weight Kimi models have quickly become some of China’s most used large‑language models, driving annual recurring revenue past $200 million. The new capital arrives as global demand for Chinese open‑source AI surges, positioning Moonshot alongside rivals such as DeepSeek, Zhipu AI and MiniMax. Leggi di più

Amazon has deepened its partnership with Anthropic, pouring an extra $5 billion into the AI startup. The cash boost brings Amazon's total immediate stake to $13 billion and opens the door for Anthropic to secure up to 5 gigawatts of Amazon‑built AI chips by 2026. The infusion arrives as Anthropic grapples with soaring demand for its Claude models, which has strained its cloud infrastructure and caused occasional outages. The deal also includes a potential $20 billion follow‑on investment if the collaboration meets certain commercial milestones. Leggi di più

Venture capital firm Accel announced a $5 billion fundraise, combining a $4 billion Leaders Fund V and a $650 million sidecar vehicle aimed at late‑stage artificial‑intelligence startups. The capital will fund roughly 20 to 25 deals, with average checks of $200 million. Accel’s raise follows outsized returns on its Anthropic and Cursor investments and arrives as Q1 2026 sees a record $297 billion flow into global startups. The new fund positions Accel to compete with mega‑funds for the biggest AI bets. Leggi di più

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps released a video on April 3 warning it would target OpenAI’s planned Abu Dhabi data center if the United States proceeds with threats to strike Iranian power plants. The clip, posted to a state‑backed Iranian news outlet’s X account, threatened “complete and utter annihilation” of U.S.-linked energy and technology firms in the region and displayed satellite imagery of the $30 billion Stargate facility. OpenAI has not commented, and the warning comes as President Donald Trump escalated rhetoric against Tehran. Leggi di più

Meta has entered a five‑year AI infrastructure agreement with Dutch neocloud operator Nebius Group valued at up to $27 billion. The deal expands an existing partnership and will see Nebius deliver $12 billion of dedicated compute capacity built around Nvidia’s next‑generation Vera Rubin chips, with Meta eligible to purchase an additional $15 billion of capacity from future Nebius clusters. The agreement follows Nvidia’s $2 billion strategic investment in Nebius and represents a major step for both companies as Meta pursues aggressive AI spending and Nebius cements its role as a specialist AI‑native cloud provider. Leggi di più

India is hosting a four‑day AI Impact Summit that brings together executives from leading AI labs and Big Tech, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Nvidia, Microsoft, Google, and Cloudflare, along with heads of state. The event, expected to attract 250,000 visitors, features speeches by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron. India has earmarked $1.1 billion for a state‑backed venture capital fund targeting AI and advanced manufacturing startups. Major deals were announced, such as Blackstone’s majority stake in Indian AI startup Neysa and a $15 million Series A for Bengaluru‑based C2i. Partnerships between global firms and Indian companies aim to deploy AI models across sectors, while the government seeks $200 billion in AI infrastructure investment over the next two years. Leggi di più

Sequoia Capital is set to invest in Anthropic, the AI startup behind the Claude language models, as part of a multi‑billion‑dollar raise led by GIC and Coatue. The deal, valued at over $350 billion, signals a shift in venture‑capital strategy, with Sequoia backing competing AI firms simultaneously. Analysts view the round as a benchmark for private AI valuations and a catalyst for increased global capital flow into the sector, while European stakeholders watch for implications on regional AI ecosystems. Leggi di più

Anthropic is set to secure a fresh $10 billion financing round that would lift its valuation to $350 billion, according to sources. The round is being led by Coatue Management and Singapore’s sovereign‑wealth fund GIC and is distinct from a separate $15 billion commitment from Nvidia and Microsoft. The new capital arrives as Anthropic rolls out Claude Code, a tool for automated coding, and eyes a potential initial public offering later this year, while rival OpenAI pursues its own massive fundraising effort. Leggi di più

Tech giants including OpenAI, Microsoft, Nvidia, Oracle, and Meta are pouring billions of dollars into new AI‑focused data centers. Partnerships such as the Stargate project promise up to $500 billion in future spending, while Microsoft alone targets $80 billion for AI‑enabled facilities. The rapid build‑out is driving unprecedented demand for power, water, and infrastructure, raising alarms about energy consumption, water use, and rising traffic incidents near construction sites. Executives like AMD’s Lisa Su dismiss worries, arguing demand far outweighs any potential oversupply. Leggi di più

Clem Delangue, chief executive of Hugging Face, cautioned that the market for large‑language models (LLMs) is in a bubble that could burst as early as next year. While acknowledging the excitement around LLMs, he emphasized that they represent only a fraction of artificial intelligence, noting growing potential in fields such as biology, chemistry, image, audio, and video processing. Delangue criticized the current concentration of capital and attention on a single, generalized model, arguing that the industry’s focus should broaden to capture the full spectrum of AI capabilities. Leggi di più