Nvidia considers backing construction debt for Nscale AI data center
When investors get nervous about AI spending, it helps to have the chipmaker that sells the chips offer to cosign the loan.
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Closeness to Nvidia CEO Drew Intelligence Scrutiny Amid Export Probes
A top executive of a Singapore AI cloud company that was accused of illegally selling Nvidia chips to China could also have been a Chinese spy, sources have told the New York Times.
Apple skips a generation to bring the M6 chip to iMac and MacBook Pro
Additionally, the N1 chip brings Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6.
General Compute secures 100 million dollars to back alternative AI chips
General Compute is betting on inference chips from outside the Nvidia ecosystem.
Nvidia backs Indian startup helping companies run AI models with fewer GPUs
Simplismart says its annualized revenue run rate has grown 14-fold in six months, with the U.S. accounting for more than half its revenue.
Intel gets waiver after worries fuzzy US ban on foreign-made robots may hit fabs
Company says foreign-made robotic vehicles are crucial to US chip production.
Commonwealth Fusion Systems Secures $85 Million From U.S. Government to Develop Fusion-Ready Semiconductors
Top-funded fusion startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems received an $85 million award from the federal government to advance conductors for fusion power plants.
Fusion startup Helion is developing new semiconductors that could double output of its power plants
Helion now has another $225 million to help speed development of its first fusion power plant, due to provide Microsoft with electricity in 2028.
Google has joined Amazon in attacking Nvidia’s stronghold with AI app developers
Google has joined Amazon in releasing a developer tool that makes it easy for PyTorch users to move their apps off Nvidia GPUs.
Chip startup Tenstorrent secures $1.5 billion in funding to reach a $6.2 billion valuation.
After drawing acquisition interest earlier this year, the Nvidia challenger raised $1.5 billion to remain independent.
SK Hynix Seeks U.S. Approval to Export Chip Equipment to China in Exchange for New Factory
SK Hynix’s Solidigm is reportedly seeking US approval to send more chipmaking equipment to China as it weighs building a new NAND chip factory in America.
Ricursive Intelligence Founders Anna Goldie and Azalia Mirhoseini Use AI to Accelerate Chip Design
The founders detailed how their startup is developing AI that can design chips, learn from each iteration, and improve subsequent designs, all with the goal of automating and accelerating the chip design process.
Microsoft releases new Nvidia-chip AI PCs with revamped Windows 11
Microsoft revealed the specs and price for its Surface Laptop Ultra, AI PCs that run on Nvidia chips that are designed to run AI models and agents.
IndyCar Champion Álex Palou and Chip Ganassi Racing Utilized OpenAI to Optimize Car Setups
More than just a sponsor: OpenAI has been helping Ganassi with setups.
Lola Vision Systems is trying to make it easier to run AI models on chips
Lola Vision Systems is one of TechCrunch's Battlefield 200 Companies
US arrests tech CEO accused of smuggling $300M in Nvidia chips into China
Nvidia’s chip-smuggling problem won’t go away as arrests continue.
Experts worry about Nvidia's AI chip sales in China and influence over Trump
China is reportedly mulling letting ByteDance, Alibaba buy banned Nvidia chips.
Physical AI chip developer SiMa.ai hits $1.45B valuation
The edge computing startup raised a $150 million Series C led by Fidelity and Amplify.
Anthropic to pay Akamai $11.6 billion over seven years in cloud deal
nthropic has committed $11.6 billion over seven years to Akamai's cloud infrastructure, a bet on CPUs that could grow to about $20 billion, and in an unusual arrangement, Akamai is giving Anthropic a potential stake of up to 5% of its stock that grows as Anthropic spends more.