Stability AI Raises $76 Million In Series B Funding
Stability AI raised $76 million in new funding from music and gaming companies, bringing its total funding to $232 million.
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Generalist Robotics Startup Hits $3 Billion Valuation After New Funding
Robotics startup Generalist is now valued at $3 billion after a $200 million funding extension led by 8VC, bringing its total round to $600 million.
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Indian Voice AI Startup Ringg Secures New Series A Funding
Indian voice AI startup Ringg raised $10 million from Peak XV Partners, expanding into complex enterprise tasks beyond simple phone calls.
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Amazon Confirms Mechanical Turk Shutdown Date
Amazon will shut down its 21-year-old Mechanical Turk platform on September 30, 2026, as workers move to newer AI data platforms.
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Nvidia Backs AI Customers With $230 Billion in Financing Deals
Nvidia is taking on roughly $230 billion in financing backstops to support AI customers, raising questions ahead of its earnings report.
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Bitcoin Miners Pivot To AI Deals As Mining Rewards Fall
Bitcoin mining firms are shifting computing power toward AI deals with companies like Anthropic as mining rewards decline.
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Nvidia Signs $6 Billion Deal With AI Startup Poolside
Nvidia struck a $6 billion deal with Poolside to build an open-weight AI model competing with Chinese systems and hire over 100 staff.
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OpenAI Launches AI Futures Blog To Study Power Shifts
OpenAI launched a new blog and team, called AI Futures and Strategic Futures, to study how advanced AI could reshape power in society.
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Ryanair Signs Five-Year Deal With Google Cloud for AI Tools
Ryanair signed a five-year Google Cloud deal to add AI and workplace tools for 35,000 staff ahead of 2034 growth plans.
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Google Pays $10 Million for Spirit Airlines Data in Bankruptcy Auction
Google bought Spirit Airlines' data for $10 million as AI firms increasingly pay companies for corporate records instead of scraping the web.
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Big Tech's AI Spending Hides $3 Trillion Off the Books
Nine tech giants hide roughly $3 trillion in AI spending commitments off their balance sheets, far exceeding reported capital expenditures.
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Stripe to Acquire AI Startup OpenRouter for Over $7 Billion
Stripe agreed to buy AI startup OpenRouter for over $7 billion, months after the company was valued at $1.3 billion.
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