AI Startup You.com Appoints New CTO After Co-Founder Joins Anthropic
You.com is increasingly going after business customers, putting it into more direct competition with OpenAI, and now it's switching CTOs.
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Nvidia Restarting Manufacturing for H200 China Sales, CEO Says
Nvidia’s ability to sell H200 chips to China has been up in the air since December, due to restrictions imposed by both the U.S. and Chinese governments.
Nvidia CEO: Investment Risk in Neoclouds is ‘Extremely Low’
Questions about Nvidia's circular transactions have been mounting as its increases funding for companies that buy its chips.
Microsoft Overhauls AI Leadership, Nadella to Take More Direct Oversight of Copilot
Executives overseeing both consumer- and business-focused versions of Copilot will now form a “Copilot leadership team” reporting to Nadella.
Mastercard to Buy Stablecoin Startup BVNK for Up to $1.8 Billion
The deal represents Mastercard’s biggest move into stablecoins.
Alibaba Consolidates AI Businesses Under New Division Led by CEO
The Chinese tech giant’s reorganization follows the recent departure of a key researcher who led its AI model development.
As Anthropic Surges, OpenAI Exec Tells Staff to Focus on Business Customers
The comments resembled a 'code red.'
Nvidia Unveils NemoClaw Agent Software
NemoClaw is one of a growing number of OpenClaw-like agents aimed at business customers.
Intuit Leaders Cancel Stock Sales
Intuit shares have picked up 15% since the firm last month reported financial results.
Nscale to Buy Developer of Massive West Virginia AI Data Center Campus
Nscale also signed a deal to rent out Nvidia servers to Microsoft.
Nvidia CEO Projects $1 Trillion in Chip Revenue Through 2027
Huang was updating a projection from last year when he said that Nvidia expected $500 billion in revenue from sales of its latest AI chips, the Blackwell and Rubin, between 2025 and 2026.
Nvidia Unveils Groq-Based Chip System to Speed Up AI Tasks Like Coding
It’s a tacit admission that Nvidia graphics processing units may not always be the best option for certain AI workloads.
OpenAI In Talks With Private Equity Firms to Form Joint Venture
OpenAI and Anthropic are increasingly courting PE firms because of those firms’ influence in businesses, whom the AI makers are trying to turn into customers.
Meta to Spend $27 Billion on Nebius AI Data Centers
The deal underscores Meta’s appetite for greater compute capacity to support the development of its AI services.
China’s Second-Largest Chipmaker Develops Technology to Produce AI Chips
Hua Hong Group’s breakthrough shows U.S. export controls haven’t stopped China from making progress in advanced chip manufacturing.
Nvidia Cloud Ally In Talks to Buy a Major U.S. AI Data Center Site
The move would make Nscale a substantial U.S. AI data center firm almost overnight.
Meta May Lay Off 20% of Staff, Report Says
Talks of the cuts come as the company forecasts a jump in capital expenditures.
TikTok Joint Venture Investors to Pay Trump Administration $10 Billion
The total fee would be much larger than what investment bankers typically receive for a deal of this size.
Elon Musk’s xAI Hires Senior Thinking Machines Lab Staffer
Devendra Chaplot, a founding member of Thinking Machines Lab and a former member of the founding team at Mistral, is joining xAI to work on training its Grok models.
Kleiner Perkins, Andreessen Horowitz to Lead Investment in $1 Billion Neolab
Mirendil, a new AI startup started by ex-Anthropic researchers, is in talks to raise $175 million at a $1 billion valuation.
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