Massive Capital Raise Targets AI and Defense Sectors Dallas‑based Disruptive, an investment firm whose portfolio already includes Palantir, Airbnb and Spotify, announced a $10 billion fund on Tuesday. The new pool will finance a minimum of ten mature startups, with individual…
Funding Round Details and Market Context OpenAI is close to closing a new mega‑round that could raise as much as $30 billion at a $1.25 trillion pre‑money valuation, according to sources who spoke to CNBC. The financing is expected to be led…
Deal Structure and Timeline SpaceX disclosed a binding commitment for roughly $40 billion in financing for AI chips and related data center equipment, describing it as the “largest committed GPU financing.” Under the agreement, an entity managed by Apollo Global Management…
Artificial intelligence computing infrastructure is now being financed using the equipment that makes it up. In debt transactions backed by GPUs, the lender provides capital to build the infrastructure and receives rights to the equipment and, as stipulated in the…
Model updates Moonshot AI has unveiled the Kimi K3.1 Pro, an upgraded version of the K3 model designed for programming, 3D creation, and financial research. The model is now available on the company’s hosted services, with the API offering lower…
In the third quarter of 2026, the three largest AI companies spent unprecedented amounts on lobbying in the United States, according to an analysis by The Verge based on federal filings. The data covers July, August, and September, totaling $5.8…
OpenAI is in advanced discussions about a funding round that could reach $30 billion, led by investors from the United Arab Emirates and investment firm Coatue. According to CNBC, the deal values the company at $1.25 trillion before the funds…
A startup combining AI and medical literature OpenEvidence uses artificial intelligence to research and synthesize medical knowledge, providing answers supported by expert references. Following a $250 million funding round in September, the company was valued at $15 billion. The platform…
Demis Hassabis, co-founder of Google DeepMind and winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, has revised his forecast for the arrival of artificial intelligence with human-like cognitive abilities from three to five years to just two to three years,…
Anthropic, the developer of AI assistant Claude, announced that its revenue for the first half of 2026 reached $16.3 billion, a significant increase from the $1.1 billion recorded in the same period the previous year, according to a draft prospectus…
