Musk is asking chip suppliers to move at ‘light speed’ for his Terafab AI chip plant
Musk is asking chip suppliers to move at ‘light speed’ for his Terafab AI chip plant

According to Bloomberg, teams from SpaceX and Tesla have approached Applied Materials, Tokyo Electron, Lam Research, and Samsung for price quotes and delivery times on chipmaking equipment.  Teams working for Elon Musk have reached out to major chip in…

Cadence and Nvidia are bridging the simulation gap that’s slowing down robotics
Cadence and Nvidia are bridging the simulation gap that’s slowing down robotics

The two companies announced an expanded partnership at a Cadence conference in Santa Clara on Wednesday. The goal: make robot training data more accurate so physical AI systems reach real-world deployment faster. Cadence Design Systems and Nvidia have …

Quantum computing pioneer Chad Rigetti is back
Quantum computing pioneer Chad Rigetti is back

Sygaldry Technologies has raised $105M in a Series A led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures, following a $34M seed from Initialized Capital. Its quantum-classical hybrid servers target the $5.2T in AI infrastructure investment projected through 2030. Syga…

Amazon-backed nuclear startup X-energy files for an IPO that could raise up to $814M
Amazon-backed nuclear startup X-energy files for an IPO that could raise up to $814M

X-energy is targeting a share price of $16–$19, which at the high end values the IPO at around $814M. Amazon led a $500M round and has committed to buying up to 5GW of nuclear power from the company by 2039.  X-energy, an Amazon-backed nuclear reactor …

The Italian deeptech making graphene-based optical chips gets €211M
The Italian deeptech making graphene-based optical chips gets €211M

CamGraPhIC, a subsidiary of Milan-based 2D Photonics, has received European Commission approval for €211M in Italian state funding to industrialise its graphene photonic interconnect technology and build a pilot manufacturing line near Milan. CamGraPhI…

Accel raises $5 billion for AI as venture capital bets reach infrastructure scale
Accel raises $5 billion for AI as venture capital bets reach infrastructure scale

In short: Accel has raised $5 billion in new capital, comprising a $4 billion Leaders Fund V and a $650 million sidecar, targeting 20-25 late-stage AI investments at an average cheque size of $200 million. The raise follows standout returns from its An…

Anthropic attracts $800 billion valuation offers as revenue hits $30 billion annualised run rate
Anthropic attracts $800 billion valuation offers as revenue hits $30 billion annualised run rate

In short: Anthropic has received investor offers valuing the company at approximately $800 billion, more than doubling its $380 billion valuation from a $30 billion funding round closed just two months ago. The surge follows an unprecedented revenue tr…

Jane Street commits $6 billion to CoreWeave and takes a $1 billion equity stake
Jane Street commits $6 billion to CoreWeave and takes a $1 billion equity stake

In short: Jane Street has signed a $6 billion AI cloud agreement with CoreWeave and taken a $1 billion equity stake at $109 per share, making the quantitative trading firm one of CoreWeave’s five largest shareholders. The deal provides Jane Street with…

Accenture bets on General Robotics to unify factory AI across robot brands
Accenture bets on General Robotics to unify factory AI across robot brands

In short: Accenture Ventures has invested in General Robotics, whose GRID platform provides a unified AI intelligence layer across 40+ robots from different manufacturers including FANUC, Flexiv, and Ghost Robotics. The deal extends Accenture’s physica…

Astroport and Vermeer want to bring heavy construction equipment to the Moon
Astroport and Vermeer want to bring heavy construction equipment to the Moon

Astroport Space Technologies and Vermeer Corporation have announced a collaboration to adapt industrial surface mining equipment for autonomous lunar construction, a partnership that both companies frame as delivering the heavy machinery, or “Lunar Iro…