Google Puts Its Largest European AI Bet on Finland
Ruth Porat chose a Helsinki stage for the number: at least 13 billion euros, or about 15.1 billion dollars, over the next two years. The chief investment officer of Google…
OpenAI’s Two-Front Push: Cheaper Models and Its Own Chip
Harrison Kim kept the numbers sparse. The head of OpenAI’s Korean operations told an audience in Seoul on Tuesday that the company is working more closely with Samsung Electronics on…
Nuclear Startup HGP in Talks to Go Public Through a SPAC at $1.2 Billion
The pitch is unlike anything the nuclear industry has marketed before: take reactors built for the Navy, retire them from military service, and put them to work powering the artificial…
Celero Raises $275 Million as the Wiring Between AI Chips Becomes Big Business
The pattern is by now familiar in artificial intelligence: a startup working on an unglamorous layer of the stack raises money from some of the most glamorous names in finance.…
Apple Quietly Bought a Neural-Sensing Chip Startup, and the Paper Trail Just Surfaced
The acquisition was never announced, and Apple declined to comment when asked. The details emerged instead from a European filing, the kind of administrative disclosure that corporate acquirers rarely court…
SK Hynix Shares Surge 8 Percent as Analysts Warn the Memory Shortage Is Worsening
The rally in Seoul on Tuesday had the feel of a market confirming what it already suspected. SK Hynix shares climbed about 8 percent, leading a broad advance in memory…
Palantir Picks Nebius as Its Preferred Partner for Sovereign AI Infrastructure
The phrase has become a fixture of government briefings and corporate slide decks, but it has been easier to invoke than to deliver. Sovereign AI, the idea that nations and…
Corning and Verizon Agree to a Multi-Billion-Dollar Fiber Deal for the AI Era
The order book for glass has been filling up with names from the computing industry. On Tuesday the buyer was a phone company. Corning said it has reached a multiyear…
Anthropic Walks Away From Decart Deal After Due Diligence
The courtship had the shape of a decisive move: an AI company with a war chest, a startup with technology that could cut the cost of running models, and a…
Qualcomm and Amazon Join Forces on Custom AI Chips, With Warrants Tied to a $60 Billion Prize
The two companies have circled each other for years, Amazon as a customer for Qualcomm’s wireless chips and Qualcomm as an outsider to the custom silicon business that Amazon’s cloud…
