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CoreWeave to build first India data centers with 240MW from AdaniConneX

CoreWeave said it will open its first India data centers, taking 240 megawatts at an AdaniConneX campus in Navi Mumbai and becoming the sole tenant across three 80-megawatt buildings, with an option for another 240 megawatts. The first phase is expected online in mid-2028, running Nvidia's Vera Rubin platform for training, inference, reasoning and AI agents, with direct liquid cooling for the GPU halls and a chilled-water system that does not rely on evaporation. Bloomberg reported the investment will total multiple billions of dollars over the project's life, though CoreWeave did not give a figure; this is its second Asia market after Indonesia, and the company will also open an India office and hire locally.

BBloomberg Technology·4h

0216

Kling AI Reportedly Prepares Hong Kong IPO, Testing Kuaishou’s Valuation

Kling AI has reportedly selected CICC, Goldman Sachs and UBS to prepare a Hong Kong IPO that could raise at least $1 billion, with a target as early as 2027; the timing and size may change. The analysis argues that a separate listing could give AI-video investors a direct investment option while forcing Kuaishou Technology to justify the value of its advertising, e-commerce and livestreaming businesses, as well as its capital allocation.

336氪人工智能·8h

0318

Stuut raises $52.5M Series B for AI order-to-cash

Stuut, an AI platform that automates enterprise order-to-cash, raised a $52.5 million Series B led by Insight Partners with participation from Andreessen Horowitz and Microsoft's M12, bringing total funding to $93 million. The company says it has 150+ customers, including Honeywell, ZoomInfo and PerkinElmer, and that more than $3 billion has moved through the platform. Stuut claims its AI agents handle collections, cash application, payments, disputes and deductions, and that customers free up as much as 40% more cash flow with a 47% reduction in DSO.

TThe Next Web·3h

0410

OpenAI and Synopsys to co-develop GPT-Synopsys chip design model

DoNews reports that OpenAI has reached an agreement with chip design software vendor Synopsys to jointly develop a chip design model called GPT-Synopsys. The report gives no details on the model's capabilities, release timing or the terms of the partnership.

DDoNews·53m

0510

Nous Research raises $90M at $1.2B valuation to bring its Hermes agent to enterprises

Nous Research has raised $90 million at a $1.2 billion valuation to expand its open-source Hermes AI agent into enterprise markets. The Wall Street Journal reports that the Hermes tool has been downloaded more than 22 million times since February. The round points to continued investor interest in open-weight agent projects and their path to enterprise revenue.

TTechmeme·1h

0610

Meta, Google DeepMind, Isomorphic Labs, US fund Biohub open biology AI datasets

Reuters reports that Meta, Google DeepMind and Isomorphic Labs are together investing $300M in the Zuckerberg-backed nonprofit Biohub, while the US government is putting in more than $500M. The organization plans to build open biology datasets for training AI models. The split of the $300M among the backers and any timeline for releasing the datasets were not disclosed.

TTechmeme·2h

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Atomic Machines emerges with $250M for code-built micro-machines

Atomic Machines has emerged from six years in stealth with $250 million in funding and says its Matter Compiler can build working micro-machines directly from code. Its first product, the PrimeSwitch PS-150 relay, is aimed at protecting AI data centers transitioning to 800-volt direct-current power and is shipping to early-access customers for evaluation.

TThe Next Web·2h

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Nvidia Considered OpenRouter Deal Before Stripe’s $8B Bid

Nvidia explored a possible takeover of AI model marketplace OpenRouter but did not make a formal offer, according to a person familiar with the discussions. Stripe ultimately prevailed with an $8 billion bid, while Nvidia later pursued more than $140 billion in deals over two months, including a $105 billion credit guarantee.

TThe Information·2h

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Qualcomm reportedly to license Huawei patents tied to LogicFolding

Qualcomm has reportedly agreed to a multiyear cross-license with Huawei that may include patents supporting Huawei’s LogicFolding chip-stacking architecture, Bloomberg reported. The companies’ announcement did not identify the patents or mention LogicFolding; the deal also includes technology areas such as 5G, AI services, optics and networking, and remains subject to regulatory approval.

TTom’s Hardware·2h

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SpaceX seeks $40B financing, led by Apollo, to buy Nvidia chips

SpaceX is seeking to raise about $40 billion to buy Nvidia chips in a financing led by Apollo Global Management, the Financial Times reported, with the deal expected to close in 2027 and consist of roughly $10 billion in bank loans and $30 billion in investment-grade bonds; Pimco is among the lenders in talks. Musk said previously that SpaceX has decided to build entirely on Nvidia technology, calling the Vera Rubin architecture the best AI platform. SpaceX, Nvidia, Apollo and Pimco did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

TThe Information·14h

1117

Boston Dynamics appoints former Amazon AI leader Rohit Prasad as CEO

Boston Dynamics has appointed former Amazon executive Rohit Prasad as CEO, effective October 7, succeeding Robert Playter, who stepped down in February. Prasad previously led Alexa and Amazon’s general artificial intelligence organization and oversaw development of the Amazon Nova foundation-model family.

科科技新报·9h

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Musk says Tesla and SpaceX will build and operate Terafab

Elon Musk said the Terafab AI chip factory planned by Tesla and SpaceX will be built and operated by the companies, rejecting reports that TSMC would take that role. He said TSMC could potentially sublease part of the facility, while Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan said Intel remains part of the project.

科科技新报·6h

1310

Kuaishou forms enterprise AI productivity unit; Yu Yue named Kling AI CEO

DoNews reports that Kuaishou has set up a virtual organization called "Enterprise AI Productivity" to build its office foundation, general-purpose agents and information systems in a unified way. The report also says Cheng Yixiao will concurrently lead the community science line, while Yu Yue moves to become CEO of Kling AI.

DDoNews·53m

1410

Microsoft and OpenAI sued by multiple US newspaper groups over AI training

DoNews reports that several US newspaper groups have sued Microsoft and OpenAI, alleging their copyrighted content was used without authorization to train AI. The report does not name the plaintiffs, the court, the damages sought, or the case status.

DDoNews·53m

1510

Musk: SpaceX will sometimes use rival models, including Claude, to power Grok Bot

Elon Musk said Tuesday night that SpaceX's AI unit will use some AI models from competitors to power Grok Bot, marking a shift away from relying exclusively on models developed in-house. "Going forward, @SpaceX will use the best back end model for any given task, including Claude," he wrote. The source does not say which rival models beyond Claude, when the change takes effect, or exactly what Grok Bot is.

TThe Information·1h

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Applied Materials and Intel Expand Collaboration on AI Chip Manufacturing

Applied Materials and Intel announced a collaboration at Applied Materials’ EPIC Center and Intel’s Hillsboro research campus to advance transistor, interconnect, and advanced packaging technologies for AI computing. The work includes materials and process development for advanced logic nodes, interconnect scaling, and packaging for Intel’s Foveros 3D stacking; the companies say it is intended to accelerate the path from research to U.S. production.

科科技新报·9h

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Ex-Tesla Optimus AI lead launches industrial robot startup Intelligent Machines

Ashish Kumar, a former AI lead for Tesla's Optimus humanoid robots, has co-founded Intelligent Machines, a San Francisco startup building non-humanoid robots for tasks normally done by highly skilled workers in manufacturing and aerospace, according to The Information, citing two people with direct knowledge. The company has hired several former members of Tesla's Optimus team and is raising a seed round that could end up around $100 million. It currently focuses on robot software, using reinforcement learning to teach complex tasks, though its leaders have discussed designing hardware as well.

TThe Information·1h

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General AI Models Move Upstream in Video Creation

An analysis describes two ways general-purpose models are entering AI video: Claude Opus 5.5 renders programmable videos through code, while GPT-6 Astra plans scenes and camera movements before handing rendering to specialist video models. It argues that ByteDance, MiniMax and Kuaishou are responding by expanding from standalone generation into end-to-end creator workflows, so specialist video models may retain an advantage in production reliability and integration.

创创业邦科技·7h

1910

North American startup funding falls 35% QoQ to $92B in Q3, with $61B to AI

North American startups raised $92B in Q3, down 35% quarter over quarter but up 50% year over year, according to Crunchbase News. AI startups took $61B of that total, and the quarter saw 11 acquisitions worth $1B or more, while IPOs stayed quiet.

TTechmeme·1h

2010

Rivercell raises $25M to build an AI virtual cell model

Rivercell has raised a $25M seed round led by HV, with HCVC, Alven and Bpifrance Digital Venture participating. The money will fund its data platform, a larger wet lab in Paris and its AI Virtual Cell programme, which the company describes as a world model of the cell that predicts how a cell changes after treatment. Rivercell says no dataset of comparable scale exists for how cells respond to drugs over time, so it plans to generate its own by filming living cells through each experiment and reading their gene activity, with the model choosing the next experiment and the company building its own instruments.

TThe Next Web·2h