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  1. Salesforce agrees to acquire AI customer service platform Fin, formerly Intercom, for ~$3.6B, in a deal expected to close in Q4 of its 2027 fiscal year (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
    Techmeme ·
    Salesforce is buying Fin for about $3.6B, consolidating a major AI customer service platform into its enterprise software stack.
  2. Source: Qualcomm is in talks to buy AI chip designer Tenstorrent for $8B to $10B; Tenstorrent discussed raising $800M at a ~$3.2B valuation last year (The Information)
    Techmeme ·
    Qualcomm is reportedly pursuing an $8B-$10B Tenstorrent acquisition that would materially expand its AI chip ambitions.
  3. Salesforce to Acquire Fin (formerly Intercom) for $3.6BN
    HN · Acquisition ·
    Salesforce is acquiring Fin, formerly Intercom, for $3.6 billion, consolidating a major AI customer-support platform.
  4. Sources: French startup Mistral AI is in talks to raise ~€3B at a ~€20B valuation; it was last valued at €11.7B during a funding round in September 2025 (Bloomberg)
    Techmeme ·
    Mistral AI is reportedly discussing a major funding round that would nearly double its valuation to about €20B.
  5. Jeff Bezos' Prometheus, which is building AI models for physical tasks, raised a $12B Series B at a $41B valuation, following a $6.2B Series A (Dan Primack/Axios)
    Techmeme ·
    Prometheus raised $12B to build AI models for physical tasks, signaling massive capital formation around industrial AI.
  6. KKR launches Helix Digital, a new company to finance AI infrastructure, with $10B+ in committed capital from Nvidia, the Kuwait Investment Authority, and others (Brian Fagioli/NERDS.xyz)
    Techmeme ·
    KKR launched Helix Digital with more than $10B committed to financing AI infrastructure, backed by Nvidia and sovereign capital.
  7. Sources: Germany's Neura Robotics, which builds AI-powered humanoid robots, raised $1.4B from Tether, Qualcomm, Amazon, Nvidia, and others at a ~$7B valuation (Financial Times)
    Techmeme ·
    Neura Robotics raised $1.4B at a $7B valuation, signaling major investor appetite for AI humanoid robotics.
  8. Cyera, an Israeli startup focused on protecting companies' data from AI-based threats, raised $600M at a $12B valuation, bringing its total funding to $2.3B (Niko Gallogly/New York Times)
    Techmeme ·
    Cyera raised $600 million at a $12 billion valuation, signaling major investor demand for AI-era enterprise data security.
  9. Las Vegas-based TensorWave, which offers AMD-powered cloud infrastructure, raised a $350M Series B led by AMD and Magnetar at a $1.55B post-money valuation (Robbie Whelan/Wall Street Journal)
    Techmeme ·
    TensorWave raised $350M to expand AMD-powered AI cloud infrastructure, strengthening competition against Nvidia-centric compute providers.
  10. Super Micro Computer aims to raise $7B in a series of equity and equity-linked financing transactions to fund its component purchases to satisfy AI orders (Harshita Mary Varghese/Reuters)
    Techmeme ·
    Super Micro plans a $7B financing package to buy components for AI server orders, signaling continued infrastructure demand.
  11. Sources: China is drafting plans to spend $295B over the next five years on building AI data centers, sourcing 80%+ of tech from local suppliers like Huawei (Charlie Zhu/Bloomberg)
    Techmeme ·
    China is preparing a $295B AI data center buildout that would heavily favor domestic suppliers like Huawei.
  12. Sources: Beijing-based Moonshot, which makes the Kimi chatbot, is in talks to raise $1B+ that would value it at $30B, up from a $20B valuation in a recent round (Bloomberg)
    Techmeme ·
    Moonshot AI is reportedly seeking over $1B at a $30B valuation, signaling continued investor demand for Chinese AI leaders.
  13. Following Anthropic, OpenAI files confidentially for IPO
    TechCrunch AI ·
    OpenAI confidentially filed for an IPO, setting up a major public-market test for frontier AI lab valuations.
  14. SpaceX’s CFO Is the Quiet VIP of a Wild IPO
    The Information ·
    SpaceX is folding xAI into the company before a planned $75 billion IPO, creating a major AI and infrastructure merger.
  15. Sources: Apollo and Blackstone finalized a $35B package for Anthropic to lease TPUs; Broadcom is backstopping payments on the debt's largest senior portions (Bloomberg)
    Techmeme ·
    Apollo and Blackstone finalized $35B in financing for Anthropic TPU leases, deepening private-credit funding for frontier AI infrastructure.
  16. Google will pay SpaceX $920M per month for compute
    TechCrunch AI ·
    Google and SpaceX announced a massive compute deal that would materially reshape AI infrastructure spending and market positioning.
  17. Supabase, which provides backend tools for building AI apps, raised a $500M Series F led by GIC at a $10B pre-money valuation, up from $5B in October 2025 (CJ Haddad/CNBC)
    Techmeme ·
    Supabase raised $500 million at a $10 billion pre-money valuation, doubling its valuation since October 2025.
  18. Google Increases Equity Raise to $84.75 Billion
    The Information ·
    Alphabet increased its first new stock sale since 2005 to $84.75 billion, largely to fund AI compute and infrastructure.
  19. AI music startup Suno raised $400M led by Bond at a $5.4B valuation, up from $2.45B after raising $250M in November 2025, and passed 2M subscribers in February (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)
    Techmeme ·
    Suno raised $400M at a $5.4B valuation, underscoring investor conviction in AI-generated music despite rights disputes.
  20. Google sold $35B in stock in its equity raise this week, up from its planned $30B and taking its total funding to $85B; a source says it contacted 75 investors (Katherine Blunt/Wall Street Journal)
    Techmeme ·
    Google expanded a massive equity raise to $35 billion, bringing total funding to $85 billion after broad investor outreach.
  21. Sources: DeepSeek is set to raise ~$7.4B in its first funding round from investors including Tencent and CATL at a valuation of between ~$52B and ~$59B (Reuters)
    Techmeme ·
    DeepSeek is reportedly raising about $7.4B from Tencent, CATL, and others at a valuation up to $59B.
  22. Alphabet is raising $80B in equity offerings, including a $10B investment deal with Berkshire Hathaway, to help raise money for its AI spending plans (Nick Turner/Bloomberg)
    Techmeme ·
    Alphabet is raising $80B in equity capital, including $10B from Berkshire Hathaway, to fund its expanding AI infrastructure plans.
  23. Salesforce is acquiring CMS provider Contentful; source: Salesforce paid between $1B and $1.5B, a steep discount from Contentful's $3B valuation in 2021 (The Information)
    Techmeme ·
    Salesforce is buying Contentful for $1B to $1.5B, expanding its enterprise content stack amid AI-driven software consolidation.
  24. SoftBank pledges to invest up to €75B in AI computing clusters in France, first leading a €45B investment to build 3.1GW of capacity by 2031 in Hauts-de-France (Financial Times)
    Techmeme ·
    SoftBank pledged up to €75B for AI computing clusters in France, starting with a €45B 3.1GW buildout.
  25. Anthropic raises $65B in Series H funding at $965B post-money valuation
    Anthropic News ·
    Anthropic raised $65 billion at a $965 billion valuation, one of the largest financing events in AI history.
  26. Anthropic's run-rate revenue hits $47 billion
    Simon Willison ·
    Anthropic disclosed a Series H announcement and said annualized run-rate revenue crossed $47 billion.
  27. Sources: Apollo Global and Blackstone are working to bring additional investors into a ~$36B debt financing deal to purchase Google TPUs for Anthropic to lease (Bloomberg)
    Techmeme ·
    Apollo and Blackstone are arranging a roughly $36 billion financing vehicle to buy Google TPUs for Anthropic.
  28. Source: Groq is raising ~$650M from existing investors; the AI chipmaker earlier signed a $20B Nvidia licensing deal that saw much of its senior team depart (Dan Primack/Axios)
    Techmeme ·
    Groq is reportedly raising $650M after a $20B Nvidia licensing deal and major senior-team departures.
  29. This chip startup just raised $135M on a bet that AI’s biggest bottleneck isn’t compute — it’s memory
    TechCrunch AI ·
    Xcena raised $135M to build memory-focused AI chips, targeting a growing bottleneck in model infrastructure costs.
  30. Source: AI inference provider Baseten is in talks to raise $1B at a post-money valuation of $11B, up from $5B after its $300M Series E announced in January (The Information)
    Techmeme ·
    Baseten is reportedly raising $1B at an $11B valuation, underscoring investor demand for AI inference providers.
  31. Inference Provider Baseten in Talks to Double Valuation to $11 Billion
    The Information ·
    Baseten is reportedly discussing a $1 billion raise at an $11 billion valuation as inference infrastructure demand accelerates.
  32. The 7 Biggest Reveals in SpaceX’s IPO Filing
    The Information ·
    SpaceX disclosed an Anthropic data center capacity deal reportedly worth about $40 billion through 2029.
  33. Quoting SpaceX S-1
    Simon Willison ·
    Anthropic signed a $1.25B/month cloud services agreement with SpaceX for compute access across COLOSSUS and COLOSSUS II through May 2029, while SpaceX trains Grok 5 on the same infrastructure—a massive shift making SpaceX a major AI compute provider.
  34. Nvidia reports Q1 net income up 211% YoY to $58.3B, beating analyst estimates of $42.9B, and raises Q2 revenue forecast to $91B (Robbie Whelan/Wall Street Journal)
    Techmeme ·
    Nvidia Q1 revenue hit $58.3B (211% YoY), crushing estimates by $15B+ and raising Q2 guidance to $91B, cementing AI infrastructure demand as insatiable.
  35. Investors Fall Back in Love With IPOs
    The Information ·
    NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy agreed to a $400 billion tie-up partly driven by AI infrastructure power demand.
  36. Analog Devices in Talks to Buy AI Power Chip Startup for $1.5 Billion
    The Information ·
    Analog Devices is reportedly in advanced talks to acquire AI power-chip startup Empower Semiconductor for about $1.5 billion.