The AI buildout shows no signs of slowing. And with hundreds of billions of dollars a year going into data centers and GPUs, compute has become the single…
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TerraPower’s nuclear reactor has a secret weapon for powering AI data centers
TerraPower’s nuclear power plant possesses a strategic advantage over competitors, especially when chasing after data center deals.
Amazon makes its AI-powered Alexa+ free on Fire TV, no Prime required
Amazon is making its AI-powered Alexa+ assistant free on all compatible Fire TV devices in the U.S., automatically upgrading users whether or not they…
Calendly throws its hat into meeting note-taker circus
Calendly is also releasing a meeting scheduling assistant called Callie.
Anthropic’s annualized revenue surges to $65B
The model maker added $18 billion in annualized revenue in two months.
AI isn’t close to curing cancer. This startup says it knows what it will take.
It’s the data, stupid.
AI automation startup Relay shuts down, staff joins Google’s Chrome team
“We have some really ambitious plans to help you work with AI in Chrome to get things done, and I’ll have more to share soon,” Jacob Bank, Relay founder…
Relativity Networks raises $22 million to bring a faster kind of fiber to data centers
Relativity Networks deals in hollow-core fiber, a rarely deployed technology that allows data to be transmitted 30% faster than conventional fiber.
Amazon, which started off selling books, is destroying rare texts to train AI
Rare books are incredibly valuable for training LLMs, since these models have already trained on whatever’s available online.
Groq raises $350M to fuel its pivot from AI chips to neocloud
Groq raised $350 million at a $3.5 billion valuation as the former AI chipmaker pivots to a neocloud business and expands its Nvidia-powered data center…