Nvidia acquires open-source AI platform Hugging Face in a landmark $12.9 billion deal, signaling a major push to dominate the AI software ecosystem, while Anthropic considers opening shareholder stakes through an IPO.
Nvidia is reportedly acquiring AI model hub Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, a move that could give the chipmaker dominant control over the open-weight AI ecosystem while countering rivals OpenAI and Anthropic's push into custom hardware.
Anthropic secures a massive $45 billion cloud deal with UK-based Nscale, locking in 460 megawatts of AI compute capacity at a West Virginia data center powered by Nvidia's next-gen Vera Rubin chips, set to go live in 2027.
Google is nearing a $1.5 billion deal to license technology from AI coding startup Mechanize, signaling an intensifying race among tech giants to dominate the AI coding agent market.
Figure launches Index, the world's largest robot training dataset, boasting 264K app downloads, 16 million videos, and a $1 billion commitment to data and compute, aiming to power its Helix AI and deploy robots as an on-demand service.
Anthropic locks in a massive $45 billion, six-year cloud computing deal with Nscale, securing 460 megawatts of AI infrastructure power from a West Virginia data center as the company positions itself for a potential IPO.
Nvidia strikes a $6 billion licensing deal with AI startup Poolside, gaining access to cutting-edge coding models and over 100 researchers, as AI model prices plummet industry-wide with OpenAI slashing costs by 20% and competitors like DeepSeek charging as little as $0.66 per million tokens.
Anthropic signs a massive $45 billion, six-year compute deal with British firm Nscale, powered by Nvidia's Vera Rubin chips, as the AI giant accelerates an aggressive infrastructure expansion spree totaling tens of billions of dollars to keep pace with rivals like OpenAI, Google, and Meta.
Emerald AI reaches unicorn status with a $1.05B valuation after raising $150M in an oversubscribed Series A, backed by Nvidia, Samsung, and Siemens, as its grid-balancing software for AI data centers goes live across the US and UK amid surging global power demand.
AI robotics startup Generalist raises $200M just two months after a $400M round, surpassing a $2 billion valuation, with backers including Nvidia and Bezos Expeditions fueling its mission to build smarter 'robot brains.'