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Sam Altman-backed fusion startup Helion raises $465M to build power plant for Microsoft
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Heliumthe Sam Altman-backed fusion startup announced Thursday that it has raised $465 million in a new funding round that values the company at $15.5 billion. The…
Has Elon Musk given up on Tesla’s Master Plans, the electrified economy, solar energy as we know it? From SpaceX’s IPO filing released this week, it…
Elon Musk has incredible influence over the companies he leads. And while he already calls himself the “TechnoKing” at Tesla, he’s the true master of SpaceX,…
OpenAI takes aim at Anthropic with a boosted Codex that gives it more power on your desktop
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There is currently a low-grade war between OpenAI and Anthropic over who can release the most convenient and powerful AI coding tools, and so far Anthropic…
AI companies are building massive natural gas plants to power data centers. What can go wrong?
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Who doesn’t love a good round of FOMO? From dot-com to Web 2.0, virtual reality to blockchain, the tech industry is very afraid of missing a…
Data centers have become so large that their power requirements now rival entire US states. Take Meta’s Hyperion AI data center for example. When completed, the…
Cognichip wants AI to design the chips that power AI, and it just raised $60 million to test
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More advanced silicon chips have accelerated the development of artificial intelligence. Now can AI return the favor? Cognichip is building a deep learning model to work…
Two US senators have launched the latest attack in an increasingly active front against data centers and their energy use. Senators Josh Hawley and Elizabeth Warren…
Hyperscale Power is the latest startup to challenge 140-year-old transformer technology
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The iron transformer is the 140-year-old technology that supports both the power grid and AI companies. The devices are clunky but reliable, which explains why they’re…
As AI data centers push their power limits, Peak XV supports Indian startup C2i to fix the problem
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Power, not compute, is quickly becoming the limiting factor in scaling AI data centers. This change prompted Peak XV Partners to support C2i Semiconductorsan Indian startup…