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Armada raises $230M at $2B valuation to build portable AI data centers
Armada Inc., a provider of portable data centers and satellite internet software, has raised $230 million in funding at a $2 billion valuation. The company disclosed in its announcement of the raise today that BlackRock, Overmatch and 8090 Industries were the lead investors. They were joined by more than a half-dozen others, including Johnson Controls ...
Google to embed AI shopping features in multiple services with Universal Cart
Google LLC is rolling out an artificial intelligence tool called Universal Cart that will make it easier for consumers to shop online. The tool made its debut today at the company’s Google I/O 2026 event. The Alphabet Inc. unit also introduced new foundation models, an AI agent for the consumer market and other product updates. ...
Google, Blackstone launch AI infrastructure joint venture
Google LLC and Blackstone Inc. are launching a joint venture that will provide a “compute-as-a-service” platform for artificial intelligence workloads. The companies announced the collaboration on Monday. The yet-unnamed venture is launching with $5 billion in equity funding from Blackstone, which will reportedly receive a majority stake. The investment is said to be worth $25 ...
Decart raises $300M for its AI optimization software, world models
Artificial intelligence developer Decart.ai Inc. today announced that it has raised $300 million in funding at a nearly $4 billion valuation. Radical Ventures led the round with participation from Nvidia Corp., Adobe Ventures, Toyota Ventures and other institutional backers. They were joined by several prominent angel investors, including OpenAI Group PBC co-founder Andrej Karpathy. Decart ...
Federal jury rules against Elon Musk in closely watched OpenAI trial
A federal jury today voted to dismiss Elon Musk’s high-profile lawsuit against OpenAI Group PBC. The nine jurors found that the complaint, which Musk filed in 2024, was brought after the statute of limitations had expired. The nonbinding advisory decision was immediately accepted by the judge presiding over the case. Musk originally brought the lawsuit ...
Eric Schmidt booed during commencement speech over AI remarks
Former Google LLC Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt drew boos from students during a commencement speech he gave over the weekend. The jeers came in response to Schmidt’s comments about the economic impact of artificial intelligence. The high-profile incident is at least the third of its kind to have occurred in the past two weeks. ...
OpenAI previews personal finance features in ChatGPT Pro
OpenAI Group PBC has added a set of personal finance features to ChatGPT Pro, the priciest consumer tier of its popular chatbot service. On launch, the capabilities are available in preview to a limited number of U.S. users. OpenAI will collect feedback from the testers to refine the features before making them more broadly accessible. ...
GridCare raises $64M to speed up AI data center projects
GridCare Inc., a startup that helps data center operators more quickly connect their facilities to the electrical grid, has raised $64 million in funding. Early Nvidia Corp. backer Sutter Hill Ventures led the Series A round. GridCare stated in its announcement of the deal on Thursday that billionaire tech investor John Doerr, power utility National ...
OpenAI brings Codex to mobile devices, adds more customization features
OpenAI Group PBC today made its Codex programming assistant available on mobile devices. The service is accessible through ChatGPT’s iOS and Android clients. It’s rolling out about eight months after Anthropic PBC made Claude Code, its competing programming assistant, available on handsets. OpenAI says that the newly added mobile access can significantly speed up some ...
AI training data provider Wirestock raises $23M in funding
Wirestock Inc., a startup that provides multimodal training datasets for artificial intelligence developers, has raised $23 million in funding. TechCrunch reported today that early-stage fund Nava Ventures led the investment. It was joined by SBVP, Formula VC and I2BF Ventures. Wirestock has raised a total of $26 million in external funding to date. Wirestock launched ...