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Susana SchwartzShirtless protests, strategic alliances, and another day of staggering financial pledges for AI infrastructure Where the first day of the India AI Impact Summit saw a bit of controversy over long queues, the last day saw a brief “shirtless protest” by Indian Youth Congress workers opposed to the India-U.S. Interim Trade Agreement. From that point on, the day went as planned, with …
Juan Pedro TomásHumain said the investment aligns with its long-term strategy of backing large-scale AI platforms and infrastructure In sum – what to know: $3B invested before merger – Humain backed xAI’s Series E round shortly before its acquisition by SpaceX, securing equity exposure ahead of integration. Stake converted into SpaceX shares – Humain became a minority shareholder, with its xAI holdings …
Adani noted that the expansion builds on AdaniConnex’s existing 2 GW national data center platform, with plans to scale to 5 GW In sum – what to know: $100bn direct AI infrastructure bet – Investment targets 5 GW of renewable-powered, hyperscale AI-ready data center capacity by 2035. $250bn projected ecosystem impact – Program expected to unlock an additional $150bn across …
Today at the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, the focus was moving AI from theoretical potential to large-scale, real-world deployment, with conversations about India’s role as a global AI hub continuing. Below are highlights from some of the biggest stakeholders during the past 48 hours: $200 Billion in Indian AI Investments Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced $200 …
Christian de LooperNew Broadcom agreements secure long-term TPU supply and 3.5 gigawatts of future capacity for Anthropic In sum – what we know: The Broadcom-Google-Anthropic love triangle continues. The three companies have announced a number of major new deals, largely focused on Broadcom. Under the first agreement, Broadcom will design and supply Google’s custom Tensor Processing Units through 2031. The second deal …
Cognichip just got $60 million in Series A funding to bring its concept to life In sum – what we know: There’s a ton of hype around AI chips, but what about AI-designed chips. That’s the idea behind Cognichip, which is building what it describes as the first physics-informed AI foundation model for semiconductor design — and it just closed a …
Nvidia’s big Marvell deal will see the two expand the NVLink Fusion platform In sum – what we know: Nvidia’s march into AI data centers continues. The company has announced a $2 billion investment in Marvell, alongside a significantly expanded technical collaboration covering AI infrastructure and next-gen telecom networks. The investment highlights where Nvidia thinks the next bottlenecks in the …
TurboQuant achieves up to 8x speed improvements on modern GPUs without sacrificing model accuracy Google Research has announced TurboQuant, a compression algorithm that could meaningfully change the economics of running large AI models. According to Google’s benchmarks, it shrinks memory usage by at least 6x and delivers up to 8x speed improvements on modern GPUs — with no accuracy loss. If …
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