Baseten Soars: AI Inference Startup Secures $300M, Valued at $5B!
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“Nvidia invested $150M — The move follows other investments from the chip giant to improve the delivery of artificial-intelligence services to customers”
“Nvidia invested $150M — The move follows other investments from the chip giant to improve the delivery of artificial-intelligence services to customers”
“Further development signifies OpenAI's commitment to innovation and future advancements in the field.”
“BeatStars acquires Lemonaide AI to integrate ethical music generation into its rights-first platform that has paid creators over $450 million”
“AI is suppose to be profitable only after 2030 hits”
“SK Hynix employees are receiving an average of approximately $90,000 USD (640,000 RMB) in performance bonuses!”
“Ben Horowitz calls it “one of the best funds.””
“China RuYi announced a $14.2 million strategic investment in AisTech.”
“The article's core question is whether Qwen will be a significant investment.”
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“GAFAM is all investing in AI, and investors seem hesitant to invest if AI isn't involved.”
“Google DeepMind CEO suggests China's AI models are only a few months behind the US, showing the rapid global convergence.”
“The AI boom is driving an unprecedented wave of data center construction.”
“"Well Sam says the poors (free tier) will be shoved with contextual adds"”
“The article aims to explore how machine learning can be utilized in short-term investments, focusing on providing quicker results for the investor.”
“The article's focus on OpenAI's potential financial outlook, allows for strategic thinking about resource allocation and future development.”
“Enterprises face key challenges in harnessing unstructured data so they can make the most of their investments in AI, but several vendors are addressing these challenges.”
“Lexar announced a global partnership with the Argentinian national team alongside their AI storage strategy.”
“The money and products are pouring into health and voice AI...”
“It all adds up to an enormous unanswered question: how long can OpenAI keep burning cash?”
“OpenAI published only 151 cases but appears in 500 implementations (3.3x multiplier through Azure).”
“Merge Labs describes itself as a 'research laboratory' dedicated to 'connecting biological intelligence with artificial intelligence to maximize human capabilities.'”
“AI tech startup Klleon provides AI digital human technology to Fuji TV's 'AI Experiment Variety Show Singular.'”
“The article states, '...the US White House announced, starting from the 15th, a 25% tariff on certain imported semiconductors, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, and derivatives.'”
“It's not trying very hard: it took us less than a minute to get around its latest attempt to rein in the chatbot.”
“Mark Zuckerberg announced Meta Compute, a bet that winning in AI means winning with infrastructure; this, however, means retreating from Reality Labs.”
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“It’s built to power reliable on-device agentic applications: higher quality, lower latency, and broader modality support in the ~1B parameter class.”
“He reportedly emphasized that the rapid changes artificial intelligence is bringing […]”
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“Assuming the article's premise is correct: "The rapid expansion of AI capabilities is being fueled by unprecedented levels of debt, creating a precarious financial situation."”
“Oracle is facing a tricky problem: the company has promised to build a large-scale chip computing power data center for OpenAI, but lacks sufficient cash flow to support the project. So far, Oracle can still pay for the early costs of the physical infrastructure of the data center, but it urgently needs to purchase a large number of Nvidia chips to support the training of OpenAI's large models and the commercial computing power of ChatGPT.”
“A total of 15 companies secured venture funding rounds of $2 billion or more last year, per Crunchbase data.”
“According to the Wall Street Journal, citing internal financial disclosure documents, OpenAI's current equity incentive program for employees has reached a new high in the history of tech startups, with an average equity compensation of approximately $1.5 million per employee, applicable to about 4,000 employees, far exceeding the levels of previous well-known tech companies before their IPOs.”
“SoftBank's commitment of $22-22.5 billion to OpenAI last week, as reported by sources. The initial investment agreement was for approximately $40 billion, with a pre-money valuation of $260 billion.”
“Elon Musk has announced that xAI has purchased a third building at its Memphis, Tennessee site to bolster the company's overall compute power to a gargantuan two gigawatts.”
“Key developments include Tesla's price cuts in South Korea, SoftBank's investment in OpenAI, xAI's infrastructure expansion, Kimi's C-round funding, and Cao Cao Travel's acquisitions.”
“The article quotes Wang Qin, the founder of NGA, explaining the market opportunity in Japan due to its large headhunting market and the advantages of AI Agent technology over traditional methods. He also explains HelloBoss's 'fast, efficient, and cost-effective' approach and its pay-per-result model.”
“Sources told CNBC today that the Japanese conglomerate finalized the deal last week.”
“"Joining Meta allows us to build on a stronger, more sustainable foundation without changing how Manus w"”
“The UK’s climate tech and sustainability sector had a strong year in 2025, with investors putting significant capital…”
“Manus's ability to perform tasks using a web browser without human supervision.”
“AI’s early-2025 spending spree featured massive raises and trillion-dollar infrastructure promises. By year’s end, hype gave way to a vibe check, with growing scrutiny over sustainability, safety, and business models.”
“"OpenAI is looking for someone to help ensure AI benefits all of humanity."”
“"Is this enough to keep us safe? No it clearly isn't," said Gareth Redmond-King, international lead at the ECIU. "Is it remarkable progress compared to where we were headed? Clearly it is...."”
“The article highlights the emergence of new AI-related terms in 2025.”
“NVIDIA's large deal with Groq and new releases by Z.ai and Minimax.”
“The battle for AI dominance has left a large footprint—and it’s only getting bigger and more expensive.”
“China activates a nationwide distributed AI computing network connecting data centers over 2,000 km”
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