Blackstone, Apollo, KKR Invest $5.34B in Williams' AI Power Plants
A Blackstone-led investor group is funding 49% of five natural-gas power plants that pipeline giant Williams is building largely to supply electricity to AI data centers.
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Innovative Eyewear Adds Claude AI to All Lucyd Smart Glasses
Nasdaq-listed Innovative Eyewear is rolling out free Claude AI access across its Lucyd smart eyewear lineup, letting wearers switch between Claude and ChatGPT mid-conversation.
Read more →European Defense AI Startup Helsing Raises $1.8B at $18B Valuation
German defense-AI company Helsing raised $1.8 billion in a Series E round, valuing it at $18 billion — Europe's largest-ever defense-startup funding round.
Read more →Meta Expands Louisiana AI Data Center to $50 Billion, 5 Gigawatts
Meta is expanding its Hyperion data center in Richland Parish, Louisiana, to 5 gigawatts of capacity, pushing total investment past $50 billion and funding local schools and infrastructure.
Read more →SK Hynix Raises $26.5 Billion in Record Nasdaq Debut
SK Hynix, the top maker of AI memory chips, began trading on Nasdaq on July 10 in the largest-ever US listing by a foreign company, with shares jumping 13%.
Read more →AI Chip Maker SambaNova Raises $1B, Hits $11B Valuation
SambaNova closed the first tranche of a $1 billion Series F round led by General Atlantic, and said JPMorganChase will deploy its chips for on-premises AI inference.
Read more →Camera-Free Smart Glasses Maker Even Realities Hits $1B Valuation
Shenzhen startup Even Realities raised $150 million led by Tencent and Meituan, valuing the camera-free smart glasses maker at $1 billion.
Read more →Syntiant Files for Nasdaq IPO to Scale 'Physical AI' Chips
Intel- and Microsoft-backed chipmaker Syntiant filed to list on Nasdaq under ticker SYTN, betting on demand for its low-power, on-device 'Physical AI' processors.
Read more →Unitree Robotics Wins Final Approval for $620M Shanghai IPO
China's top humanoid robot maker received China Securities Regulatory Commission clearance on July 2 to list on Shanghai's STAR Market, aiming to raise 4.2 billion yuan to fund AI model development and new products.
Read more →SK Hynix Plans $29 Billion Nasdaq Listing to Expand AI Memory
South Korea's leading chipmaker SK Hynix plans to raise $29.4 billion via a Nasdaq ADR offering — which would be the largest in history — to fund new AI memory production capacity.
Read more →Agility Robotics Plans $2.5 Billion Public Listing Via SPAC
Agility Robotics, maker of the Digit humanoid robot, has entered a SPAC merger valuing the company at $2.5 billion — one of the first major public listings for a commercial humanoid robotics firm.
Read more →SK Hynix Files for $29B Nasdaq Listing to Expand AI Memory Supply
The South Korean chipmaker behind more than half the world's HBM memory—the critical component inside AI accelerators—is seeking $29.4 billion on Nasdaq to fund four new semiconductor plants.
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