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CNBC
Anthropic valued in range of $350 billion following investment deal with Microsoft, Nvidia
Microsoft announced new strategic partnerships with Nvidia and the AI startup Anthropic.
CNBC
Global stocks sell off as AI valuation concerns persist ahead of Nvidia earnings
Experts told CNBC it's a healthy correction, fueled by a unclear outlook 2026.
CNBC
Global stocks sell-off as AI valuation concerns persist ahead of Nvidia earnings
Experts told CNBC it's a healthy correction, fueled by a unclear outlook 2026.
TechCrunch
Sakana AI raises $135M Series B at a $2.65B valuation to continue building AI models for Japan
Bone AI raises $12M to challenge Asia's defense giants with AI ... TechCrunch Mobility is your destination for transportation news and insight.
CNBC
Investors hope these three trades will weather a tech stock downturn
Strategists are eyeing several portfolio diversifiers amid fears of tech stock reversal.
Bloomberg
RMB CEO Sees Opportunity for Big Banks in Rise of Africa Fintech
The rapid advance of financial-technology companies in Africa could help traditional lenders enhance their customer service, said the chief executive officer of Rand Merchant Bank, a unit of FirstRand Ltd., Africa’s biggest bank by market capitalization.
Bloomberg
Ramp Hits $32 Billion Valuation in Lightspeed-Led Funding
Corporate spending management platform Ramp reached a $32 billion valuation after a $300 million primary financing round and an employee tender offer.
Bloomberg
CoreWeave’s Worst-Ever Week Shows AI Traders Are Getting Picky
Money is still pouring in from the race to build out artificial intelligence infrastructure, but traders are suddenly getting more selective about who the beneficiaries will be.
Bloomberg
Peter Thiel’s Fund Sold Off Entire Nvidia Stake Last Quarter
Peter Thiel’s hedge fund Thiel Macro LLC sold its stake in Nvidia Corp. during the third quarter, marking yet another retreat from investments in the world’s leading provider of artificial-intelligence chips.
Bloomberg
JPMorgan Says Tech Deals Backlog Is Biggest in Years in APAC
Dealmaking is going to get even busier in technology, telecommunications and media in the Asia Pacific region next year, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co., building on the four-year high reached this year.
Nikkei Asia
Sakana AI takes crown as Japan's most valuable unicorn - Nikkei Asia
... News Roundup · Artificial intelligence. Sakana AI takes crown as Japan's most valuable unicorn. AI developer valued at $2.63bn in latest funding round.
Bloomberg
AI Startups Sakana, Turing Get Funds as Japan’s Attraction Grows
Two of Japan’s most promising tech firms together secured more than ¥35 billion ($230 million) of financing this week, underscoring growing investor interest in the country’s burgeoning AI scene.
Bloomberg
Warburg-Backed Princeton Enters Korea With First Data Center
Princeton Digital Group, a data center operator in Asia backed by Warburg Pincus, plans to invest $700 million in its first South Korean campus to power artificial intelligence development in the country.
CNBC
AI bubble, tech stock fear: Why big private investors aren't worried - CNBC
A simple reason why the biggest investors say they aren't worried about AI bubble, tech stock selling ... Global Business and Financial News, Stock...
Bloomberg
Airtasker Plans Equity Raising to Fund US Gowth, AFR Reports
Airtasker Ltd., an online marketplace where people post or accept tasks such as household cleaning or assembling flat-packed furniture, is preparing for an equity raising to fund growth in the US, the Australian Financial Review reported.
CNBC
AI anxiety on the rise: Startup founders react to bubble fears
Short sellers like Michael Burry and Jim Chanos are circling, warning that the AI buildout isn’t a one-time investment but a recurring cost wave.
SCMP
Singapore’s Temasek invests in WeRide, Pony.ai to boost China tech holdings
Singapore’s Temasek Holdings, one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds, opened positions in two of China’s leading autonomous driving companies in the third quarter of this year.
The state-owned company bought about 1.4 million shares of WeRide and 14,500 shares of Pony.ai in the September quarter, according to its 13F filings released on Friday. The total value of the shares was around US$13.7 million.
Temasek has a history of investing in autonomous driving companies. These included...
Bloomberg
AI Funding Frenzy Continues With Cursor, Thinking Machines | Bloomberg Tech 11/14/2025
Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow discuss the latest moves in tech stocks as skepticism grows about whether the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates in December. Plus, Thinking Machines, the AI startup founded by former OpenAI executive Mira Murati, is in talks to raise funding at a $50 billion valuation. And Cursor CEO Michael Truell discusses the AI-coding startup’s latest fundraise at a $29.3 billion valuation. (Source: Bloomberg)
Reuters
Nvidia-backeed Australian AI company Firmus raises $325 million - Reuters
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CNBC
The question everyone in AI is asking: How long before a GPU depreciates?
With over $1 trillion in AI spending planned over the next five years, the useful lifespan of the infrastructure is a key issue for investors.
ARPU
Anthropic's OpenAI Moment
The GunslingerThere are, it seems, two ways to build a world-changing AI company. The first is the OpenAI way: you raise money at a blistering pace, you spend it at an even more blistering pace, and you bet that by building the biggest, most powerful models—for text,
CNBC
‘Vibe revenue’: AI companies admit they’re worried about a bubble
The CEOs of DeepL and Picsart told CNBC they were concerned about AI valuations but touted the longer term potential of the technology.
CNBC
Musk's xAI is raising $15 billion in latest funding round
The funding round adds $5 billion to the $10 billion funding round reported in September, which valued the startup at $200 billion.
CNBC
AI startup Cursor raises $2.3 billion funding round at $29.3 billion valuation
Cursor built a popular AI coding tool that helps software developers generate, edit and review code.
CNBC
AI startup Code Metal raises $36 million in funding round led by Accel - CNBC
AI startup Code Metal is going beyond vibe coding with the ... Global Business and Financial News, Stock Quotes, and Market Data and Analysis.
CNBC
Musk's xAI raises $15 billion in latest funding round
The funding round adds $5 billion to the $10 billion funding round reported in September, which valued the startup at $200 billion.
Bloomberg
Founders Fund Backs Startup Bringing AI to Plumbers and Roofers
Large tech companies have been stuffing artificial intelligence software into every possible product for years. Now, Founders Fund is backing a startup that wants to help Main Street businesses use the technology, too.
Bloomberg
AI Startup Cursor Raises Funds at $29.3 Billion Valuation
Cursor, an artificial intelligence coding startup, has raised $2.3 billion in funding at a $29.3 billion valuation, roughly tripling its value in a matter of months.
Bloomberg
Delivery Startup Gopuff Value Drops to $8.5 Billion in New Deal
Rapid-delivery startup Gopuff has raised $250 million at a valuation of $8.5 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter — a significant markdown from its value in a 2021 funding round, as the company seeks to grow its services and sustain its financial health.
Reuters
Ex-Twitter CEO Agrawal's AI search startup Parallel raises $100 million | Reuters
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