Banks outline $63 billion financing plan for Anthropic compute
Financial institutions including Bank of America, Citi, Morgan Stanley and Blackstone outlined a $63 billion plan this week to finance additional AI computing capacity for Anthropic, CIO Dive reported in an article republished by Yahoo. The financial partners will buy Broadcom XPU AI accelerators and networking products and lease them to Anthropic starting in 2027.
FuriosaAI raises $620m to expand inference chip production
FuriosaAI announced a $620m Series D round valuing the Seoul-based AI chipmaker at about $2.9bn. South Korea's National Growth Fund invested $280m, the largest contribution.
Symbotic says Walmart commits additional $6B to distribution automation
Symbotic said Walmart has committed an additional $6B over several years to deploy its supply-chain automation technology across the retailer's distribution network.
Serval raises $150m at $3bn valuation for employee support agents
Serval announced a $150m Series C led by Sequoia at a $3bn valuation, three times the $1bn valuation it reached in December. The employee support automation company has now raised $277m in total.
Dulo raises $130M seed for AI models for hardware design
Dulo, a startup co-founded by Sebastian Thrun, raised a $130M seed round, The Information reported, citing a source. The startup is developing AI models for hardware design. Thrun previously pioneered several AI projects at Google.
Japan Airlines discloses passenger data exposure through Amadeus breach
Japan Airlines announced that a breach at Amadeus's Passenger Service System exposed data for about 92,000 customers. JAL Group uses the system for reservations, ticketing and check-in.