SoftBank and Nvidia complete $30B OpenAI funding pledges
SoftBank and Nvidia have each made a final $10 billion investment to complete their respective $30 billion pledges to OpenAI's last funding round, The Information reported. The payments complete the two investors' commitments to t...
Walapay raises $4.6 million for payment infrastructure
Walapay announced a $4.6 million seed financing led by Gen Venture Capital, with participation from Commerce Ventures, Polygon and other investors. The company plans to use the funds to acquire more licenses, expand banking partne...
Photon raises $4.5 million for agents that work through messaging services
Photon raised $4.5 million in seed funding to develop tools that let developers build and operate AI agents through messaging services, TechCrunch reported. Gradient and A* co-led the round, with participation from Vercel, HongSha...
Volantis raises $88 million for laser links between AI and memory chips
San Francisco semiconductor startup Volantis said Thursday it has raised $88 million in venture capital, Reuters reported. The company aims to transmit data between AI and memory chips using vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers...
Doxx.net raises $38 million as networking platform enters open beta
Miami-based Doxx.net raised a $38 million Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz as its networking platform entered open beta, Axios reported. The platform enables serverless peer-to-peer calling, messaging and file transfers for bot...
Broadcom agrees to lend Anthropic up to $42B through convertible notes
Broadcom agreed to lend Anthropic up to $42B through convertible notes, Reuters reported, citing Anthropic's IPO prospectus. The financing could help fund Anthropic's $125.2B commitment to lease TPU computing capacity over five ye...