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Impulse Space Inc. today announced that it has closed a $500 million late-stage investment led by 137 Ventures and BANNER VC. The Series D round brings the company’s outside funding to over $1 billion. The cost of launching a satellite depends on …
Intel introduces Xeon 6+ server processors, previews upcoming graphics cards
Intel Corp. today debuted a line of central processing units based on its latest manufacturing process and shared new details about its next-generation graphics cards. Both product families are geared toward artificial intelligence data centers. Intel is also prioritizing the AI infrastructure …
Anthropic confidentially files for IPO amid rapid growth
Anthropic PBC today disclosed that it has confidentially filed to go public. The company didn’t share any details about its planned listing in the brief blog post that announced the move. Anthropic is widely expected to hold its public offering this year. …
Nvidia debuts RTX Spark processor for Windows laptops, compact desktops
Nvidia Corp. today introduced a system-on-chip designed to power Windows laptops and compact desktops. RTX Spark, as the processor is called, will roll out alongside Windows upgrades that will make the operating system better at running artificial intelligence agents. Separately, Nvidia will …
XCENA raises $135M for its computational memory controller
XCENA Inc., a startup with a memory device designed to speed up artificial intelligence clusters, today announced that it has raised $135 million in funding. The Series B round was led by Korean funds Atinum Investment and IMM Investment. XCENA says that …
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket explodes on launchpad during test
A rocket built by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Enterprises LP exploded late Thursday ahead of a planned launch next week. The New Glenn heavy-lift vehicle was set to carry 48 of Amazon.com Inc.’s Leo satellites into low-Earth orbit. The retail and cloud …
AWS details new RNG data center network design that boosts throughput and reliability
Amazon Web Services Inc. has started using a new data center network design that significantly improves the throughput and reliability of connections. The cloud giant today detailed the architecture, which it calls Random Network Graph, or RNG. It’s powered by a fiber-optic cable …
As Anthropic launches Claude Opus 4.8, it raises $65B in new funding
Anthropic PBC today introduced a new large language model, Claude Opus 4.8, that’s significantly better than its predecessor at complex coding tasks. The company announced the LLM alongside another major business milestone. Anthropic has raised $65 billion in new funding at a …
IBM, Red Hat launch $5B Project Lightwell to boost open-source security
IBM Corp. and its Red Hat subsidiary today launched an initiative called Project Lightwell to improve the security of open-source projects. Project Lightwell is backed by a $5 billion commitment. In addition, IBM and Red Hat will assign more than 20,000 engineers …
Utilidata raises $40M more to optimize data center power use
Utilidata Inc. today disclosed that it has raised $40 million in funding from Renown Capital Partners and Keyframe Capital. The cash infusion comes as an extension to a $60.3 million Series C round the company closed in April. That deal included the …