Mike Wheatley, Author at SiliconANGLE

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Sovereign AI infrastructure startup Valarian raises $50M to help nations secure their defense systems

By Mike Wheatley Jul 14, 2026

The defense-focused artificial intelligence systems infrastructure startup Valarian Technologies Ltd. said today it has closed on a hefty $50 million early-stage funding round as it looks to position itself as a critical player in…

Infra

Custom AI chip design startup TYLsemi launches with $43M in early-stage funding

By Mike Wheatley Jul 14, 2026

Artificial intelligence chiplet startup TYLsemi Inc. revealed itself to the world today, announcing it has raised $43 million in early-stage funding to disrupt the semiconductor industry and transform the way companies design and develop…

AI

Spatial AI startup Augmodo raises $21M to expand beyond retail stores

By Mike Wheatley Jul 13, 2026

Spatial artificial intelligence startup Augmodo Inc. said today it has raised $21 million in an impromptu funding round that lifts its valuation to $350 million. TQ Ventures served as the lead investors, with participation…

Big Data

Web data scraping infrastructure startup Oxylabs reels in $130M in its first funding round

By Mike Wheatley Jul 9, 2026

Data scraping startup Oxylabs UAB has broken into unicorn territory after raising $130 million in funding from the private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC. The round is the first time the bootstrapped company has…

Infra

Shares of memory chip giant SK hynix rise after it bags $26.5B in blockbuster US listing

By Mike Wheatley Jul 9, 2026

Updated with Friday trading: Shares of South Korean memory chipmaker SK hynix Inc. opened at 14% over their initial asking price Friday, a day after it priced its American Depository Receipts at $149, raising about…

AI

OpenAI debuts ChatGPT Work, an agentic tool for automating business workflows

By Mike Wheatley Jul 9, 2026

OpenAI Group PBC today launched a new “agentic” tool called ChatGPT Work as it announced the global rollout of its most advanced model family so far in GPT-5.6. ChatGPT Work is a new mode…

AI

Meta reportedly testing prototype AI specs that record everything the user sees and hears

By Mike Wheatley Jul 8, 2026

Meta Platforms Inc. this week sought to reassure consumers about the privacy safeguards of its controversial artificial intelligence-enabled glasses, yet at the same time it’s reportedly pushing even creepier capabilities in its “internal prototypes.”…

Emerging Tech

Blue Origin seeks to raise $10B from external investors in first VC-led funding round

By Mike Wheatley Jul 8, 2026

Jeff Bezos’s rocket company Blue Origin Enterprises LP is reportedly looking to raise money from outside investors for the first time in more than two decades. The company is in talks to secure $10…

AI

SpaceXAI’s newest AI model Grok 4.5 dramatically undercuts Anthropic and OpenAI on price

By Mike Wheatley Jul 8, 2026

Elon Musk’s SpaceXAI Corp. has released a new model called Grok 4.5, in what is its first major launch since it went public a few weeks earlier. In a blog post earlier today, the…

Infra

Apple promises to buy $30B worth of US-made chips from Broadcom

By Mike Wheatley Jul 8, 2026

Apple Inc. said today it has penciled in a new multiyear deal with Broadcom Inc. that’s expected to be worth more than $30 billion, in what is the iPhone maker’s largest commitment to U.S.…

Mike Wheatley

Sovereign AI infrastructure startup Valarian raises $50M to help nations secure their defense systems

Custom AI chip design startup TYLsemi launches with $43M in early-stage funding

Spatial AI startup Augmodo raises $21M to expand beyond retail stores

Web data scraping infrastructure startup Oxylabs reels in $130M in its first funding round

Shares of memory chip giant SK hynix rise after it bags $26.5B in blockbuster US listing

OpenAI debuts ChatGPT Work, an agentic tool for automating business workflows

Meta reportedly testing prototype AI specs that record everything the user sees and hears

Blue Origin seeks to raise $10B from external investors in first VC-led funding round

SpaceXAI’s newest AI model Grok 4.5 dramatically undercuts Anthropic and OpenAI on price

Apple promises to buy $30B worth of US-made chips from Broadcom

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