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OpenAI leases 10-gigawatt AI data center campus from SoftBank’s SB Energy

By Maria Deutscher Aug 17, 2026

OpenAI Group PBC today announced that it has signed a 20-year lease for a sprawling data center cluster in Ohio. The campus is being built on the premises of a former uranium processing plant.…

AI

On theCUBE Pod: AI bubble debate heats up and neocloud earnings challenge doubters

By Devony Hof Aug 17, 2026

The debate over whether we are in an artificial intelligence bubble took a new turn this week. Despite the ballooning AI spending, Dave Vellante (pictured, right), chief analyst for theCUBE Research, contends that any…

AI

Higgsfield raises $400M at $5.4 billion valuation to scale video and image generation platform

By Kyt Dotson Aug 17, 2026

Higgsfield Inc., a generative artificial intelligence video and image creation platform for professionals, today announced that it has raised $400 million in early-stage funding, quadrupling the company’s valuation to $5.4 billion since its previous…

AI

Wispr raises $280M to power up natural speech-to-text using AI

By Kyt Dotson Aug 17, 2026

Wispr AI Inc., the developer of a cross-platform, AI-powered dictation platform, today announced it has raised $280 million in a Series B funding at a $2 billion valuation. Menlo Ventures led the round alongside…

AI

Palona raises $20M in funding to bring AI automation to brick-and-mortar businesses

By Mike Wheatley Aug 17, 2026

Artificial intelligence startup Palona AI, which is building an intelligence operating layer for physical businesses, is ready to show what it can do after closing on a $20 million round of early-stage funding today.…

Emerging Tech

Gravis Robotics gets $200M from SoftBank to retrofit excavators with self-driving AI systems

By Mike Wheatley Aug 17, 2026

Gravis Robotics AG said today it has bagged $200 million in funding from SoftBank Group Corp. in what is the largest-ever Series A round for a construction robotics startup. The startup was founded in…

AI

Hexaware bundles its AI services under a Zero Friction Enterprise framework

By Duncan Riley Aug 17, 2026

Hexaware Technologies Ltd. today introduced the Zero Friction Enterprise, a delivery framework that folds the information technology services company’s modernization, cybersecurity, engineering, operations, quality and enterprise software practices into a single offering aimed at…

AI

SuperApp launches a shared space with AI models for teams to collaborate on work

By Kyt Dotson Aug 17, 2026

SuperApp Inc., formerly Instabase Inc., today announced the launch of its flagship product of the same name and its transition from Instabase to the new name. The new platform provides teams with a Slack-like…

AI

Stripe reportedly finalizes deal to buy AI model router OpenRouter for more than $7B

By Duncan Riley Aug 16, 2026

OpenRouter Inc., which sells developers a single door into more than 400 artificial intelligence models, has agreed to terms to sell itself to Stripe Inc. for north of $7 billion, according to a report…

AI

Impetus builds an operational framework to bridge AI’s ‘context gap’

By Mark Albertson Aug 15, 2026

AI agents are being widely deployed inside businesses today, but do they actually know how to get results? This is the fundamental question being asked in many boardrooms as enterprises implement AI strategies tied…

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OpenAI leases 10-gigawatt AI data center campus from SoftBank’s SB Energy

On theCUBE Pod: AI bubble debate heats up and neocloud earnings challenge doubters

Higgsfield raises $400M at $5.4 billion valuation to scale video and image generation platform

Wispr raises $280M to power up natural speech-to-text using AI

Palona raises $20M in funding to bring AI automation to brick-and-mortar businesses

Gravis Robotics gets $200M from SoftBank to retrofit excavators with self-driving AI systems

Hexaware bundles its AI services under a Zero Friction Enterprise framework

SuperApp launches a shared space with AI models for teams to collaborate on work

Stripe reportedly finalizes deal to buy AI model router OpenRouter for more than $7B

Impetus builds an operational framework to bridge AI’s ‘context gap’

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