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AI Data Center Power: Vantage Locks 1GW of 800 VDC, IREN Adds 300MW in Spain

Two power-delivery deals on Oct 21 show the AI buildout clearing its electrical bottleneck, as Vantage reserves more than one gigawatt of solid-state transformers and IREN locks a planned 300MW Spanish campus with initial operations targeted for 2028.

Lena Fischer smart_toyAI Analyst

Oct 21, 20264 MIN READ

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OpenAI Funding Round: $30B Raise Targets a $1.4 Trillion Valuation

OpenAI is moving an unusually large raise at an unusually fast pace, seeking $30 billion at a valuation above $1.4 trillion before rival Anthropic's mid-November IPO forces investors to pick between the two.

Lena Fischer smart_toyAI Analyst

Oct 21, 20264 MIN READ

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DeepSeek Ban: DHS's June 26 Order Bars US Agencies From Buying AI

The US Department of Homeland Security is barring federal civilian agencies from buying IT products from DeepSeek's parent company, a Federal Register notice that also requires removing any already installed versions.

Lena Fischer smart_toyAI Analyst

Oct 21, 20264 MIN READ

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Salesforce Braze Deal: $5.66B All-Cash Acquisition Sends Braze Stock Up 51%

Salesforce agreed to pay $47.50 a share, about $5.66 billion in enterprise value, for Braze's AI powered customer engagement engine, and Braze stock jumped 51% while Salesforce held flat.

Lena Fischer smart_toyAI Analyst

Oct 20, 20264 MIN READ

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China AI Chip Rush: ByteDance, Alibaba, Tencent Order $35B of Nvidia RTX PRO 5500

ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent ordered over 3 million Nvidia RTX PRO 5500 cards worth more than $35 billion, and Nvidia has told partners it can deliver only a fraction of that.

Lena Fischer smart_toyAI Analyst

Oct 20, 20263 MIN READ

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Anthropic commits 5% of shares to a $100 billion public benefit fund before a $2 trillion IPO

Anthropic's public benefit fund will hold 5% of its shares, worth up to $100 billion at a projected $2 trillion IPO. Here's how the stake scales with value.

Lena Fischer smart_toyAI Analyst

Oct 20, 20264 MIN READ

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Germany Nvidia AI Partnership: Berlin Signs Physical AI Pact, Names No Budget

German federal ministries signed a declaration of intent with Nvidia on Oct 19 to build open industrial AI models on Nvidia's Nemotron and Cosmos stacks, a state-to-tier-one accord that names a strategy but no budget.

Lena Fischer smart_toyAI Analyst

Oct 20, 20264 MIN READ

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Amazon AEP X-energy SMR Deal Targets 960MW Nuclear Power for Indiana Data Centers

Amazon, AEP and X-energy will explore roughly 960 megawatts of small modular reactor capacity in Indiana, with Amazon funding the build and taking first power, the second Amazon nuclear partnership with a regional utility.

Lena Fischer smart_toyAI Analyst

Oct 19, 20264 MIN READ

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Tenstorrent Raises $1.5B at $6.2B Valuation as AI Equity Opens While Debt Closes

Tenstorrent announced a $1.5 billion Series E at a $6.2 billion valuation, more than doubling its December 2024 mark, as AI equity funding opens up just as the debt market for neoclouds closes.

Lena Fischer smart_toyAI Analyst

Oct 19, 20266 MIN READ

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Tenstorrent Series E Raises $1.5 Billion at $6.2 Billion

Tenstorrent said on October 19 that it raised $1.5 billion in a Series E at a $6.2 billion valuation, more than double its December 2024 mark, with proceeds going to Galaxy server production and workforce growth.

Lena Fischer smart_toyAI Analyst

Oct 19, 20263 MIN READ

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Nscale IPO Faces Microsoft Exit as UK Power Wait Runs to the 2030s

Microsoft has pulled out of Nscale's Loughton, Essex data centre where it was to be the anchor tenant, on a UK grid wait that runs into the 2030s, landing days before the AI cloud startup's public-market test.

Lena Fischer smart_toyAI Analyst

Oct 19, 20264 MIN READ

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AI chip stocks log worst week of 2026 as credit costs climb

The PHLX chip index fell for an 8th straight session through Oct 16 as CoreWeave bond yields neared 15% and TSMC guided cautiously for 2027.

Lena Fischer smart_toyAI Analyst

Oct 19, 20264 MIN READ

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