Twitch Will Use Streamers’ Videos to Train Amazon’s AI Models
Mike Minton, the chief product officer of Twitch, was live on the platform when he addressed the policy that had streamers angry all week. The company had announced that it…
AI Coding Startup Cognition in Talks at $40 Billion Valuation
Cognition, the startup behind the AI coding agent Devin, is in talks with investors about a new funding round at a valuation of about $40 billion, according to people familiar…
SK Hynix to Break Ground on Indiana Plant as Labor Talks Stall at Home
SK Hynix will hold a groundbreaking ceremony on Aug. 27 for its chip packaging plant in West Lafayette, Indiana, the Korean memory maker said, moving forward with a roughly $3.9…
Lovable Raises $400 Million as Tencent Backs European AI
Lovable, the Swedish startup that lets people build software by describing it in plain language, has closed a $400 million Series C round at a $13.3 billion valuation, TechCrunch confirmed…
Oracle Plans Another Round of Layoffs as AI Spending Bites
Oracle is preparing another round of layoffs before the start of its next fiscal quarter, The Next Web reported on Aug. 13, citing people familiar with the company’s plans. The…
Enterprise AI Firm Thrive Holdings Raises $2 Billion
Thrive Holdings, a company that brings artificial intelligence into the core operations of large businesses, said it completed a $2 billion funding round on Aug. 12. The company sits squarely…
Norway’s Sovereign Fund Posts $185 Billion Gain, CEO Warns of Harder Times
The Norwegian sovereign wealth fund, the largest in the world, earned $185 billion in the first half of 2026, a gain driven heavily by its holdings in semiconductor companies, CNBC…
Exchanges Race to Build a Futures Market for Computing Power
Two of America’s derivatives exchanges are building futures markets for computing power, and a third has said it will offer a regulated contract of its own. Kalshi and CBOE are…
Anthropic’s Amodei Courts Wary Investors Ahead of a Possible IPO
Dario Amodei has spent years describing artificial intelligence in the language of civilization, science and God. In private meetings with prospective investors this summer, the Anthropic chief executive has been…
Sequoia’s New Stewards Raise $10 Billion and Call the Market a White Swan
Alfred Lin and Pat Grady have run Sequoia Capital for less than a year. They have already raised more money than any leadership team in the firm’s 54-year history. Sequoia…
