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August 2026

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Aug 21, 2026

Rillet Raises $100 Million to Challenge Accounting’s Legacy Stack

The company is betting that finance teams will replace systems built around human data entry with agent-led workflows—but the controls around sensitive financial work remain central to that pitch. Rillet has raised a $100 million Series C at a $1 billion valuation, backing its push to make AI agents a working layer inside corporate accounting. The round’s investor roster Lead investor: ICONIQ.

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Earnings Business

Aug 21, 2026

Micron’s Memory Boom Is Giving Nvidia’s AI Lead a New Counterweight

Nvidia’s platform scale and Micron’s sold-out HBM supply both point to an intense infrastructure cycle. The unresolved question is whether Micron’s contract terms can preserve its gains if memory supply catches up. The AI infrastructure buildout is producing two different forms of leverage.

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Regulation Infrastructure

Aug 20, 2026

AI Data Center Builders Offer Concessions as Local Backlash Hardens

Oracle, Microsoft and OpenAI are pairing outreach with promises on power, water and local benefits. The unresolved test is whether concessions can overcome opposition that is already delaying projects and reshaping state policy. AI data-center developers are being pushed to offer more than jobs and tax revenue.

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Acquisition Business

Aug 17, 2026

Google’s $10 Million Spirit Deal Turns Airline Work Data Into an AI Asset

Google says the airline records will be stripped of personal information before transfer. The proposed sale still leaves key questions about the filtering process, final dataset and intended model uses unanswered. Google says it is buying a deidentified slice of Spirit Airlines’ corporate history to improve AI products and models, not a trove of passenger identities.

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