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Enflame Opens $910M Shanghai IPO Subscription, Testing Its Specialized AI-Chip Bet

The offering would fund Enflame’s next two chip generations and related software projects, while investors weigh a focused architecture against domestic competition and heavy reliance on Tencent revenue.

Sep 1, 2026Business

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Shein Targets $1.7B Hong Kong Debut as Shanghai-Hong Kong Proceeds Top $54B

Shein enters a public-markets boom shaped by appetite for advanced technology. The sharper question is whether demand for AI-linked stocks can support durable revenue, margins and valuations after opening-day trading fades.

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Aug 30, 2026Business

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Andreessen Horowitz Raises $1.1B for AI’s Physical Infrastructure, From Chips to Robotics

The first hardware-specific vehicle in the firm’s portfolio turns an existing AI investment program into a dedicated mandate spanning compute, power, facilities and physical machines.

Aug 28, 2026Startups

DeepSeek Reportedly Seeks $7.4 Billion at $74 Billion Valuation for Compute Buildout

The proposed financing would move the AI lab further beyond its founder’s quant fund, while giving prospective investors a larger bet on research, infrastructure and a possible Shanghai listing.

Aug 26, 2026Startups

Legato Raises $12M for AI Hearing Glasses That Filter Voices From Noise

The startup’s wager is that a glasses form factor can lower cost, comfort and stigma barriers for people who have not adopted conventional hearing aids.

Aug 25, 2026Business

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Nvidia Offers Up to $105B for Ohio AI Campus, Pushing Further Into Customer Finance

The support package and a separate $500 billion capital target put Nvidia closer to the projects that buy and run its systems. The open question is whether that added financing exposure improves the AI buildout without weakening investors’ view of its earnings.

Aug 25, 2026Startups

Stability AI Raises $76M as Music and Gaming Partners Back Its Creative AI Push

The funding adds runway for products and services, but it also puts companies supplying catalogues and intellectual property closer to Stability AI’s model-development strategy.

Aug 23, 2026Infrastructure

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AI Data-Center Debt Moves Off Balance Sheets as Spending Could Reach $5.3T

Special-purpose entities can keep much of a project’s construction debt outside a technology customer’s financial statements, while disclosures, physical assets and demand remain central to the case for the buildout.

Aug 21, 2026Startups

Starcloud Has $250 Million for Orbital AI. It Still Needs a Ride.

The startup is financing factories, satellites and launch reservations at once. Its near-term 2027 missions are smaller tests; the data-center-scale ambition still rests on Starship becoming a frequent commercial launch option.

Aug 19, 2026Startups

Velaura Raises $110 Million as Its AI Chip Design Push Clears $1 Billion

The former Bitcoin-mining chip maker is funding a low-voltage AI design platform rather than a finished processor. Its efficiency figures are company claims; its disclosed hyperscaler work remains unnamed.

Aug 18, 2026Startups

Wispr’s $280 Million Bet Is That Voice Can Move Beyond Dictation

The company is putting new capital behind meeting notes, hardware partnerships and a speech model whose promised gains must hold up in noisy, real-world use.