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This startup is betting tokenmaxxing will create the next compute giant
16+ hour, 57+ min ago (489+ words) Give me tokens. Just give me tokens. I want them fast. I want them cheap. I want them now." That's the mantra for developers building software on generative AI models, or at least what Parasail CEO Mike Henry hears. Parasail…...
Jensen Huang just put Nvidia's Blackwell and Vera Rubin sales projections into the $1 trillion stratosphere
4+ week, 2+ day ago (189+ words) The first Strictly VC of 2026 hits San Francisco. Tickets are going fast. Register now. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang threw out a lot of numbers " mostly of the technical variety " during his keynote Monday to kick off the company's annual GTC…...
Nvidia unveils new Cosmos world models, infra for robotics and physical uses
8+ mon, 4+ day ago (365+ words) The first Strictly VC of 2026 hits San Francisco. Tickets are going fast. Register now. Nvidia on Monday unveiled a set of new world AI models, libraries, and other infrastructure for robotics developers, most notable of which is Cosmos Reason, a…...
Firmus, the 'Southgate' AI data center builder backed by Nvidia, hits $5. 5 B valuation
1+ week, 1+ day ago (450+ words) Julie Bort is the Startups/Venture Desk editor for Tech Crunch. You can contact or verify outreach from Julie by emailing julie. bort@techcrunch. com or via @Julie188 on X. THIS WEEK ONLY: Save close to $500 on your Disrupt pass. Offer ends…...
Cognichip wants AI to design the chips that power AI, and just raised $60 M to try
2+ week, 8+ hour ago (454+ words) The most advanced silicon chips have accelerated the development of artificial intelligence. Now, can AI return the favor? In the time it takes to create a new chip, Cognichip CEO and founder Faraj Aalaei says, the market can change and…...
Startup Gimlet Labs is solving the AI inference bottleneck in a surprisingly elegant way
3+ week, 2+ day ago (669+ words) Stanford adjunct professor and successfully exited founder Zain Asgar just raised an $80 million Series A for a startup that solve the AI inference bottleneck problem in an astute way. The round was led by Menlo Ventures." The company, Gimlet'Labs, has…...
Nvidia is quietly building a multibillion-dollar behemoth to rival its chips business
4+ week, 9+ hour ago (699+ words) Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was years ahead of the market when he pushed the company to start tinkering with building AI-specific chips back in 2010, more than a decade before the current buzz around AI. A similar move in 2020 " doubling down…...
Niv-AI exits stealth to wring more power performance out of GPUs
4+ week, 1+ day ago (536+ words) Electricity is a key raw material for artificial intelligence, but new processing techniques outstrip the ability of data center operators to manage their relationship with the power grid, forcing them to throttle down by as much as 30%. "There is so…...
Nvidia's DLSS 5 uses generative AI to boost photo-realism in video games, with ambitions beyond gaming
4+ week, 2+ day ago (433+ words) Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang used the company's keynote at Nvidia GTC on Monday to introduce DLSS 5, a new version of the chip-maker's AI graphics tech designed to make video games more realistic while using less compute power." The new DLSS…...
Another deep tech chip startup becomes a unicorn: Frore hits $1. 64 B
4+ week, 2+ day ago (234+ words) Eight-year-old semiconductor startup Frore Systems has raised a $143 million Series D, led by MVP Ventures, at $1. 64 billion valuation, the company announced on Monday. Frore has now raised $340 million total, the company said. Frore doesn't make the chips themselves; it makes…...