Mercor’s CEO Invested in Deeptune, Then Bought It. He Says That Was Always the Plan.
The AI training-data unicorn snapped up a reinforcement-learning environment startup its own founder had quietly funded three months earlier, tightening…
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DigitalOcean Lands Nine-Figure AI Deals, Talks Up 10x RPO Surge
The budget cloud provider says it's signed multiple nine-figure customer agreements for inference and cloud services, with remaining performance obligations…
Oxylabs Becomes a $3.6B Unicorn, Lawsuits and All
Warburg Pincus writes a $130 million check into the web-scraping infrastructure firm AI labs quietly depend on, even as Reddit…
Mercor Reportedly Doubling Its Valuation to $20B in Months
The AI-data-labeling upstart is said to be in talks for a valuation that would double its October price tag —…
Databento Raises $97 Million to Rewire How Wall Street Buys Market Data
The Salt Lake City company’s oversubscribed Series B, led by NEA, is a bet that the market data industry works…
Zhipu AI Books $4B in Hong Kong Listing, Beijing’s AI Champion Goes Public
The Chinese large-language-model developer's Hong Kong share sale marks one of the biggest AI listings outside the US this year,…
Nvidia’s Voice Bet: Gradium’s Seed Round Balloons Past $100M
A $30m extension pushes voice-AI startup Gradium's seed round north of $100m, with Nvidia joining the cap table — another…
Equifax Drops $750M on Mexico’s Círculo de Crédito
The credit bureau giant buys its way into Latin America's fastest-growing credit market, betting alt-data scale beats organic build-out south…
Vista, Quinti Circle Criteo In Reported Take-Private Bid
Two private equity shops have floated an offer for the retail-media and ad-tech vendor, per Reuters — a potential exit…
Kikoff Buys Credit-Data Furnisher TSB, Terms Undisclosed
The fintech consumer-credit builder acquires The Service Bureau's furnishing tech and client book, folding a plumbing-layer data vendor into its…