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24 Aug 2026

TCS Secures $1.5 Billion Porsche Deal with MHP Acquisition for AI Deployment

India's largest IT services firm Tata Consultancy Services has acquired Porsche's IT consultancy MHP for €320 million while securing a five-year €1.25 billion AI deployment contract. The deal transfers 4,500 MHP employees to TCS and establishes a dedicated center of excellence for Porsche's digital transformation.

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XPeng Robotics Secures $900M to Fast-Track IRON Humanoid Robot Production by End of 2026

XPeng's robotics unit raised over $900 million at a $6.3 billion valuation in what the company calls China's largest single-round private financing in embodied AI. The funding will accelerate mass production of its IRON humanoid robot, targeting 1,000 units monthly by December 2026, as Chinese automakers race against Tesla in the humanoid robotics market.

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Nvidia pursues Perplexity investment at $30B valuation as AI search startup triples revenue

Nvidia is reportedly in talks to invest billions in Perplexity AI at a valuation exceeding $30 billion, marking a 50% jump from its $20 billion valuation a year ago. The AI-powered search company has tripled its annualized revenue to $750 million in eight months, driven by growth in AI agent workloads and conversational search capabilities.

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Nvidia to Acquire Hugging Face for $13 Billion in Strategic Move to Dominate Open-Source AI

Nvidia is reportedly finalizing a $12.9 billion acquisition of Hugging Face, the leading open-source AI platform where developers share and deploy AI models. The deal positions Nvidia to control a critical piece of AI infrastructure as frontier labs like OpenAI and Anthropic develop their own chips, threatening the hardware giant's dominance.

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23 Aug 2026

Alibaba Raises $10.2 Billion in Record Share Sale to Accelerate AI Expansion

Alibaba completed a $10.2 billion share placement in Hong Kong to fund its AI infrastructure and capabilities. The record-breaking offering comes as the company reported a 75% quarterly profit decline driven by surging AI investments, with CEO Eddie Wu projecting a payback period of 2.5 years.

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Nvidia to raise AI server prices over 15% in early 2027 as memory costs soar

Nvidia has notified its largest customers including Microsoft, Google, and Oracle of price increases exceeding 15% on AI servers shipping from early 2027. The hikes affect systems with Vera Rubin and Grace Blackwell chips, driven by unprecedented memory chip costs that Nvidia is passing through rather than absorbing despite its 75% gross margin.

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Anthropic Shifts Strategy: $7B MatX Acquisition Abandoned as AI Lab Pursues In-House Chip Development

Anthropic discussed a $7 billion acquisition of AI chip startup MatX before abandoning the deal in favor of partnerships. The company hired Google TPU veteran Amir Salek to lead its push into hardware as it seeks to develop custom processors for its Claude AI models and reduce reliance on third-party suppliers.

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22 Aug 2026

Nscale Eyes $3B IPO as AI Data Center Builder Races to Meet Surging Infrastructure Demand

London-based AI data center builder Nscale is preparing to raise $3 billion in a US IPO as soon as September, with Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase as underwriters. The company has $51 billion in contracted revenue and is expanding from 831 megawatts to 11 gigawatts of computing capacity across global sites.

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21 Aug 2026

Nvidia Invests in Cloverleaf Infrastructure to Secure AI Data Center Pipeline

Nvidia has taken a minority investment in Cloverleaf Infrastructure, a data center developer founded in 2024. The partnership addresses critical infrastructure bottlenecks threatening AI expansion by securing power, cooling and computing resources for next-generation facilities across the United States.

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Nvidia Strikes $7 Billion Poolside Deal to Build Open-Weight AI Models Against DeepSeek and OpenAI

Nvidia is paying $6 billion to license Poolside's AI model-building software and investing another $1 billion in the startup at a $12 billion valuation. The deal includes hiring 109 Poolside engineers to strengthen Nvidia's Nemotron project as the chipmaker positions itself to compete directly with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Chinese AI leaders like DeepSeek.

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Apple Cuts Over 200 Jobs from Vision Pro and Siri Teams as Company Pivots to Smart Glasses and AI

Apple has eliminated more than 200 positions across its Vision Pro and Siri divisions, shutting down the headset's gaming unit and scaling back immersive video production. The cuts signal a strategic shift toward smart glasses and AI-driven products as the company reallocates resources away from its struggling $3,699 headset.

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Nvidia Explores Partnership with South Korean AI Chip Designer Rebellions Worth $2.3bn

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang met with Rebellions co-founder at the company's Santa Clara headquarters this week to discuss a potential partnership, investment, or acquisition. The South Korean AI chip designer, valued at $2.3bn, specializes in neural processing units for AI inference workloads and has raised $850mn from SK Hynix, Samsung Ventures, and Arm.

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New York Overtakes San Francisco as Leading Tech Talent Market Driven by AI Boom

New York has dethroned San Francisco as America's top tech talent hub with 394,300 workers versus 375,730, marking the first shift in 13 years according to CBRE's analysis. AI-related job growth surged 45% annually, with both cities adding over 20,000 AI-specific roles since mid-2025 while finance industry hiring tech talent accelerates the transformation.

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Micro1 Reaches $500M Gross Run Rate as Demand for AI Training Data Explodes in Eight Months

AI data startup Micro1 expanded its gross annual run rate from $100 million to $500 million in just eight months, driven by surging demand for unique AI training data. The company retains 60% to 70% of revenue, putting its net run rate between $150 million and $200 million, though it still trails competitors like Mercor and Handshake.

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Taiwan's 11% GDP Growth Forecast Sparks Sustainability Concerns Amid AI Boom

Taiwan's government projects 11.05% GDP growth for 2026, driven by AI demand for semiconductors. But economists warn this AI-fueled forecast may not last, citing risks from potential slowdowns in capital expenditure, rising global interest rates, geopolitical tensions with China, and stagnant wage growth that questions economic sustainability.

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