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Anthropic will pay xAI .25 billion per month for compute

Anthropic will pay xAI $1.25 billion per month for compute

Earlier this month, Anthropic surprised the AI world with a deal to buy 300 megawatts worth of compute — securing the entire output of the Colossus 1 data center near Memphis, Tennessee.  Turns out, compute at that scale isn’t cheap. Anthropic will be paying xAI $1.25...

Sam Altman makes ‘mic drop’ offer to every Y Combinator startup

Sam Altman makes ‘mic drop’ offer to every Y Combinator startup

During a Y Combinator event on Tuesday night, Sam Altman had what YC partner Tyler Bosmeny called a “mic drop moment.” Altman offered $2 million worth of OpenAI tokens to every startup in the current class in exchange for equity in the startup. In other words, he...

Microsoft’s carbon-removal plans aren’t dead after all

Microsoft is purchasing 650,000 metric tons of carbon-removal credits from startup BioCirc, the company said today.  As carbon-removal deals go, it’s not a big buy. But this one is notable because last month, two reports said the tech giant was pausing its...

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AI search startups are blowing up

AI search startups are blowing up

Yesterday’s big news was Google’s plan to blow up its traditional Search in favor of an AI-powered experience — but Google isn’t the only company planning for the next generation of discoverability. This morning, Bloomberg has news of the Andreessen-backed Exa Labs,...

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