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Cerebras Systems Soars 68% in Nasdaq Debut, Raising $5.55B in Largest U.S. Tech IPO Since Uber

May 15, 2026

CNBC

AI chipmaker Cerebras Systems explodes 68% on its Nasdaq debut, closing at $311.07 after raising $5.55 billion in the largest U.S. tech IPO since Uber's 2019 listing, pushing its market cap to roughly $95 billion as it aggressively challenges Nvidia with new deals from AWS and OpenAI.

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Cerebras Surges 90% on Trading Debut, Opens at $350 in Biggest IPO of the Year With $75 Billion Valuation

May 15, 2026

NBC News

AI chipmaker Cerebras explodes 90% on its Nasdaq trading debut, opening at $350 after pricing at $185, claiming the biggest IPO of the year with a $75 billion valuation amid overwhelming investor demand exceeding 20 times available shares as it challenges Nvidia's dominance.

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Celonis Launches Real-Time Digital Twin of Business Operations and Acquires MIT-Founded AI Firm to Power Smarter Enterprise Decision-Making

May 13, 2026

The Deep View

Celonis launches a real-time digital twin of business operations called the Celonis Context Model and acquires MIT-founded AI firm Ikigai Labs, combining live operational data with predictive AI to help enterprises like AstraZeneca and Mercedes make smarter, faster decisions.

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Anthropic Seeks $30 Billion in Funding at Near-Trillion Dollar Valuation

May 13, 2026

Bloomberg.com

Anthropic is in early talks to raise at least $30 billion in fresh financing, potentially valuing the AI company behind Claude at over $900 billion in what could be its largest funding round yet.

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AI Boom Hits Hardware Wall as Apple Opens Ecosystem, DeepSeek Surges to $45B

May 12, 2026

The AI Report

AI's explosive growth faces a critical hardware bottleneck lasting years, even as Apple shatters its AI exclusivity by letting 1.2 billion iPhone users choose rival models like Gemini and Claude, DeepSeek rockets to a $45 billion valuation, and AI pioneer Yann LeCun launches a $1 billion bet against large language …

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DeepSeek Valuation Surges to $45 Billion as Chinese AI Lab Seeks First-Ever VC Round Led by State Fund

May 12, 2026

Yahoo Finance

DeepSeek's valuation more than doubles to $45 billion as the Chinese AI lab enters talks for its first-ever VC round, led by a Chinese state fund with Tencent and Alibaba also in discussions, signaling China's aggressive push to build homegrown AI rivaling the U.S.

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SoftBank's Masayoshi Son In Talks With Macron Over Multibillion-Dollar AI Data Center Investment In France

May 12, 2026

Bloomberg.com

SoftBank's Masayoshi Son is in talks with French President Emmanuel Macron over a multibillion-dollar AI data center investment in France, with Son reportedly floating a figure as high as $100 billion as part of a sweeping global push to build out artificial intelligence infrastructure.

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OpenAI Launches $4 Billion Deployment Company with 150 Engineers to Embed AI Across Enterprise Workflows

May 12, 2026

OpenAI

OpenAI launches a $4 billion Deployment Company, acquiring AI consulting firm Tomoro and its 150 engineers to embed AI specialists directly into enterprise workflows, backed by major investors including TPG, McKinsey, and Goldman Sachs.

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OpenAI Co-Founder Ilya Sutskever Reveals $7 Billion Stake During Musk vs. OpenAI Trial

May 12, 2026

Bloomberg.com

OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever reveals a $7 billion personal stake in the AI startup during testimony in the ongoing Elon Musk vs. OpenAI trial, making him one of the company's largest individual shareholders.

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Nvidia Surpasses $40 Billion in AI Investments, Fueling Ecosystem Dominance and Bubble Fears

May 11, 2026

CNBC

Nvidia surpasses $40 billion in AI investments in 2026, securing major deals with Corning, IREN, and OpenAI to dominate the AI supply chain, but critics warn the strategy may be artificially inflating GPU demand in a move reminiscent of dot-com era vendor financing.

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