Nvidia is reportedly in talks to acquire Lepton AI

Nvidia is reportedly in talks to acquire Lepton AI

Nvidia is looking to get into the server rental market. The semiconductor giant is reportedly nearing a deal to acquire Lepton AI, a company that rents out servers that are powered by Nvidia’s AI chips, according to The Information. The deal is reportedly worth several hundred million dollars, according to The Information, which cited unnamed…

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#Factorial, a HR unicorn, snaps up 0M from General Catalyst to boost sales and marketing

#Factorial, a HR unicorn, snaps up $120M from General Catalyst to boost sales and marketing

Factorial, the Barcelona-based “unicorn” startup that provides an all-in-one HR platform in the cloud for small and medium businesses, has picked up a non-dilutive (no equity) $120 million from General Catalyst — money it says it’ll invest in one specific area: “go-to-market”, or GTM, the umbrella term used for the wider expenses associated with sales…

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#Nerdio nabs 0M to power virtual desktops on Azure

#Nerdio nabs $500M to power virtual desktops on Azure

Nerdio, a platform designed to simplify how companies deploy and manage Microsoft cloud technologies, has raised $500 million in a Series C round of funding. The Chicago-based startup says its valuation has now quadrupled since its Series B round two years ago, and is now firmly in unicorn territory — though the company wouldn’t reveal…

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