What does it mean when Uncle Sam is one of your biggest shareholders? Chip startup xLight is about to find out

What does it mean when Uncle Sam is one of your biggest shareholders? Chip startup xLight is about to find out

The Trump administration has agreed to inject up to $150 million into xLight, a semiconductor startup developing advanced chip-making technology, marking the third time the U.S. government has taken an equity position in a private startup and further expanding a controversial strategy that has put Washington on the cap tables of American companies. The Wall…

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AWS is spending B build AI infrastructure for the US government

AWS is spending $50B build AI infrastructure for the US government

Amazon Web Services is making a sizable new investment in infrastructure designed to boost AI capabilities for U.S. government organizations. AWS announced Monday it is investing $50 billion to build AI “high-performance computing infrastructure” purposefully built for the U.S. government. The buildout is meant to expand federal government agencies’ access to AWS AI services. The…

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AI data center provider Lambda raises whopping .5B after multi-billion Microsoft deal 

AI data center provider Lambda raises whopping $1.5B after multi-billion Microsoft deal 

AI data center provider Lambda announced Tuesday it raised $1.5 billion in a round led by TWG Global, a relatively new $40 billion investment firm formed by billionaires Thomas Tull, the former owner of Legendary Entertainment, and Guggenheim Partners founder and CEO Mark Walter. TWG holds a variety of the billionaires’ assets, including Walter’s stakes…

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