Startups Weekly: AMD acquisition and other moves to scale AI startups

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This week only brought more NVIDIA’s profit reportsOpen startups and VCs are also some news, perhaps more calm, but still worth focusing, especially where AI is.

The most exciting start stories from the week

The AI ​​brought a reminder that a more common starting activity, including a purchase of a purchase, but this week has taken a reminder that the full M & A execution time and the only route of the VC funding is not the only route.

Good optics: Very enosemicSilicone photonic prepares special materials to support the development of the product under unexplained conditions. The purpose of being taken is to “accelerate [AMD’s] Joint Optics update for AI systems. “

On the ship: AI startup anthropic Added Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings to the board. Hastings have been assigned to the independent long-term benefit of anthropy and have experience sitting on Netflix, Bloomberg, Meta and Microsoft boards.

It takes time: Family Safety App Life360 Finally connects A substance similar to an item lost as Airtag, three and a half years after Life360 plates For $ 205 million.

One month and 25 days: High-profile entrepreneur and angel investor coastal lavingia, Don Musk said he revealed the details of the workforce withdrawn in a total of 55 days. But it’s not just him: the musk also stint end.

Bootstaped: The ten-year-old cyber Ciberure COMPANY Thinkst Canary reached $ 20 million to annual recurring income without investing in VC – An interesting story that is worth noting before the financing news.

The most interesting VC and financing news this week

This week’s financing news comes from the mixture of ads and rumors – not approved, but well-stored. Let’s start from them before switching to more specific updates.

Musk again: Neuralink, Elon Musk’s brain implant was reported $ 600 million for a price worth $ 9 billion.

Long sleeves: Samsung is said to be thinking about investing A 100 million dollar round for medical device startup EXO via enterprise investment lever.

New Horizon: Files revealed that cyberectory starts Horizon3.ai Wanting to collect $ 100 millionout of the outside provided by $ 73 million.

New bricks: Construction progress is a chicago-based start using AI and computer vision to improve tracking A number of $ 45 million DIt was removed to $ 166 million.

To add: Rillet, a start, using machine learning and generative AI to automate accounting reports A number of $ 25 million a Sounds led by Sequoia Capital, a $ 13.5 million seed and a total of 10 months after the pre-seed period.

Comfort: Snabbit is an Indian start of Indian, which operates in the field of increasingly hot home services, B round a number of $ 19 million was provided Leads by Lightspeed in the assessment of $ 80 million.

World models: Sipitial, Synthesia Co-founder Matthias Niessner, new company, Rounded $ 13 million The first guides to develop a foundation model that can create an interactive 3D online environment by the first. Shared similarities with AI model Released by opponent Odyssey This week.

Governor: GridCare, the starting energy optimization of an AI, the start of something secret The seeds of $ 13.5 million were rounded And the player between information centers and utilities is ready to play.

Diversify: State-owned Saudi EU company makes nervous progress To launch institutions of humThe United States, Europe and Asia to invest in the start of $ 10 billion.

KIWI Startings: Auckland based enterprise firm and initial enterprises of the incubator The second stock closed About $ 25 million to invest in deep technological beginnings from New Zealand.

Last but at least

Nuclear Fusion Startups have been to attract investorsHowever, their efforts are still experimental. On the other hand, there is potential for electric centers explaining why large-tech companies will now be Investing in nuclear fragmentation beginnings.