Recently an Nvidia executive Said That the cost of computing now exceeds the salaries of its employees. last week, Mercor CEO said The startup is spending more on tokens for internal agents than on headcount. as enterprises Blow up their token budget, A big question is whether companies are really spending more on AI than…
Investors couldn’t get enough of the ramp throughout 2025 and it looks like 2026 could be another banner year for corporate expense management startups raising funds. According to sources, the company is in talks to raise another $750 million at a pre-money valuation of more than $40 billion. Tell the Wall Street Journal. However, the…
When an 82-year-old Kentucky woman $26 million offered An AI company that wanted to build a data center on his land, he refused. Sure, that same company could try to rezone the surrounding 2,000 acres of land somehow, but as AI infrastructure advances into the real world, the real world begins to retreat. That stress…
CEO Jensen Huang took the stage Nvidia’s GTC conference This week he delivered a two-and-a-half-hour keynote speech in his signature leather jacket, projecting $1 trillion in AI chip sales by 2027, declaring that every company should “openclaw strategy,” and concluding with a belligerent Olaf robot who had to have his mic cut off. The message…
YouTubers launching product linesacquiring startups, and building actual business empires. In fact, MrBeast’s company fintech startup step boughtand his chocolate business is outearning his media arm. This is not just a manufacturer’s strategy. For many, this is the new playbook. In this episode of TechCrunch equity Podcast, hosts Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha and Rebecca Bellan…
AI companies have been losing talent for the past few weeks. Half of XAI’s founding team has left the company – some on their own, others through “restructuring” – while OpenAI is facing changes of its own. Dissolving Your Mission Alignment Team Firing a policy executive who opposed its “adult mode” feature. Watch as TechCrunch…
Elon Musk has SpaceX and XAI mergerBlueprinting a new Silicon Valley power structure. With its $800 billion net worth already rivaling the peak market capitalization of historic conglomerate GE, and Musk being vocal about his view that “technological victories are decided by the velocity of innovation,” the question is not whether. personal group can be…
One area outside of AI where investors are still bullish is expense management fintech, at least if the ramp to 2025 is judged. Every few months, Ramp raises another huge amount at another huge new valuation. On Monday, the fintech announced it had raised $300 million led by Lightspeed, which also included an employee tender…
On Tuesday, the ramp replied to any kind of questions as to why investors recently paid an expense management startup of $ 22.5 billion, exactly 45 days after the previous funding round it was given a price of $ 16 billion: The company says It has acquired $ 1 billion in annual revenue. The annual…
Eric Glimaan, Expenditure Management Startup Ramp Co-Founder and CEO, Announced On Wednesday, a $ 500 million was increased by $ 500 million on the post -$ 22.5 billion money valuation. This new round, Under the leadership of Iconiq development with participation from Founders Fund and D1 capital partners comes exactly 45 days after the final…
