
Reflection AI Locks $6.3B Compute Deal With SpaceX
The AlphaGo co-founder's open-source AI lab will pay SpaceX $150M monthly for Nvidia GB300 chips at Colossus 2, totaling $6.3B before shipping a single public model.
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The AlphaGo co-founder's open-source AI lab will pay SpaceX $150M monthly for Nvidia GB300 chips at Colossus 2, totaling $6.3B before shipping a single public model.

Baseten's $1.5B raise at a $13B valuation signals a structural shift as open-source models displace closed APIs in enterprise AI.

London-based Behavox lands preferred equity from BlackRock's HPS as compliance demand rises ahead of Colorado and EU AI Act deadlines.

Pramaana Labs uses the LEAN proof language to attach a mathematical certificate to every AI answer in high-stakes domains like tax, law, and drug discovery.

CPP Investments commits C$1 billion to Indian data center operator CtrlS in a dual equity-and-JV structure, joining the global race to build hyperscale AI infrastructure across India.

Amazon leads a $310M round into Odyssey, a startup building world models that simulate physics - not just language - with Trainium chip adoption baked in as the price of entry.

Bengaluru-based Sarvam hit a $1.5 billion valuation after HCLTech put in $150 million, betting India can build its own AI stack and stop routing sensitive data through American clouds.

Mistral AI is in talks to raise €3 billion at a €20 billion valuation, nearly doubling its September 2025 price tag in under a year and cementing its status as Europe's most valuable AI company.

Anthropic commits $150 million to place 1,000 AI-trained fellows inside US nonprofits for a year at $85,000 each, no degree required.

Jeff Bezos anchored a $500M round for Flourish, a New York startup building Cortex AI from connectomics research, targeting 20-50W operation versus server-rack GPU clusters.

Morgan Stanley projects $570B in AI-linked global debt issuance for 2026, more than double last year, as Amazon's $17.5B term loan reveals capex now consuming virtually all hyperscaler cash flows.

Former Datadog engineers launch Niteshift, a $7M-backed cloud platform that runs AI coding agents in full-stack environments with model-agnostic routing.