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Oracle Shatters Growth Records as AI Infrastructure Revenue Surges 243 Percent and Cloud Backlog Hits 553 Billion Dollars
Oracle's Q3 FY2026 earnings reveal its fastest organic revenue growth since 2009, driven by explosive AI infrastructure demand, a 531 percent jump in multicloud database revenue, and a remaining performance obligations backlog that has tripled year over year.
Nscale Raises $2 Billion in Largest European Series C as Nvidia, Citadel and Jane Street Back AI Infrastructure Expansion
UK-based AI infrastructure hyperscaler Nscale closes a $2 billion Series C at $14.6 billion valuation, adding Sheryl Sandberg and Nick Clegg to its board.
Hardware Testing Startup Nominal Hits Unicorn Status with $155 Million in Ten Months, Backed by Founders Fund and Sequoia
Nominal, an Austin-based hardware data platform, reached a $1 billion valuation after raising an $80 million Series B extension led by Founders Fund, bringing total funding to $155 million in under ten months.
OpenAI Raises $110 Billion in Largest Private Funding Round in History, Valued at $840 Billion as Amazon Becomes Its Second Cloud Partner
Amazon, Nvidia, and SoftBank pour $110 billion into OpenAI at a $730 billion pre-money valuation, reshaping the AI capital landscape and ending Microsoft's exclusive cloud partnership.
Block Cuts 40 Percent of Its Workforce, Citing AI Tools as Jack Dorsey Predicts Industry-Wide Wave
Jack Dorsey's payments company eliminated 4,000 jobs—nearly half its staff—attributing the cuts directly to AI productivity gains and predicting most companies will follow within a year.
Meta Breaks Ground on $10 Billion Indiana Data Center as Big Tech AI Spending Nears $650 Billion
Meta begins construction on a 1-gigawatt data center campus in Lebanon, Indiana, part of a broader AI infrastructure arms race that will see the four largest tech companies spend upwards of $650 billion in 2026.
Alphabet Raises $20 Billion in Largest AI-Linked Bond Sale, Plans Rare 100-Year Sterling Note
Google's parent launches a historic multi-currency debt offering, including the first century bond from a tech company since the dot-com era, to fund up to $185 billion in AI infrastructure spending.
Skyryse Reaches Unicorn Status with $300M Raise to Bring Its Universal Flight OS to Helicopters and Planes
Aviation automation startup Skyryse raises $300M Series C at $1.15B valuation to certify SkyOS, a fly-by-wire system replacing complex mechanical controls with a single joystick and touchscreens.
Amazon Posts Record $716.9 Billion Revenue but Stock Plunges as $200 Billion AI Spending Plan Dwarfs All Rivals
Amazon beats Q4 revenue estimates with AWS growing 24%, but a $200B capex plan — $51B above consensus — and 16,000 job cuts signal the true cost of competing in AI