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xAI completed its upsized Series E funding round, exceeding the $15 billion targeted round size, and raised $20 billion. Investors participating in the round include Valor Equity Partners, Stepstone Group, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Qatar Investment Authority, MGX and Baron Capital Group, amongst other key partners. Strategic investors in the round include NVIDIA and ... Read more

Elon Musk is very optimismi about AI + robotics leading to an age of extreme abundance. He sees a Star Trek future and not Terminator. The next 3–7 year transition will be very bumpy, potentially causing massive social unrest despite rising prosperity. AI and robotics is a supersonic tsunami that is already accelerating, no off-switch, ... Read more

Menlo Park, India, 6th January 2026, CyberNewsWire

Jensen Huang revealed that latest Nvidia technology and applications including the new Ruben GPU chips. Vera Rubin addresses skyrocketing AI computation demand (models 10x larger yearly, reasoning adds compute). Post-training uses reinforcement learning and inference is multi-token. Tokens use increase 5x yearly. Costs decline 10x yearly due to race. NEWS: Nvidia has released a new ... Read more

The US is getting faster at war. There was previously the 12 day war with Iran and now a 2 hour war with Venezuela. USA getting faster at war. 12 day war with Iran and now a 2 hour war with Venezuela @elonmusk @stevenmarkryan @benshapiro @RandyWKirk1 @WR4NYGov @ScottAdamsSays pic.twitter.com/8jk88GO08C — nextbigfuture (@nextbigfuture) January 3, 2026 ... Read more