2026-04-24
Verda raises $117 million to expand its GPU cloud platform from the Nordics into the US, UK, and Asia
The Helsinki-based company, formerly DataCrunch, is backed by Lifeline Ventures, byFounders, Tesi, Varma, and a group of Nordic lenders. It is already cash-flow positive, holds Nvidia Preferred Partner status, and plans to hire more than 100 people this year. Verda, the Helsinki-based AI cloud infrastructure company formerly known as DataCrunch, has raised $117 million in […]<br /> This st [...]
2026-04-24
'They will move, regardless of sovereignty ambitions': How Trump’s US became the big winner of the UK’s 4.4x energy price gap
Rising electricity costs in the UK are pushing AI firms to move workloads overseas, weakening domestic ambitions and strengthening global competitors. [...]
2026-04-24
Amazon-backed nuclear startup X-Energy raises $1.02 billion in IPO
X-Energy sold 44.3 million Class A shares at $23 each, above the $16–$19 marketed range, and began trading on Nasdaq under the ticker XE on 24 April. The company has $1.8 billion in prior private capital, a $500 million Amazon-led Series C-1, and a binding commitment from Amazon to buy up to 5 gigawatts of […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-04-24
Cohere and Aleph Alpha announce merger in Berlin, creating a $20 billion transatlantic AI company
Cohere’s shareholders will receive approximately 90% of the combined entity; Aleph Alpha’s shareholders approximately 10%, making this effectively a Cohere acquisition in merger framing. The German government is set to become an anchor customer. Both digital ministers attended the Berlin announcement. Cohere, the Toronto-based enterprise AI company, and Aleph Alpha, the Heidelberg-based German [...]
2026-04-24
DeepSeek returns with V4-Pro and V4-Flash, a year after its ‘Sputnik moment’
The Hangzhou startup released preview versions of both models on Hugging Face on Friday. V4-Pro claims top performance on coding and maths among open models, trails only Gemini 3.1-Pro for world knowledge, and falls “marginally short” of GPT-5.4 and Gemini 3.1-Pro, a gap DeepSeek says is “approximately 3 to 6 months.” Both models are open-source. […]<br /> This story continues at T [...]
2026-04-24
"Rather than replacing the crew": Watch the 64-year-old Chinook execute a hands-free landing thanks to a pilotless brain update
A Chinook helicopter successfully performed a fully autonomous landing using Boeing’s system, improving precision, reducing workload, and enhancing operational effectiveness. [...]
