Groq raises $350M to fuel its pivot from AI chips to neocloud TechCrunch By: Rebecca Bellan 17 August 2026 at 18:15 Groq raised $350 million at a $3.5 billion valuation as the former AI chipmaker pivots to a neocloud business and expands its Nvidia-powered data center footprint.
Nvidia investing $1.5B in SoftBank data center developer behind OpenAI project TechCrunch By: Tim De Chant 17 August 2026 at 17:16 Nvidia's investment in SoftBank's data center developer will guarantee its chips power an OpenAI data center.