I canβt help rooting for tiny open source AI model maker Arcee TechCrunch By: Julie Bort 8 April 2026 at 05:35 Arcee is a tiny 26-person U.S. startup that built a high-performing, massive, open source LLM. And it's gaining popularity with OpenClaw users.
Firmus, the βSouthgateβ AI data center builder backed by Nvidia, hits $5.5B valuation TechCrunch By: Julie Bort 8 April 2026 at 02:46 Nvidia-backed Asia AI data center provider Firmus has now raised $1.35 billion in six months.
Uber is the latest to be won over by Amazonβs AI chips TechCrunch By: Julie Bort 8 April 2026 at 00:46 Uber is expanding its AWS contract to run more of its ride-sharing features on Amazon's chips. This is a thumb-of-the nose at Oracle and Google.