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03.08.26 - 21:42
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VC Money Floods Into US Nuclear Startups As AI Power Demand Explodes (ZeroHedge)
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VC Money Floods Into US Nuclear Startups As AI Power Demand Explodes
Authored by Haley Zaremba via OilPrice.com,
Global VC funding for nuclear fission and fusion startups has already topped $4.5 billion across 81 companies in 2026, on pace to beat 2025's $6.2 billion record.
Big Tech figures including Sam Altman and Bill Gates are pouring money into fusion to keep up with AI's ballooning electricity demand.
Critics warn the startup boom is skipping voluntary safety guardrails and pulling attention from proven large-scale reactor technology.
Venture capitalists are taking a major interest in nuclear energy start ups. Funding is surging for both nuclear fusion and fission firms as the technology becomes an increasingly essential part of a feasible pathway toward sustainable energy security in the face of the artificial intelligence boom.
According to reporting by Axios, global investment in both fission and fusion has topped USD $4.5 billion across 81 companies in 2026 so far. A...
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03.08.26 - 21:24
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Alibaba′s New Model, Amazon′s AI Win and Apple′s Next Chapter | Bloomberg Tech 8/3/2026 (Bloomberg)
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Bloomberg's Ed Ludlow breaks down Alibaba's latest Qwen model, its biggest ever, claiming performance on par with Anthropic. Plus, AWS CEO Matt Garman joins after Amazon surpassed $3 trillion in market value for the first time, extending gains after a big cloud and AI-driven earnings report last week. And, we dive into the details of the new Apple Upgrade program and iPhone-maker's next era of growth as the company reinvents itself as a subscription giant. (Source: Bloomberg)...
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03.08.26 - 21:18
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′Concentration of Power′ One of Biggest Risks in AI, Says Hugging Face CEO (Bloomberg)
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Clement Delangue, CEO of AI company Hugging Face, sat down with Bloomberg's Ed Ludlow to discuss OpenAI models' hack on Hugging Face last month and the future of AI regulation. Talking about the hack, Delangue, said that while companies want AI agents to think outside the box, they don't want AI to 'think outside the sandbox' and stay in the closed testing environment. Delangue also discussed government involvement in AI regulation and said that there is a risk that too much government intervention would result in a 'concentration of power' and said that is one of the biggest risks in the AI space. (Source: Bloomberg)...
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03.08.26 - 20:42
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Sierra and Plaid partner to power AI-driven finance (CNBC)
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CNBC's Kate Rooney sat down with Plaid CEO Zachary Perret and Sierra Co-Founder Clay Bavor to talk about the companies' new partnership to let AI agents pay for things on customers' behalf. Plus making sure it all happens safely behind the scenes as cybersecurity threats rise....
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03.08.26 - 20:15
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Texas Approves AI Data Center Co-Location Next To Wind Farm, With Curtailment Caveats (ZeroHedge)
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Texas Approves AI Data Center Co-Location Next To Wind Farm, With Curtailment Caveats
By Marlene Wilden of UtilityDive
The Public Utility Commission of Texas last week approved a net metering arrangement for a 260-MW AI data center co-located with a wind farm of approximately the same capacity in a case that could serve as a template for other co-located loads in the Lone Star State.
The data center is the second one planned for the site, and the developer had argued it should not be subject to the same curtailment requirements as the first because the total load of both – about 525 MW – exceeds the generation resource's capacity of 265.5 MW.
An Oncor substation in December 2025 next to an up to 600-MW Skybox data center in Hutto, Texas. A data center net metering arrangement approved by the Public Utility Commission of Texas on July 24, 2026, could serve as a template for other co-located loads in the Lone Star State. Getty Images
The commission rejected that argument. According to the...
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03.08.26 - 20:01
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Valar Atomics Raises $1 Billion to Power the AI Era (Bloomberg)
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Valar Atomics, the company building America's first gigasites, secured $1 billion in its Series B funding round led by Sequoia. The company also closed a $200 million credit facility to build the world's first vertically integrated industrial nuclear power company. Valar Atomics CEO and founder Isaiah Taylor joins Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech." (Source: Bloomberg)...
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