Tether in Talks to Raise at Least $15 Billion

PYMNTS / pymnts - Stablecoin issuer Tether is reportedly in talks with investors to raise between $15 billion and $20 billion in a deal that would value the company at $500 billion. The transaction would involve new equity, with the investors getting a 3% stake through a p…

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Apple To Boost iPhone 17 Production Due To Strong Demand

bgr - After a lukewarm response to the iPhone 16, consumers appear to be flocking to the iPhone 17, leading Apple to reportedly boost production.

Back to Top / Monday, September 22, 2025, 4:21 pm / permalink 14804 / 5 stories in 5 months

UK fintech Tide attains unicorn status, with $120M funding round

John Reynolds / tech - Tide, the UK business management platform, has attained unicorn status, following a $120m funding round. The funding round was led by a "strategic investment" from TPG, the asset management firm, whic...

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Elon Musk's xAI raising $10 billion at $200 billion valuation: sources

cnbc - The fundraising comes weeks after Musk raised $10 billion in debt and equity at what was believed to be a roughly $150 billion valuation, according to Faber.

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Nvidia Considers $500 Million Investment in Autonomous Driving AI Firm Wayve

PYMNTS / pymnts - Nvidia is evaluating a $500 million investment in Wayve, a developer of embodied artificial intelligence for autonomous vehicles. Wayve said in a Thursday (Sept. 18) press release that it has signed a letter of intent with Nvidia to evaluate the investmen…

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Microsoft to invest $4B to build second data center facility in Wisconsin

Mike Wheatley / siliconangle - Microsoft Corp. has revealed plans to spend $4 billion building a second data center in Wisconsin, having already begun construction on an initial facility nearby that’s set to cost around $3.3 billion. At a town hall meeting in Mount Pleasant, Microsoft …

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Nvidia AI chip challenger Groq raises even more than expected, hits $6.9B valuation

Julie Bort / techcrunch - The fresh raise comes in above the rumored numbers when word leaked in July that it was raising.

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Sonair raises $6M to roll out safe 3D ultrasonic sensors for robots

Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Oslo-basedSonair, a sensing technology company, has raised $6 million from a group ofexisting and new international investors, including Copenhagen-based Scale Capital and Norway’s state-backed Invest...

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Microsoft pens $15B love letter to the UK with 23,000 Nvidia GPUs attached

Richard Speed / theregister - Redmond woos Blighty with cloud and AI infrastructure splurge as Trump comes to town Microsoft appears to have trumped Google's UK datacenter ambitions with a $15 billion investment in cloud and AI infrastructure in the country.…

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Revolut touts 50% revenue surge as it courts investors for ‘Project Athens’ funding round

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Humanoid robot startup Figure raises $1B+ at $39B valuation

Maria Deutscher / siliconangle - Figure AI Inc. today announced that it raised a funding round worth more than $1 billion from a group of prominent investors. Parkway Venture Capital led the Series C deal. It was joined by Nvidia Corp., Intel Capital, Qualcomm Ventures, Salesforce Inc., …

Back to Top / Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 3:21 pm / permalink 14610 / 3 stories in 5 months

Manufacturing startup Divergent raises $290M at $2.3B valuation

Maria Deutscher / siliconangle - Manufacturing startup Divergent Technologies Inc. today announced that it has raised $290 million in a late-stage funding round to support its growth efforts. The Series E round comprised $250 million in equity funding and $40 million worth of debt. Roche…

Back to Top / Monday, September 15, 2025, 6:20 pm / permalink 14570 / 2 stories in 5 months

Tesla Shares Rise on Elon Musk’s $1 Billion Stock Purchase

Gareth Vipers / wsj - The move signals Musk’s commitment to the electric-vehicle maker as its board prepares what could be a $1 trillion pay package.

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Here are the five fintechs that could be next to IPO after Klarna

cnbc - Klarna's bumper IPO has got investors wondering about which fintech names could be next to go public.

Back to Top / Monday, September 15, 2025, 2:20 am / permalink 14528 / 4 stories in 5 months

US-UK tech deals and investments ahead of Trump visit

UK and US officials are set to unveil a series of technology and energy deals coinciding with a high-profile visit by former President Trump. At the same time, American financial giants are committing $1.6 billion in investments to the UK, underscoring a coordinated transatlantic push in tech and energy sectors.

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Winklevoss-founded Gemini reportedly prices IPO at $28 per share, valuing the crypto exchange at $3.3 billion

cnbc - Gemini Space Station, the operator of the cryptocurrency exchange founded by the Winklevoss brothers, has seen strong demand for its offering.

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