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Find XO: Oratomic Raised $300 Million Aiming for 20,000-Qubit Quantum Computer (techcrunch.com)
SummaryOratomic has raised $300 million to develop a practical quantum computer with 20,000 qubits. The target number and investment size alone do not prove practical viability. What has changed is not the… -
Find XO: The Era of Cheap, Free Compute Is Over; Power Has Become the Ceiling for AI Businesses (techcrunch.com)
SummaryThe US FERC ordered in June that AI data center grid connections must be processed within 90 days, with the condition that applicants either bring their own power or reduce demand. There is currently… -
Find XO: Opportunity for Innovation in the Browser Market (Founder's Perspective) (techcrunch.com)
SummaryThis article discusses the increasing demand for alternative browsers emphasizing privacy and customization features between Chrome and Safari. However, a more hidden issue than features is distribut… -
Find XO: Anthropic Approaches Samsung, Model Lab Chip War Draws in Korean Ecosystem (techcrunch.com)
SummaryAnthropic is in talks with Samsung Electronics to manufacture custom AI chips, considering Samsung's 2-nanometer process and advanced packaging. OpenAI revealed its inference chip Halapeno with Broad… -
Find XO: Spending $145 Billion but Agents Are Slow: This Gap is the Founder's Market (techcrunch.com)
SummaryMark Zuckerberg admitted at an internal town hall that AI agent development has not progressed as quickly as expected. Meta's capital expenditure guidance for this year is up to $145 billion. The imp… -
Find XO: Sony Ends Game Discs, 'Ownership' Disappears Along with the Used Market (techcrunch.com)
SummarySony will stop producing physical discs for new PlayStation games starting January 2028. Since 85% of PS5 software was sold digitally last quarter, the remaining 15% effectively disappears. While exi… -
Find XO: Expansion of India's AI Market: Opportunities and Challenges for Founders (techcrunch.com)
SummaryOpenAI is strengthening the Indian AI market by recruiting the Uber India CEO. A sharper issue for founders than market size is the competition for talent. The moment small teams compete with large c… -
Find XO: The New Entry Barrier Set by Vertical Integration: Now You Must Make Your Own Chips (techcrunch.com)
SummaryOpenAI and Broadcom completed tape-out of their first inference-only chip Jalapeño within nine months of design. Following Google's TPU and Amazon's Trainium, AI companies are solidifying the trend o… -
Find XO: Anthropic, OpenAI IPO Race, and the Shaken Price List of Founders Riding on It (techcrunch.com)
SummaryAnthropic raised $65 billion in Series H, achieving a $965 billion valuation, and OpenAI submitted a secret S-1 at an $852 billion valuation. Both companies are entering the IPO track together, and t… -
Find XO: Europe Puts the Brakes on Washington's Chip War, Even Allies Resist Control (techcrunch.com)
SummaryThe Netherlands openly opposed the US MATCH Act targeting ASML, with its trade minister personally visiting Washington. ASML earns about one-fifth of its system sales from China. As the period when a… -
Find XO: Inference Chip Blew Out Margins, Cerebras Warns with 47% to 38% Plunge (techcrunch.com)
SummaryCerebras stock dropped nearly 20% after its earnings release. Because it lowered full-year gross margin guidance from 47% in Q1 to 38-41%. The lack of data center space, forcing the company to rent i… -
Find XO: MacBook and iPad Price Rise by 20%, Memory Supercycle Hits Startup Costs (techcrunch.com)
SummaryApple raised MacBook and iPad prices by up to 20% on June 25. AI data centers consuming memory caused DRAM and NAND prices to rise sixfold over the past year. Large companies can secure bulk orders a… -
Find XO: Menlo Bets the Company on One Stock, Returns with a $3 Billion Fund, Seat of Bifrontier Founder (techcrunch.com)
SummaryMenlo Ventures raised a record $3 billion fund in its 50-year history. A bet of over $500 million in 2024 on Anthropic returned about $14 billion in equity. As capital concentrates more on foundation… -
Find XO: AI Agents Have Entered the Workplace: Three Signals That Broke Out on the Same Day (techcrunch.com)
SummaryOn June 23, Menlo Ventures' $3 billion fund, Claude Tag residing inside Slack, and MoEngage's marketing agent bet were announced together. This is a signal that enterprise agents are moving past demo…
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