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AI is now built with very large amounts of money: funding rounds for the labs, acquisitions and listings, and contracts for chips and cloud capacity. This page tracks the big ones since late 2025, newest first.

Every entry links its sources. Amounts are shown as reported, and a deal that only a news report describes is labelled “Reported, not confirmed”. No rankings and no investment advice.

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How to read the numbers

  • “Up to” is a ceiling. Many deals pay out in stages or when milestones are met.
  • GW (gigawatt) measures electricity the hardware can draw, not computing power or dollars.
  • Valuation is what investors say the company is worth in that round. It is not money raised.
  • Reported means a news outlet, often citing unnamed sources, and the companies have not confirmed it.
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Oct 2026

Anthropic + Opaque (confidential-computing AI startup)

Licence and hireCompleted
Amount: Not disclosed

Anthropic licenses Opaque's technology and brings on part of its team, in a deal described as an acqui-hire. Terms were not disclosed.

Sep 2026

OpenAI

Funding roundReported, not confirmed
Amount: At least $30 billion (target)

Bloomberg reported early talks to raise at least $30 billion as bridge financing instead of an IPO, at about $1.4 trillion excluding new money. Terms may change; OpenAI did not comment.

Sep 2026

Mistral AI; led by Samsung Electronics, co-led by Scaleup Europe Fund (EQT) and PSG Equity

Funding round (Series D)Announced
Amount: EUR 3 billion

Mistral announced a EUR 3 billion Series D at more than EUR 21 billion post-money. Some outlets convert this to dollars at different rates, so we show the euro figures only.

Sep 2026

Thinking Machines Lab; Accel reportedly in talks to lead

Funding roundReported, not confirmed
Amount: About $1 billion (reported)

A report originating with The Information says the Mira Murati-led lab is in talks for about $1 billion at a valuation of $40 billion or more. The round has not closed.

Sep 2026

NVIDIA + Hugging Face

AcquisitionAnnounced
Amount: $12.93 billion

NVIDIA said it agreed to acquire Hugging Face and pledged the platform will stay open to all models, clouds and hardware. No closing date or approvals were stated.

Aug 2026

Perplexity; Nvidia reportedly in talks to invest

Funding roundReported, not confirmed
Amount: Not disclosed

Reuters, citing The Information, reported that Nvidia is discussing an investment at a valuation above $30 billion. Perplexity declined to comment.

Aug 2026

Unitree Robotics (Shanghai STAR Market)

IPOCompleted
Amount: About $900 million raised (about 6.1 billion yuan)

The humanoid and quadruped robot maker began trading on 19 August at an offer price of 150.8 yuan per share. Shares rose several-fold on the first day.

Aug 2026

SpaceX + Cursor (Anysphere)

AcquisitionCompleted
Amount: $60 billion in stock

SpaceX agreed on 16 June to buy the AI coding company Cursor for $60 billion in stock, exercising an option from April. The merger took effect on 14 August, per reports citing a SpaceX filing.

Aug 2026

Anthropic + Nscale

Cloud capacityReported, not confirmed
Amount: About $45 billion over six years (as reported)

Bloomberg first reported a signed six-year deal for Anthropic to rent Nvidia Vera Rubin capacity at Nscale's West Virginia site, expected to start in late 2027. No company announcement.

Jul 2026

DeepSeek; Tencent, CATL, NetEase, JD.com and founder Liang Wenfeng among 12 institutions

Funding roundReported, not confirmed
Amount: About 50 billion yuan (about $7.4 billion)

Caixin, citing a regulatory filing by Anhui Korrun, reported DeepSeek's first outside funding at a post-money value above 350 billion yuan. DeepSeek has not commented in the article.

Jul 2026

AgiBot (Hong Kong)

IPO processReported, not confirmed
Amount: Valuation target of about US$20 billion (reported)

Securities Times reported that the humanoid-robot maker has started a Hong Kong IPO process. No listing application or date has been reported, and the valuation is unconfirmed.

Jul 2026

Marvell + Google

Custom chipsSigned
Amount: Warrant for up to 58,970,907 Marvell shares at $206.58; no contract value disclosed

Marvell will develop custom products for Google's TPU ecosystem, including inference accelerators, storage, network and memory-interface chips. Google's warrant vests with purchases, one tranche per $500 million.

Jul 2026

AMD + Anthropic

GPUsAnnounced
Amount: Up to 2 GW; AMD equity investment of up to $5 billion

Anthropic plans to deploy up to 2 GW of AMD Instinct MI450-series GPUs, the first 1 GW on Helios racks from the first half of 2027.

Jun 2026

Agility Robotics + Churchill Capital Corp XI

SPAC mergerPending
Amount: $2.5 billion pre-money; $200 million PIPE led by Foxconn

Agility signed a merger agreement on 24 June with planned ticker AGLT. The SEC declared the filing effective on 13 October, and a shareholder vote is set for 2 November 2026.

Jun 2026

SpaceX (includes xAI), Nasdaq: SPCX

IPOCompleted
Amount: About $75 billion raised at $135 per share

SpaceX priced its IPO on 11 June, described by Reuters as the largest US IPO ever, and began trading on 12 June at a valuation of about $1.77 trillion. Proceeds partly fund AI compute.

Jun 2026

Qualcomm + Modular (AI software)

AcquisitionAnnounced
Amount: $3.92 billion, all stock

Qualcomm agreed to buy the AI software startup as part of its push into data-center and edge AI. No completion date was given.

Sources:Quartz ↗
Jun 2026

Salesforce + Fin (formerly Intercom)

AcquisitionAnnounced
Amount: About $3.6 billion

Salesforce signed a definitive agreement to buy the AI customer-service company. Closing is expected in Salesforce's fiscal Q4 2027, subject to regulatory clearance.

Jun 2026

Qualcomm + Tenstorrent

Takeover reportsReported, not confirmed
Amount: Reported $8 to $10 billion

Mid-June reports of a possible Qualcomm takeover were denied by Tenstorrent CEO Jim Keller, who said a deal is not on the table but left partnerships open.

Jun 2026

Qualcomm + Meta

CPUsAnnounced
Amount: Not disclosed

A multi-generation agreement for Qualcomm to supply data-center CPUs for Meta's next server fleet. No value, specifications or timing were disclosed.

Jun 2026

Meta + Reliance Industries

Data centerAnnounced
Amount: 168 MW first phase; no financial terms

Meta leases a 168 MW AI-ready data center at Reliance's Jamnagar campus in Gujarat, its first in India, with an option to expand.

May 2026

Moonshot AI (Kimi); led by Long-Z Investments (Meituan)

Funding roundReported, not confirmed
Amount: About $2 billion (reported)

The Standard reported the round at a valuation above $20 billion was close to finishing. A later Bloomberg item says Moonshot was seeking a further round at $30 billion.

May 2026

Anthropic; Altimeter, Dragoneer, Greenoaks and Sequoia among investors, Google also took part

Funding roundAnnounced
Amount: $65 billion

Anthropic announced a $65 billion round at a post-money valuation of $965 billion, above OpenAI's $852 billion. Individual investor amounts come from people familiar with the matter.

May 2026

Cerebras Systems, Nasdaq: CBRS

IPOCompleted
Amount: 30 million shares at $185 (about $5.55 billion)

Cerebras priced its IPO on 13 May and began trading on 14 May. Per Crunchbase News, it opened at $350 and closed its first day at $311.07. The dollar total is 30 million shares times $185, before fees.

May 2026

Google DeepMind + Contextual AI

Licence and hireReported, not confirmed
Amount: About $100 million (per people familiar)

Bloomberg, citing anonymous sources, reported DeepMind would license Contextual AI's technology and hire more than 20 researchers, including CEO Douwe Kiela.

May 2026

Anthropic + xAI (SpaceX)

Compute rentalAnnounced
Amount: About $1.25 billion per month through May 2029

SpaceX's IPO filing says a customer, reported as Anthropic, pays that amount for compute on the Colossus clusters. Per TechCrunch the filing also lets either side end the agreement on 90 days' notice.

Apr 2026

Anthropic; Google (Alphabet)

InvestmentReported, not confirmed
Amount: $10 billion now, up to $30 billion more tied to milestones (as reported)

Bloomberg reported that Google will invest $10 billion in Anthropic, with up to $30 billion more if performance milestones are met. The figures come from outlets, not a company statement.

Apr 2026

Anthropic; Amazon

InvestmentAnnounced
Amount: $5 billion now, up to $20 billion more over time

Bloomberg reported that Amazon will invest an additional $5 billion in Anthropic, with up to $20 billion more tied to milestones.

Apr 2026

Ineffable Intelligence (David Silver); led by Sequoia and Lightspeed

Seed roundAnnounced
Amount: $1.1 billion

The startup founded by former DeepMind researcher David Silver launched with a $1.1 billion seed round at a $5.1 billion valuation (company figure), described as Europe's largest seed round.

Sources:Tech.eu ↗
Apr 2026

Anthropic + Coefficient Bio (AI drug discovery)

AcquisitionReported, not confirmed
Amount: $400 million in stock (reported)

The Information and TechCrunch reported the deal; neither company had confirmed it at the time of publication.

Apr 2026

Meta + Manus (announced Dec 2025)

AcquisitionUnwound
Amount: About $2 billion

China's NDRC ordered the deal unwound on 27 April 2026 without giving a reason. Manus separated from Meta and says it resumed independent operations in late August or on 1 September.

Apr 2026

Anthropic + Google + Broadcom

TPUs and custom chipsAnnounced
Amount: About 3.5 GW of TPU capacity from 2027; no dollar value

Anthropic announced multiple gigawatts of next-generation TPU capacity, mostly in the US. Broadcom's filing puts it at about 3.5 GW from 2027, and Broadcom also agreed to build future Google TPUs.

Mar 2026

OpenAI; Amazon ($50B), Nvidia ($30B), SoftBank ($30B)

Funding roundCompleted
Amount: $122 billion

OpenAI closed a $122 billion round at an $852 billion valuation. Of Amazon's $50 billion, $35 billion is reportedly contingent on an IPO or a technology milestone.

Mar 2026

AMI Labs (Yann LeCun); co-led by Cathay Innovation, Greycroft, Hiro Capital, HV Capital, Bezos Expeditions

Seed roundAnnounced
Amount: $1.03 billion

The Paris-based world-model startup raised a $1.03 billion seed round at a $3.5 billion valuation, described as Europe's largest.

Sources:Tech.eu ↗
Mar 2026

Physical Intelligence; Founders Fund reportedly set to take part

Funding roundReported, not confirmed
Amount: About $1 billion (reported)

Bloomberg reported talks to raise about $1 billion at more than $11 billion, roughly double the prior valuation. We found no report that it closed.

Mar 2026

Nebius + Meta

Cloud capacityAnnounced
Amount: Up to $27 billion ($12B committed plus up to $15B over five years)

Nebius will supply Meta with $12 billion of dedicated AI capacity, including early Nvidia Vera Rubin systems. Meta may buy up to $15 billion more over five years.

Feb 2026

Anthropic; led by GIC and Coatue, co-led by D.E. Shaw, Dragoneer, Founders Fund, Iconiq, MGX

Funding roundCompleted
Amount: $30 billion

Anthropic finalized a $30 billion round at a $380 billion valuation, with Sequoia, Lightspeed, Nvidia and Microsoft also taking part.

Feb 2026

Apptronik (humanoid robots); Google, Mercedes-Benz, B Capital, AT&T Ventures, John Deere, Qatar Investment Authority

Funding roundAnnounced
Amount: About $520 million

The humanoid-robot maker raised about $520 million at a valuation above $5.5 billion, roughly triple its Series A valuation.

Feb 2026

SpaceX + xAI

MergerCompleted
Amount: About $1.25 trillion combined (reported: SpaceX $1T, xAI $250B)

SpaceX announced on 2 February that it had combined with xAI, which includes Grok and X. Valuations come from Bloomberg's sources, not a company filing.

Feb 2026

AMD + Meta

GPUsAnnounced
Amount: Up to 6 GW; no dollar value in the release

A multi-year agreement for Meta to deploy up to 6 GW of AMD Instinct GPUs, starting with 1 GW in the second half of 2026. AMD issued Meta a performance-based warrant for up to 160 million AMD shares.

Sources:Evertiq ↗
Feb 2026

Nvidia + OpenAI

InvestmentReported, not confirmed
Amount: About $30 billion (as reported)

The FT and CNBC reported Nvidia planning to invest about $30 billion in an OpenAI funding round. The September 2025 letter of intent for up to $100 billion and 10 GW had not moved beyond that stage.

Jan 2026

xAI; Valor, Stepstone, Fidelity, Qatar Investment Authority, MGX, Baron; Nvidia and Cisco as strategic investors

Funding round (Series E)Announced
Amount: $20 billion

xAI announced an upsized $20 billion Series E, above a $15 billion target. A valuation was reported but not confirmed by xAI. SpaceX combined with xAI a month later (see the Acquisitions tab).

Jan 2026

Skild AI (robot AI software); led by SoftBank, with Nvidia's venture arm, Jeff Bezos and Lightspeed

Funding roundAnnounced
Amount: Nearly $1.4 billion

Bloomberg reported the robotics-AI developer raised nearly $1.4 billion at a valuation above $14 billion, roughly triple its valuation seven months earlier.

Jan 2026

Intel + SambaNova

TalksReported, not confirmed
Amount: $1.6 billion including debt (reported)

Bloomberg reported advanced talks to buy SambaNova stalled in January. In February SambaNova was raising a round in which Intel planned to invest. No acquisition took place.

Jan 2026

OpenAI + Cerebras

ComputeSigned
Amount: 750 MW; more than $10 billion (value reported by CNBC)

OpenAI contracted about 750 MW of Cerebras compute, delivered through 2028. Both companies confirmed the deal; the dollar value was reported by CNBC.

Dec 2025

NVIDIA + Groq

Licence and hireCompleted
Amount: $20 billion in cash (CNBC report, not confirmed by the companies)

Groq announced a non-exclusive technology license to NVIDIA, and founder Jonathan Ross and president Sunny Madra joined NVIDIA. Groq stays independent. This is a license-and-hire deal, not an acquisition.

Nov 2025

AMD + Cisco + HUMAIN

Data center joint ventureAnnounced
Amount: 100 MW in phase 1; up to 1 GW by 2030; no dollar figure

The companies plan a joint venture for AI infrastructure in Saudi Arabia. Phase 1 starts in 2026 with AMD MI450 GPUs. The ownership split was not disclosed.

Nov 2025

Anthropic + Microsoft + Nvidia

Cloud capacity and investmentAnnounced
Amount: $30B Azure commitment; Nvidia up to $10B and Microsoft up to $5B investment; up to 1 GW

Anthropic committed to $30 billion of Azure compute on Nvidia Grace Blackwell and Vera Rubin systems. Nvidia and Microsoft will invest up to $10 billion and $5 billion in Anthropic.

Sources:PureAI ↗
Nov 2025

OpenAI + Amazon Web Services

Cloud capacityAnnounced
Amount: $38 billion over seven years

OpenAI gets access to hundreds of thousands of Nvidia GB200 and GB300 GPUs on AWS. All planned capacity is due before the end of 2026, with room to expand in 2027 and beyond.

Oct 2025

OpenAI + Oracle + Related Digital

Data centerAnnounced
Amount: Over 1 GW; "billions of dollars" (not itemised)

A new Stargate site in Saline Township, Michigan: over 1 GW across three buildings, developed by Related Digital and powered by DTE Energy, pending regulatory approval.

Oct 2025

Anthropic + Google Cloud

TPUsAnnounced
Amount: Up to 1 million TPUs; "tens of billions of dollars"

Anthropic plans to use up to 1 million Google TPUs, bringing well over 1 GW of capacity online in 2026, in an expansion Anthropic described as worth tens of billions of dollars.

Oct 2025

OpenAI + Broadcom

Custom chipsAnnounced
Amount: 10 GW; no dollar figure

The companies signed a term sheet to deploy 10 GW of OpenAI-designed accelerators and networking racks from the second half of 2026 to the end of 2029. OpenAI's page does not say whether a definitive agreement exists.

Sources:OpenAI ↗
Oct 2025

AMD + OpenAI

GPUsAnnounced
Amount: 6 GW; warrant for up to 160 million AMD shares; no deal value

OpenAI will deploy 6 GW of AMD Instinct GPUs, starting with 1 GW of MI450 in the second half of 2026. The warrant vests with milestones and the AMD share price.

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How we make this: each entry is from a company release, a regulatory filing or a named news outlet we could read, and the card links what we used. We do not list every deal, only large or widely reported ones, and a missing deal does not mean it did not happen. Where outlets disagree on an amount or valuation, we show the one the company or filing gives, or say it is reported. Statuses change quickly: a deal marked “Announced” may since have closed, changed or been called off. Valuations and dollar totals for multi-year or milestone deals describe a ceiling, not cash paid. This is information, not investment advice. Found something wrong? Email 10xaiexponential@gmail.com.

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