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investment
7 concise briefings covering investment.
Energy Monitor
17 Jul 2026
IDF and Oaktree are jointly investing $1.7 billion to support deployment of Bloom Energy’s fuel-cell technology, according to Energy Monitor. The funding is aimed at building infrastructure that can supply clean power for AI and other high-demand data center applications.
Data Center Dynamics
17 Jul 2026
IDF and Oaktree will invest $1.7bn to support Bloom Energy’s fuel cell deployments across Nebius data centres in the US. Bloom and Nebius signed an offtake agreement in May to underpin the project.
TechCrunch AI
15 Jul 2026
Anthropic and Blackstone are backing Ode, a startup that places forward-deployed engineers inside companies to accelerate AI adoption. The approach focuses on implementation and integration rather than solely building models.
TechCrunch AI
14 Jul 2026
Long-established tech winners are ramping up work on AI again, driven by fear of missing a pivotal moment and the prospect of substantial new profits. TechCrunch AI reports this renewed push comes even for companies already wealthy and successful.
TechCrunch AI
10 Jul 2026
Debate over AI’s return on investment has resurfaced with estimates growing toward $3 trillion and higher. TechCrunch AI notes that larger numbers raise equally larger questions about measurement, timing, and distribution of benefits.
TechCrunch AI
02 Jul 2026
Microsoft menubuhkan sebuah unit baharu untuk mengurus dan menyampaikan penyelesaian AI, mengikuti langkah Amazon, OpenAI dan Anthropic. Syarikat itu mengumumkan komitmen dana sebanyak $2.5 bilion untuk menyokong inisiatif pelaksanaan ini.
OpenAI News
02 Feb 2026
OpenAI dan Snowflake mengumumkan perjanjian bernilai US$200 juta untuk membawa 'frontier intelligence' ke dalam platform data Snowflake. Menurut OpenAI, usaha itu akan membolehkan agen AI dan penjanaan wawasan terus ke atas data perusahaan dalam Snowflake.