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Exclusive: OpenAI sweetens private equity pitch amid enterprise turf war with Anthropic, sources say

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By Krystal Hu Verified
| MSN Verified
By Milana Vinn and Krystal Hu NEW YORK, March 23 (Reuters) - ChatGPT maker OpenAI is offering private-equity firms a sweeter deal than rival Anthropic as both artificial intelligence companies court buyout firms to form joint ventures aimed at raising fresh capital and accelerating adoption of enterprise AI products, according to people familiar with the talks.
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オープンＡＩがＰＥへアピール強化、アンソロピックとの競争巡り

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By Milana Vinn Verified, Krystal Hu Verified
| Reuters Japan Verified
写真はオープンＡＩのロゴとキーボードのイメージ。2024年5月撮影。REUTERS/Dado Ruvic [ニューヨーク ２３日 ロイター] - 対話型人工知能（ＡＩ）「チャットＧＰＴ」を手がける米オープンＡＩが、プライベー​ト・エクイティ（ＰＥ）各社に対してライバ‌ルのアンソロピックよりも魅力的なディール（取引）を提示していることが分かった。複数の関係筋が明ら​かにした。 両社とも、新たな資金調達と企業向けＡＩ製​品の普及加速を目的とした合弁会社設立⁠のためＰＥに働きかけている。 関係筋によると、オ​ープンＡＩはＰＥ各社に対し、一般的な優先証券よりも大​幅に高い１７．５％の最低保証リターンを提示。また、ＴＰＧやアドベントといった投資家を合弁事業に誘致するため、最新ＡＩモデルへの早期ア​クセスもオファーしているという。 オープンＡＩは​最近、アンソロピックがこれまで強みとしてきた分野であ‌るエ⁠ンタープライズ事業に注力。同筋によると、アンソロピックによる同事業に特化したＰＥ関連取引ではこのようなリターンはなかった。...
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Exclusive-OpenAI sweetens private equity pitch amid enterprise turf war with Anthropic, sources say

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By Milana Vinn Verified, Krystal Hu Verified
| Westlaw Today Verified
NEW YORK, March 23 (Reuters) - ChatGPT maker OpenAI is offering private-equity firms a sweeter deal than rival Anthropic as both artificial intelligence companies court buyout firms to form joint ventures aimed at raising fresh capital and...
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AI startup Thinking Machines clinches capital and a major chip supply deal from Nvidia

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By Krystal Hu Verified
| MSN Verified
March 10 (Reuters) - AI startup Thinking Machines Lab said on Tuesday it has struck a multi-year partnership with Nvidia that will see it receive a significant investment and procure at least one gigawatt of the chipmaker's next-generation processors. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Under the agreement, Thinking Machines - founded last year by former OpenAI Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati - will deploy Nvidia's upcoming Vera Rubin systems starting early next year.
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Big tech group backs Anthropic in fight with Pentagon over AI safeguards

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By Deepa Seetharaman Verified, Karen Freifeld Verified, Krystal Hu Verified, Jeffrey Dastin Verified
| The Japan Times Verified
A big tech industry group consisting of major Anthropic backers Amazon and Nvidia on Wednesday expressed concern over the Pentagon's decision to declare the artificial intelligence company a supply-chain risk as other investors raced to contain fallout from the lab's fight with the U.S. Defense Department.
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Exclusive - Anthropic investors push to de-escalate Pentagon clash over AI safeguards, sources say

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By Jeffrey Dastin Verified, Deepa Seetharaman Verified, Krystal Hu Verified
| MSN Verified
Deepa Seetharaman, Krystal Hu and Jeffrey Dastin By Deepa Seetharaman, Krystal Hu and Jeffrey Dastin SAN FRANCISCO, March 4 (Reuters) - Some Anthropic investors are racing to contain fallout from the AI research lab's dispute with the Pentagon, seven people familiar with the matter said, for fear that an ongoing spat could devastate the company's business.
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OpenAI clinches $840 billion valuation with mega funding from Amazon, Nvidia, SoftBank

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By Akash Sriram Verified, Krystal Hu Verified, Deborah Mary
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By Deborah Mary Sophia, Akash Sriram and Krystal Hu Feb 27 (Reuters) - OpenAI's latest funding round valued the ChatGPT maker at $840 billion as Big Tech and Masayoshi Son's SoftBank piled into the $110 billion blockbuster round, signaling the AI investment race is alive and well despite recent fears of a valuation bubble.
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OpenAI clinches $840 billion valuation with mega funding from Amazon, Nvidia, SoftBank

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By Deborah Mary Sophia Verified, Akash Sriram Verified, Krystal Hu Verified
| KTWB-FM (Sioux Falls , SD) Verified
By Deborah Mary Sophia, Akash Sriram and Krystal Hu Feb 27 (Reuters) – OpenAI’s latest funding round valued the ChatGPT maker at $840 billion as Big Tech and Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank piled into the $110 billion blockbuster round, signaling the AI investment race is alive and well despite recent fears of a valuation bubble.
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OpenAI clinches $840 billion valuation with mega funding from Amazon, Nvidia, SoftBank

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By Deborah Mary Sophia Verified, Akash Sriram Verified, Krystal Hu Verified
| StreetInsider
By Deborah Mary Sophia, Akash Sriram and Krystal Hu Feb 27 (Reuters) - ‌OpenAI's latest funding round valued the ​ChatGPT maker at $840 ​billion as Big Tech and Masayoshi Son's SoftBank piled into the $110 billion blockbuster round, signaling the AI investment race is alive and well despite recent fears of a valuation bubble.
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OpenAI clinches $840 billion valuation with mega funding from Amazon, Nvidia, SoftBank

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By Akash Sriram Verified, Krystal Hu Verified
| Westlaw Today Verified
Feb 27 (Reuters) - OpenAI's latest funding round valued the ChatGPT maker at $840 billion as Big Tech and Masayoshi Son's SoftBank piled into the $110 billion blockbuster round, signaling the AI investment race is alive and well despite recent fears...
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CoreWeave slides as surging capex, backlog risks overshadow small revenue beat

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By Anhata Rooprai, Krystal Hu Verified
| The Star (Malaysia) Verified
Feb 26 (Reuters) - CoreWeave expects ⁠capital expenditure to double this year, it said on Thursday, as it spends heavily to scale up its AI cloud platform ⁠to handle the massive computing power its customers demand for training and deploying advanced AI models. Its shares slumped more than ‌8% in after-hours trading. They are down 8% so far this year.
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ディープシーク、次世代モデル公開前の情報共有先から米半導体メーカー除外＝関係者

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By Krystal Hu Verified, Stephen Nellis Verified, Fanny Potkin Verified
| Reuters Japan Verified
写真はスマートフォン画面に表示されたエヌビディアのロゴと、ディープシークのロゴ。2025年1月撮影。REUTERS/Dado Ruvic [サンフランシスコ／シンガポール ２５日 ロイター] - 中国の新興人工知能（ＡＩ）企業ディープシークは、開発中の次世代大規模言語モデル「Ｖ４」について、公開前の情報共有対象をファーウェイ（華為技術）など中国のサプライヤーに限定し、エヌビディアやＡＭＤといった米国半導体メーカーを除外している。事情に詳しい２人の関係者が明らかにした。 ＡＩ企業は通常、大規模言語モデル公開前の「プレリリース版」を主要半導体メーカーと共有し、幅広く使われているハードウエア上でソフトウエアのプログラムが確実かつ最適に稼働する態勢を整える。ディープシークも以前はエヌビディアの技術陣と共同作業に従事してきただけに、大きな方針転換だ。 調査会社クリエーティブ・ストラテジーズのベン・バジャリン最高経営責任者（ＣＥＯ）はこの動きに関して、中国政府が「米国製ハードウエアやＡＩモデルを中国国内で不利な立場に置こうとする幅広い戦略の一環」である可能性が大きいとの見方を示した。...
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Exclusive - DeepSeek withholds latest AI model from US chipmakers including Nvidia, sources say

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By Krystal Hu Verified, Stephen Nellis Verified, Fanny Potkin Verified
| MSN Verified
By Krystal Hu, Stephen Nellis and Fanny Potkin SAN FRANCISCO/SINGAPORE, Feb 25 (Reuters) - DeepSeek, the Chinese artificial intelligence lab whose low-cost model rattled global markets last year, has not shown U.S. chipmakers its upcoming flagship model for performance optimization, two sources familiar with the matter said, breaking from standard industry practice ahead of a major model update.
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