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Nu Quantum has closed its £45m series A funding round, signifying the largest ever series A in the quantum sector in the UK. The funding will accelerate Nu Quantum’s mission to reach fault tolerance by interconnecting quantum processors into a more powerful distributed quantum computer, driving the next phase of product development and deployment, and ...
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Axios reports that venture capitalist Alex Davis is warning that a speculative rush to build data centers without committed tenants could trigger a financing crunch by 2027-2028. "This critique is coming from inside the AI optimist camp," notes Axios, as Davis' firm, Disruptive, "recently led a large investment in AI chipmaker Groq, which then signed a $20 billion licensing deal with Nvidia. It's also backed such unicorn startups as Reflection... Read more ›
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A new investment fund looking to back early-stage tech startups has been launched by a star-studded team including Daniel Kaluuya, Jack Whitehall, Maya Jama, Roman Kemp and Tom Grennan. The Artists Collective has today emerged from stealth having already backed 20 tech firms including co-investments with Andreessen Horowitz, Accel and Seedcamp. The fund was first ... Read more ›
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