Funding
Autonomous excavator startup Bedrock Robotics picks up $600M in funding (opens siliconangle.com)
CapitalG and Emergence Capital led the Series C, with Nvidia and Bessemer joining; Bedrock says it is now valued at nearly $1 billion.
Acquisition
Intel buys quantum software pioneer Classiq for $2.2B (opens siliconangle.com)
Intel is buying the Israeli quantum-programming software startup; SiliconANGLE puts the price at $2.2B, Bloomberg at about $2.3B.
Launch
iMerit launches platform to connect AI developers with specialized domain experts (opens siliconangle.com)
IMerit Technology Service Pvt Ltd., a provider of data annotation and artificial intelligence training services that was acquired by ExlService Holdings Inc. in July, today launched a platform to help AI developers recruit and manage specialized experts who can evaluate, fine-tune and validate…
Funding
Colare raises $2.5M to help firms vet engineering candidates with advanced simulations (opens siliconangle.com)
Engineering talent vetting startup Colare Inc. says its simulated candidate testing platform is ready for prime time today after closing on a $2.5 million pre-seed funding round backed by Afore Capital, Garage Capital and Acadian Ventures.
News
Meta to sell up to $95B in stock to finance AI infrastructure buildout (opens siliconangle.com)
Meta Platforms Inc. will sell up to $95 billion worth of stock to finance its data center projects. The fundraising initiative, which the company announced today, will kick off with a series of transactions cumulatively worth $35 billion.
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