Powerlattice makes a power delivery chiplet it says cuts AI compute power needs by more than 50%; it raised $31M in 2025.
The first TPU in space is running a Gemma 4 model on Google's data center satellite.
General Compute is betting on inference chips from outside the Nvidia ecosystem.
It is the first time Google is supplying its TPUs to another hyperscaler.
The financing gives SpaceX another way to fund its rapidly expanding AI ambitions without relying solely on traditional debt markets.
Musk says SpaceX secured $40 billion in debt financing to buy AI chips, and that debt markets have shut off credit for AI data center firms, with 200+ neoclouds facing "death and consolidation".
