Intel was reportedly mulling a $1.6bn acquisition of the AI solution provider as recently as last month

Funding will be used to commercialize technology and support US expansion

Company expected to receive its first shipment of RNGD AI chips later this month

Deal is expected to close in the second half of 2026

Round was led by Stripes and included participation from Peter Thiel

Merge Labs emerged from stealth last week following a $252 million seed round

First RISC-V company to partner with Nvidia on the interconnect technology

Funding round was led by Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, with participation from European Innovation Council Fund and TNO Ventures, among others

Nvidia H200 and AMD MI325X GPUs will be subject to the levy

US will lower semiconductor tariffs on Taiwan

No details about the timeline have been disclosed

Wei says he’s satisfied that AI demand from customers is real

Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed

Company is reportedly seeking a $22bn valuation

Construction slated for completion by end of 2027

Will make D-Wave only company with all three technologies necessary for scaled, error-corrected superconducting quantum computing

Round saw investment from the Royal Bank of Canada, Telus, and Microsoft

Second Marvell acquisition in as many months

Deal could reach $5.5bn if Celestial hits certain product milestones

Follows similar deal struck by Trump administration with Intel

Partners say agreement will support new market opportunities

Japanese government expected to contribute $3.2bn in subsidies

Company uses lasers to write data onto durable quartz glass

Comes 18 months after investment was first announced