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Apr 23, 2026

 
AI infrastructure startup funding

AI cloud startup Parasail has successfully secured $32 million in a Series A funding round, with leadership investments from Touring Capital and Kindred Ventures.

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AI and quantum startup Sygaldry has secured $139 million across two funding rounds since its 2024 launch by Rigetti Computing founder.

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Proprietary AI chip development

Meta is collaborating with Broadcom to develop custom artificial intelligence chips, focusing on enhancing inference efficiency and Ethernet-scaled infrastructure to manage growing workloads.

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Should data center growth be limited to mitigate environmental impact, despite rising AI workloads?

Anthropic is reportedly exploring the possibility of designing its own artificial intelligence chips, though the plans are in the early stages.

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Should AI companies invest heavily in designing custom chips, even with high development costs?

Meta is collaborating with Broadcom to develop multiple generations of its proprietary MTIA chips, aiming to advance its artificial intelligence capabilities.

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Chatter
The view from Reddit
“Staying up to date”

A sysadmin in a small team seeks practical advice on how peers maintain awareness of new technologies and industry trends, focusing on sources, newsletters, and routines that help stay informed about tools and process improvements.

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“Kioxia has let me down.”

A user expresses disappointment with Kioxia's enterprise NVMe drives and their warranty policy, as neither the retailer nor Kioxia directly will honor the warranty for a failed drive purchased by an individual buyer, highlighting a potential issue for end-users.

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“First time I felt old yet left me smiling in a giggty way.”

A seasoned IT professional experiences a moment of feeling old when a younger colleague is unfamiliar with PS/2 connectors, but finds joy in teaching them, sparking a desire to pursue IT education.

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