AI-generated summary Michael Nudelman of IREN launches a discussion with Seb Moss about vertically integrated AI cloud infrastructure and strategic acquisitions. The conversation details scaling challenges alongside the process of securing 5 gigawatts of power for infrastructure expansion.
The Decoder — US data brokers like Mercor, Surge AI, and AfterQuery are selling roughly half a billion dollars' worth of AI training data to Chinese labs, according to a ChinaTalk investigation. That includes the same RL environments previously built for OpenAI or Anthropic. At least nine firms are involved, and export controls barely apply.
variety.com — Adobe is showing off a new AI feature, Project Live Set, that lets creators generate and edit video -- while it's playing.
www.calcalistech.com — Edelbyte raised a $25 million Seed round led by Sequoia Capital, followed by a $45 million Series A led by Quiet Capital, with participation from Greenoaks and Swish Ventures. The company says it is already serving Fortune 500 customers with a platform designed to challenge established data infrastructure players such as Snowflake and Databricks.
