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Thursday, September 3, 2026 · 1 min read

Everything that moved in AI, the news that matters, every deal, new research, podcasts, what members shipped, and what's on this week.

Deals today
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$19.5B · 2 M&A
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Hugging Face Acquisition · acquired by Nvidia · $150M ARR
$12.9B
Crusoe Series F · led by Valor Equity Partners · val. $30B · ~$2.2B run-rate
$3B
Fluidstack Private equity · led by Jane Street · val. $18B · ~$660M run-rate
$1.5B
Wonderful Series D · led by Goldman Sachs · val. $5B
$550M
Lovelytics Acquisition · acquired by CDW Corporation · est. $1M to $10M
$525M
GMI Cloud Debt financing
$445M
Gimlet Labs Series B · led by Andreessen Horowitz · val. $3B
$300M
Upwind Security Growth · led by TCV · val. $3.8B
$300M

Newsletters & podcasts today

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Zuck is back in the game with new frontier model
NewsletterSuperhuman AI
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Meta, Google join the AI launch party
NewsletterThe Rundown AI
Meta and Google launch competing AI models as the race intensifies. Plus: Master job interviews with the Proof Project method. Stay ahead of AI developments.
The AI Industry Has a Really Dark Secret You Should Know About
NewsletterThe Algorithmic Bridge
Review of and thoughts on the Hugging Face incident
AI is entering the physical world (and your bathroom)
NewsletterSuperhuman AI
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Redefining Chip Architecture with Arm CEO Rene Haas
PodcastNo Priors · 37 min
From data center orchestrators to AGI and robotics, CPUs remain the heart of modern computing. Arm CEO Rene Haas joins Elad Gil and Sarah Guo to explore how Arm is positioned at th
Less about Models; More about Architecture
PodcastPractical AI · 46 min
As AI moves from experimentation to enterprise deployment, are organizations thinking too much about models and not enough about architecture? In this episode, Daniel and Chris tal
Why Fable 5.1 Is Worth the Upgrade
PodcastThe AI Daily Brief · 31 min
Fable 5.1 is the new state of the art—but its high token usage and restrictive limits mean the real question isn’t whether to switch, but where it belongs in your personal model st

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