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EWOR adds San Francisco team as US demand jumps
Berlin fellowship EWOR adds SF leadership as US applications rise 237%, offering up to €500K per fellow and weekly unicorn mentorship.
Cerebras hits 10,000 tokens per second with CS5
Cerebras showed 4,400 TPS on CS4 and promised 10,000 TPS on CS5, with OpenAI already running its largest model 14x faster.
The inference chip layer raised $1.65 billion in five days. The AI cloud answered with $5.6 billion in bonds.
Etched, Fractile, and Groq split $1.65B on competing chip bets while Nebius and Domyn borrowed $5.6B in convertible debt. Castelion hit $13B making hypersonic missiles. Week of Aug 17-23, 2026.
Stripe paid $10 billion for the layer between AI models. Travis Kalanick raised $1.7 billion for the factory floor.
Physical AI and AI routing infrastructure dominated the week of July 21-27: Atoms raised $1.7B, Etched hit a $10.3B valuation, and Stripe is in talks to buy OpenRouter for $10B.
Etched Secures $500M for AI Chip Battle
Google alum Reiner Pope's startup, Etched, raises $500M to develop specialized AI chips designed to compete with Nvidia.
