China's CXMT Seeks $8.6B in Record Domestic Tech IPO

Valar Atomics, a three-year-old startup developing small nuclear reactors for data centers and industrial facilities, is in fundraising talks for $1 billion at a pre-money valuation around $5 billion. Sequoia Capital is leading the discussions, which could include a mix of debt and equity. The funding round follows the company's achievement of a power milestone.

Humanoid, a London-based robotics company, has achieved unicorn status after raising $150 million in the first tranche of a Series A funding round that values the company at $1.2 billion excluding new funds. The funding closed earlier this week, with the company reportedly aiming to raise additional capital. The milestone marks a significant validation for the UK robotics sector.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company announced Thursday it will invest an additional $100 billion in the U.S., expanding its Arizona manufacturing footprint with at least four new chip plants. The move reflects surging demand for AI infrastructure and deepens TSMC's commitment to producing the world's most advanced semiconductors domestically. The expansion represents a significant escalation of TSMC's U.S. presence as competition for AI chip manufacturing capacity intensifies.

NVIDIA introduced the Jetson T3000 and T2000 modules based on its Thor architecture to enable mass-market robotics and edge AI deployment. The T3000 delivers 865 FP4 teraflops in a compact form factor roughly half the size and power of the T5000, while the T2000 provides 400 FP4 teraflops as an entry point for broader edge AI systems. NVIDIA also released agent skills that automate memory optimization across its Jetson portfolio, allowing developers to reduce memory usage by up to 15GB and move to lower-cost configurations without performance loss.