Nvidia challenger AI chip startup MatX raised $500M

MatX, a chip startup founded by two former Google hardware engineers, has raised a $500 million Series B led by Jane Street and Situational Awareness, an investment fund formed by former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner. The company’s goal is to make its processors 10 times better at training LLMs and delivering results than Nvidia’s GPUs. … Read more

Eric Ramsay sacked: West Brom part company with boss after failing to win in eight league games | Football News

West Brom have sacked Eric Ramsay just 44 days after appointing him head coach. Appointed in January to replace Ryan Mason, Ramsay made the step over from manager of Minnesota United in the MLS, but struggled during his time at The Hawthorns, failing to win any of his eight league games in charge. The 34-year-old … Read more

Spanish ‘soonicorn’ Multiverse Computing releases free compressed AI model

Large language models have a problem: they are large. Multiverse Computing, a Spanish startup, is addressing this issue with compressed models that aim to close the gap between what frontier models can do and what companies can actually afford to deploy.  The secret sauce is CompactifAI, a compression technology inspired by quantum computing that the … Read more

Dundee Utd 0 – 0 Aberdeen

Dundee United and Aberdeen had to settle for a share of the spoils after a grim Scottish Premiership game with few chances. The home side did hit the woodwork but a 0-0 draw was probably a fair outcome. However, it was a result neither side really wanted as they looked to keep alive their slim … Read more

Stripe’s valuation soars 74% to $159 billion

Another year, another Stripe tender offer where investors buy shares from employees that values the company at an enormous step up. On Tuesday, Stripe announced that this latest secondary transaction now values the company at $159 billion. Investors buying the shares include Thrive Capital, Coatue, Andreessen Horowitz, and Stripe itself. In February 2025, Stripe announced … Read more

Drive to Survive Season 8: Christian Horner says Max Verstappen’s camp was not responsible for his Red Bull sacking | F1 News

Christian Horner doesn’t believe Max or Jos Verstappen were “responsible in any way” for his Red Bull exit, but says that his former colleague Helmut Marko played a key role in the shock sacking. Horner was dismissed as Red Bull team principal and chief executive in July last year despite having been hugely successful in … Read more