Upstart chipmakers keep challenging Nvidia. This time it’s Microsoft-backed D-Matrix
By Katie Tarasov Publication Date: 2026-06-09 13:00:00 In the increasingly competitive AI chip market, there’s another startup in production that…
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Microsoft-Backed Kenya Data Center Would Require a Third of the Country’s Electricity
By Jon Martindale Publication Date: 2026-05-13 17:30:00 Kenyan President William Ruto speaking at the Africa Forward Summit in May 2026.…
Microsoft-backed start-up raises $40 million for helium atom beam lithography that could print chips at atomic resolution — 0.1nm beam is 135 times narrower than ASML’s EUV light
By Luke James Publication Date: 2026-03-24 13:02:00 Lace Lithography, a Norwegian start-up backed by Microsoft, raised $40 million in Series…
Microsoft-backed Wayve raises $1.5 billion to take its robotaxis global and take on rival Waymo in London
By Tom Carter,Lloyd Lee Publication Date: 2026-02-25 00:02:00 Wayve is revving up its global robotaxi ambitions with fresh funding as…
Google- and Microsoft-backed Terradot acquires carbon-removal competitor
By Tim De Chant Publication Date: 2026-02-06 20:26:00 Image Credits:Wayne Hutchinson/Farm Images/Universal Images / Getty Images Carbon-removal startup Terradot is…
Google and Microsoft-backed Terradot acquires carbon removal competitor | TechCrunch
By Tim De Chant Publication Date: 2026-02-06 20:26:00 Carbon removal startup Terradot is acquiring competitor Eion, the two companies announced…
Microsoft-Backed d-Matrix Raises $275M At $2B Valuation, Claims 10X Faster AI Performance Than Nvidia’s GPU Systems
By Paula Tudoran Publication Date: 2025-11-18 21:31:00 Microsoft-backed (NASDAQ:MSFT) semiconductor company d-Matrix on Nov. 12 announced it raised $275 million…
Exclusive: Microsoft-backed VEIR is bringing superconductors to data centers | TechCrunch
By Tim De Chant Publication Date: 2025-11-12 13:00:00 Power demands of data centers have grown from tens to 200 kilowatts…
Microsoft-backed Mistral launches European AI cloud to compete with AWS and Azure
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Microsoft-backed AI lab Mistral is launching its first reasoning model in challenge to OpenAI
French founder of artificial intelligence startup Mistral AI, Arthur Mensch, attends the Viva Technology show at Parc des Expositions Porte…