Nscale/Anyscale: Ray becomes the neocloud's new customer lock-in
Nscale acquires the company behind Ray - the open-source distributed-compute framework ML teams actually write against. The prize is placement, not code.
Jul 30, 2026 at 19:38 11 14
Netflix pays $587M for InterPositive: AI enters the creative stack
Netflix paid $587M to acquire the AI startup InterPositive. A clear signal about the place of AI in the next Hollywood cost cycle.
Jul 20, 2026 at 11:40 9 12
Apple explores AI chip startup acquisitions: the vertical integration playbook turns to inference silicon
Apple is exploring acquisitions of AI chip startups, sources tell Tech in Asia. The reading: Apple is preparing an inference-silicon path that does not run through Nvidia.
Jul 16, 2026 at 08:48 17 8