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Tuesday, October 13, 2026 News · Playbooks · Momentum
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July 17, 2026 · Funding & acquisitions

Nebius secures 775 million dollars: asset-backed debt accelerates global AI cloud expansion

Amsterdam-based Nebius Group has arranged approximately 775 million dollars in its first senior secured debt facility to finance the expansion of its full-stack AI cloud. The structure links growth funding to deployed GPU infrastructure and long-term customer revenue, making it relevant to founders and investors evaluating how capital-intensive AI platforms can scale.

June 28, 2026 · Cloud & infrastructure

Google throttles Meta’s Gemini access: compute, not intelligence, is the bottleneck now

Google has restricted Meta's access to its Gemini models because demand exceeded available compute capacity, according to press reports. When one tech giant rations another, the scarcity is structural.

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