GoKawiilNscale seeks $3.5B in pre-IPO funding including $2B from Nvidia
British AI infrastructure startup Nscale, founded two years ago, is reportedly pursuing $3.5 billion in financing ahead of a possible IPO as soon as this month. That total reportedly includes $1.5 billion in convertible notes sold to investors and an additional $2 billion from Nvidia, which also backed Nscale's $1.1 billion Series B round in March.
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The scale of this raise reflects how AI compute providers are attracting massive capital as demand for infrastructure surges, with Nvidia repeatedly investing in companies that rely on its chips. Nscale's reported $103 billion revenue projection, tied to a large Anthropic leasing deal, underscores how speculative long-term contracts are being used to justify soaring valuations ahead of public listings.
- Nscale is in talks for $3.5B pre-IPO, including $2B from Nvidia and $1.5B in convertible notes
- The company could go public later this month, just two years after founding
- Its ~$103B revenue figure is a projection based on signed leases, not actual current sales
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