Cerebras Systems co-founder and CEO Andrew Feldman is scheduled to appear at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 for a session titled 'Can AI Keep Scaling?', addressing rising demand for compute, energy and infrastructure. Cerebras builds wafer-scale AI chips as an alternative to conventional chip architectures, raised $5.5 billion in its May IPO, signed a multiyear deal with OpenAI for 750 megawatts of systems through 2026-2028, and launched its CS-4 hardware in August.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-09-30
Prediction market platform Kalshi reportedly took down a tool tracking AI compute prices after the U.S. Commerce Department raised national security objections. Details on the exact nature of the concern have not been fully disclosed, but the removal followed direct government pushback.
gizmodo.com
· 2026-09-15
The Wall Street Journal reported that Nvidia had frozen some transactions under its two-month-old 'take or pay' AI Compute Partnership after partners objected to Nvidia dictating which customers could lease its GPUs. Nvidia pushed back, saying the program remains active and is simply evolving amid strong demand, without confirming or denying specific paused deals.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-08-28
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