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Chase Lochmiller Built His Company Where the Power Was
Before AI needed gigawatts, Chase Lochmiller learned to look for energy nobody else could use. The former quant and Everest climber turned that instinct into Crusoe - a company built around the stubborn physical limits of computing.
Lancium Bet on Bitcoin’s Power Problem. AI Made the Grid Its Product
Lancium started by teaching Bitcoin mines when to switch off. A delayed rollout and the AI power crunch turned that clever software idea into something much bigger: the land, wires and energy system beneath gigawatt-scale computing.
OpenAI's $122B Megaround Shows AI Funding Has Gone Nuclear
On March 31, 2026, OpenAI closed the largest private funding round in history — $122 billion in committed capital at a post-money valuation of $852 billion. Anchored by Amazon ($50B), Nvidia ($30B), and SoftBank ($30B), with continued participation from Microsoft and a sweeping syndicate of global institutions, the round dwarfs every prior private tech raise and cements OpenAI as the world's most valuable startup by a wide margin. The company is generating $2 billion in monthly revenue, counting 900 million weekly ChatGPT users, and is widely expected to pursue an IPO.