2024: capital
Selekoa’s 12 capital records dated 2024, in date order, of 407 in all topics.
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Capital 12 records
March 2024
· announcement · dated to the day · invested
Amazon reported making a further $2.75 billion investment in Anthropic, completing its initial $4 billion total. Evidence ↗
April 2024
· announcement · dated to the day · preliminary award
President Biden’s statement of 8 April 2024 said the Department of Commerce was announcing a preliminary agreement with TSMC to support the construction of leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing facilities in the United States, and that TSMC would also build a third chip factory in Phoenix, increasing its total investment in Arizona to $65 billion. Evidence ↗
May 2024
· event · dated to the day · announced
xAI named Sequoia Capital as a participant in its Series B financing. Evidence ↗· event · dated to the day · announced
xAI announced a $6 billion Series B funding round. Evidence ↗
August 2024
· snapshot · dated to the month · invested
The CMA reported that Google held non-voting Anthropic shares as of August 2024. Evidence ↗
October 2024
· publication · dated to the day
METR’s Canary announcement credits The Audacious Project with catalysing funding. Evidence ↗· publication · dated to the day
METR published an announcement of support through The Audacious Project. Evidence ↗
November 2024
· announcement · dated to the day · final award
NIST announced on 15 November 2024 that the Department of Commerce had awarded TSMC Arizona up to $6.6 billion in direct CHIPS Incentives funding, to be disbursed on completion of project milestones, plus up to $5 billion of proposed loans, supporting a planned investment of more than $65 billion in three Phoenix fabs; the release says the chips will power artificial intelligence among other industries. Evidence ↗· snapshot · dated to the day · completed
The CMA described Google extending convertible debt financing to Anthropic through a series of notes. Evidence ↗· announcement · dated to the day · announced
Anthropic announced a new $4 billion Amazon investment, which would bring the total to $8 billion. Evidence ↗
December 2024
· announcement · dated to the day · closed
xAI named NVIDIA as a participant in its closed Series C round. Evidence ↗· announcement · dated to the day · closed
xAI reported closing a $6 billion Series C funding round. Evidence ↗