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FINANCE13 Sep 2026Anthropic selects Nasdaq for potential IPO, Business Insider reports13 Sep 2026: Business Insider reported Anthropic has selected Nasdaq for its potential IPO, citing a person familiar with the company’s plans. The piece says Anthropic has been targeting an October listing. Anthropic has not publicly confirmed the exchange or date; the confidential filing is still not public.
FINANCE13 Sep 2026Z.AI files ~$5B Hong Kong share placement and convertible bonds13 Sep 2026: Beijing-based Z.AI Co Ltd (2513.HK, formerly Zhipu AI) published a Hong Kong exchange announcement for a new H-share placing and concurrent zero-coupon convertible bonds. The filing’s own figures total about US$2B (share placing gross ~HK$15.68B) plus about US$3.02B (bonds gross) — ~$5B package. Completion is still conditional.
FINANCE13 Sep 2026Mistral raises €3B Series D at €21B+ valuation8 Sep 2026: Mistral published that it raised €3 billion in a Series D at a post-money valuation of more than €21 billion — framed as the largest equity round ever by a European technology company. Company news post is the primary. Investor and customer claims stay Mistral’s.
FINANCE13 Sep 2026NVIDIA agrees to acquire Hugging Face for about $12.9B3 Sep 2026: NVIDIA published that it agreed to acquire Hugging Face for $12,930,300,000. An SEC 8-K dated the same window breaks that into ~$11.9B to stockholders plus up to ~$1.0B employee retention, with close targeted for H1 2027 pending regulators. Company blog + 8-K are the primaries.
FINANCE13 Sep 2026Nscale appoints former OpenAI exec Fidji Simo to its board11 Sep 2026: Nscale published that Fidji Simo, former OpenAI CEO of AGI Deployment, joined its Board of Directors effective immediately. Bloomberg and TechCrunch covered the same day; IPO financing talk stays secondary reporting.
FINANCE13 Sep 2026Altman: OpenAI will not go public in 202612 Sep 2026: Fortune published an exclusive Friday interview in which Sam Altman said a listing now would be an “ill-advised moment” given safety work. Pressed on 2026 vs 2027, he said “not 2026.” A signed date is still not on openai.com.
FINANCE12 Sep 2026Tencent-backed Enflame nearly triples on its Shanghai debut11 Sep 2026: the Chinese AI-chip maker raised 6.12 billion yuan. It is still unprofitable. Treat the first-day print as a tape, not a product review.
FINANCE12 Sep 2026Pentagon in talks to lend Fluidstack $5 billion, WSJ tells ReutersOn 10 September 2026, Reuters reported talks on a possible $5 billion Pentagon loan involving Fluidstack. Reuters said it could not independently verify the talks. Nothing is signed. Developing.
FINANCE12 Sep 2026TSMC’s August revenue jumps 53% to a recordConfirmed 10 Sep 2026 monthly print. AI-chip demand is the reporters’ frame. The number is TSMC’s.
FINANCE12 Sep 2026Positron raises $875 million to tape out inference siliconConfirmed 10 Sep 2026 company release. Asimov is scheduled to tape out late 2026. Shipping performance is still a future tense.
FINANCE11 Sep 2026OpenAI announced $1B Daybreak for Frontline DefendersOn 3 September 2026, OpenAI announced Daybreak for Frontline Defenders: a $1 billion commitment of subsidized Daybreak access, training, support, and partnerships for groups that protect essential services.