2026-01-07 00:21:51

AI infrastructure just hit another milestone. xAI completed a $20 billion Series E funding round—exceeding its original $15 billion target. The oversubscribed round signals strong institutional confidence in the AI compute space.

Backing the round are heavyweight investors including Valor Equity Partners and StepStone, among others. The capital influx is earmarked for accelerating AI model development and scaling infrastructure capabilities.

This funding surge reflects the ongoing competition for AI dominance and the massive capital requirements to build competitive models. For the crypto and Web3 community watching AI infrastructure plays, this underscores how traditional finance and venture capital are betting heavily on the space.

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SingleForYears

· 01-08 03:29

Over 2 billion in funding oversubscribed? Traditional finance is really going all in on AI.

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ChainPoet

· 01-07 00:50

2 billion? This fundraising scale is really no joke... Wait, oversubscribed by 500 million? How optimistic are the institutions about AI computing power? Traditional finance is starting to get involved, but it seems our Web3 side is still quite calm, kind of interesting. Are the investors all fools? It feels like AI infrastructure projects are everywhere. The competition gap is getting wider and wider, do small players still have a chance... 20B vs. the 20 bucks in my pocket, why is the gap so huge? Let's see if crypto has a chance to grab a piece of the pie, otherwise we can only watch the show. By the way, is there anything in this round of funding that looks down on others? It feels like everything went too smoothly, which is a bit suspicious.

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LeekCutter

· 01-07 00:30

2 billion dollars? Traditional finance is really getting addicted, and now the AI arms race has heated up completely. --- Another round of sky-high funding, it seems big models really have no bottom when it comes to burning money. --- Huh? Oversubscription... Basically, everyone is rushing to get in, which is a bit uncertain. --- Wait, can this money really create any difference? Or should we keep pouring into models? --- Traditional VCs now just need live-streaming AI, the landscape is really different. While we're still mining, they've already invested in infrastructure. --- $20B... I didn't expect this round to be so big, but on the other hand, it's burning through cash quickly.

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LayerZeroHero

· 01-07 00:27

It has been proven that the figure of $20B has already started to change the game. Traditional VCs pouring this much money into AI infrastructure, our Web3 needs to keep up with the pace of protocol iterations.

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OnchainSniper

· 01-07 00:24

Two billion? Traditional finance is really getting anxious --- This financing amount exceeded expectations... It feels like big companies are starting to panic --- Once again, institutions like Valor and StepStone, they should have recognized the potential of AI infrastructure earlier --- Oh my god, 20B in oversubscribed funding, when will our Web3 projects become this popular --- The AI computing power race has directly escalated to a financial level, this is no longer a game --- By the way, will the splash caused by xAI's latest funding round reach the blockchain --- VCs are really treating AI as their main source of income, pouring so much money into it... --- Why does it seem like only traditional VCs can play this game --- 20B, brother, what kind of concept is this... Can our crypto circle learn from it --- It's getting out of hand, I'm a bit worried about when this bubble will burst

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