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Nvidia Discusses Investment in AI Data Supplier Mercor at 0B Valuation

Nvidia is in discussions to participate in a funding round for AI training data marketplace Mercor that would value the three-year-old startup at $20 billion, according to reporting from The Information and Bloomberg. The transaction would double Mercor's valuation from its $10 billion Series C round closed in October 2025. It also signals an expanding capital allocation strategy from Nvidia, moving beyond compute infrastructure and cloud hardware into the upstream data curation layers powering

AI Accounting Startup Rillet Reaches B Valuation with 00M Series C

AI-native accounting and ERP startup Rillet has secured $100 million in a Series C funding round at a $1 billion valuation, bringing its total funding past $200 million within eighteen months of launch. The round was led by ICONIQ, with continued participation from existing institutional investors Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), and Oak HC/FT. Several new venture firms also joined the syndicate, including Bain Capital Ventures, Battery Ventures, FirstMark, Scale Venture Partners, a

DOJ Investigates Andreessen Horowitz over Competing Board Seats in AI Data Startups

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has opened an antitrust investigation into venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), examining whether the firm violated federal competition laws by placing partners on the boards of direct competitors in the enterprise AI and data infrastructure market. The investigation, reported by Bloomberg, centers on board representation at Databricks and Fivetran. Both companies provide data ingestion, management, and pipeline infrastructure essential

DOJ has reportedly probed a16z for a year over AI board seats