Min-Jeong Lee / Bloomberg: SoftBank partners with South Korea’s Cosmos Lab and DeltaX to mass produce next-gen data center batteries in Japan at the scale of one GWh per year in FY 2027  —  SoftBank Group Corp.’s mobile unit said it plans to begin large-scale battery cell manufacturing at its Sakai, Osaka plant to address growing power demand for AI services. Lees verder op Tech Meme

CNBC: Nvidia embraces its role as an AI investor in 2026, committing $40B+ to equity investments including a $30B stake in OpenAI, $3.2B in Corning, and $2.1B in IREN  —  Nvidia stepped on the gas last year, putting cash into companies up and down the AI infrastructure stack and helping … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Fortune: Q&A with Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon on 2026 as “year of agents”, the end of the smartphone-centric world, 6G turning humans into “walking cameras”, and more  —  Cristiano Amon’s pitch is that the smartphone-centric world Qualcomm helped build is coming to an end. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Kessler / New York Times: Corporate lawyers say AI-transcribed meeting notes may not have attorney-client privilege, making otherwise protected conversations discoverable in lawsuits  —  A trendy productivity hack, A.I. note takers are capturing every joke and offhand comment in many meetings. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Anna Tong / Forbes: A look at Janitor AI, a romantic fantasy roleplay chatbot site run by three men that claims 2.5M DAUs and 15M total users, with 70% to 80% identifying as women  —  Despite its name, Janitor AI isn’t selling productivity agents or enterprise copilots; it’s serving up interactive erotic content … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Echo Wang / Reuters: Sources: Cerebras plans to raise its IPO price range from $115-$125 per share to $150-$160 per share, potentially raising ~$4.8B at the top of the new range  —  Cerebras Systems is set to raise the size and price of its initial public offering as soon as Monday, as demand … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: Digital Asset, which builds Canton Network, a public blockchain with privacy features, is raising a ~$300M round led by a16z crypto at a ~$2B valuation  —  Digital Asset Holdings LLC, the company behind a blockchain used among several big banks and trading firms … Lees verder op Tech Meme