The CODEW

OpenAI – $40B funding round (2025)
Led by SoftBank, one of the largest private tech funding rounds ever.

Meta – $14.3B investment in Scale AI (2025)
Meta acquired a major stake to strengthen its AI capabilities and talent base.

Amazon – Up to $25B investment in Anthropic (2026)
Part of a broader cloud and AI infrastructure partnership.

Stargate Project – Up to $500B AI infrastructure initiative
Joint venture involving OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle to build large-scale AI infrastructure in the U.S.

Google acquisition of Wiz (~$32B)
One of the largest AI/cloud-related acquisitions, strengthening AI-era cybersecurity capabilities.

xAI – $10B funding round (2025)
Major financing for xAI as competition among frontier AI labs intensified.

These deals highlight the main AI investment themes: foundation models (OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI), AI infrastructure (Stargate), data platforms (Scale AI), and AI security (Wiz).