3 in Finance

3/19: Alteryx (Irvine, CA), self-service data analytics software, was acquired by Insight Partners and Clearlake Capital Group through a $4.4 billion public-to-private LBO. (Link)

3/13: Together (Menlo Park, CA), technology services platform designed to provide a decentralized cloud for AI, raised $106 million of venture funding in a deal led by Salesforce Ventures. (Link)

3/5: io.net (New York, NY), decentralized physical infrastructure network project focused on a GPU cloud platform, raised $30 million of Series A venture funding in a deal led by Hack VC. This deal puts the company’s pre-money valuation at $970mm. (Link)

3 for Fun

Nvidia announces a new generation of AI chips, dubbed Blackwell, during developers’ conference (Link)

Google DeepMind Alumni launches a new public cloud platform out of stealth (Link)

AWS invests $5.3B to boost data center development in Saudi Arabia (Link)