NVIDIA2026-09-01 12:13:28Jensen Huang says AI will create hundreds of thousands of jobs as demand for skilled trades risesNVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang said the AI boom will not only eliminate some jobs but also create "hundreds of thousands" of new ones, with electricians, plumbers, carpenters, technicians and other skilled trades expected to benefit. Huang said construction tied to chip plants, packaging facilities, data centers and "AI factories" is driving a sharp increase in demand in the United States for workers who can "build things with their hands." He added that technology shifts typically reshape employment rather than simply erase it, saying some roles disappear while many new ones emerge. Huang also said white-collar jobs are unlikely to vanish in the near term, while AI infrastructure buildout could bring a boom to skilled trades. According to the report, the US could face about 2.1 million unfilled skilled trade positions by 2030, including roughly 130,000 additional electrician roles. Data center construction is also expanding labor demand quickly, with QTS expecting the number of workers at its project sites to rise from about 10,000 in 2025 to 40,000 by the end of 2026.820
Nvidia2026-09-01 10:18:52Nvidia to Invest $1.5 Billion in SB Energy for Ohio AI CampusNvidia will invest $1.5 billion in SB Energy as part of a deal to build a large AI campus in Ohio. The investment marks a significant shift in AI infrastructure and is expected to drive regional economic and technological growth, according to Crypto Briefing.840
crypto fundin2026-08-31 09:47:51RootData says crypto private-market funding disclosures hit $596 million across 49 deals in AugustRootData’s funding data shows that the crypto primary market disclosed 49 financing deals in August, with total disclosed funding of about $596 million. That was down 74.2% from roughly $2.312 billion in July and down 35.5% from about $924 million in August 2025. While deal count edged up 2.1% month over month from 48 in July, it fell 42.4% from 85 a year earlier. The dataset excludes questionable financings as well as M&A, IPO, post-IPO, and debt financing. By sector, DeFi posted the highest number of deals with 19, though disclosed capital reached only about $73.1 million. Infrastructure logged 14 deals and led all categories by dollars raised at about $311 million, while CeFi recorded 8 deals totaling about $199 million. Ripple, RQD Clearing, and Fasset were the three largest financings at $275 million, $74 million, and $68 million, combining for about $417 million, or 70.0% of August’s disclosed total. RootData also said it currently tracks 529 RWA-related projects, with 149 having recorded financing, for a funding coverage rate of about 28.2%. Even so, only one RWA financing was disclosed in August: Entropy’s $14 million round. The month also saw 6 disclosed M&A transactions, down from 19 in July, with 4 of them in CeFi.920
Polygon2026-08-28 22:34:24Polygon Says Heimdall Public RPC Endpoints Have No SLA, Not for Production UsePolygon has issued an official notice stating that its Heimdall public RPC endpoint, heimdall-api.polygon.technology, is operated on a best-effort basis and carries no service-level agreement (SLA). The endpoint offers no uptime target, no latency guarantee, and no commitment to support response times. It is intended only for exploration, debugging, and lightweight integration work, and is not suitable as production infrastructure. Polygon warns that availability, latency, and rate limits on these endpoints may change at any time, and that they may be throttled, restricted, or taken offline without prior notice. Any degradation will not be tracked or escalated as an incident. Developers relying on Heimdall data in production environments are advised not to build on these public endpoints. To determine whether their services depend on the endpoints, developers can check logs for calls containing heimdall-api.polygon.technology. The announcement underscores the distinction between public convenience endpoints and production-grade infrastructure, urging developers to plan accordingly.690
a16z2026-08-28 13:14:00a16z launches $1.1B Machine Age Fund to back AI hardwareVenture firm a16z has announced a new $1.1 billion fund, the Machine Age Fund, focused on AI hardware and infrastructure. The firm announced the fund on Aug. 28, with plans to invest in complete systems spanning chips, memory, networking, storage, data centers, robots and home AI devices. a16z notes that AI demand and compute density are surging, pushing existing supply chains and physical and computing architectures to their limits. Rack power, the firm points out, is rising from 5-10kW to 100-250kW, with expectations of reaching 1MW within three years. Data center scale is expanding toward hundreds of megawatts and even gigawatt-level campuses. The fund will target higher compute density, cheaper high-bandwidth memory, faster interconnects and low-power edge devices, along with supporting cooling, power and real estate infrastructure. The firm said the new vehicle will back a new generation of AI hardware startups building the physical layer that powers next-generation AI.860
ChainCatcher2026-08-28 00:47:07Joanna Lichter says robotics value is likely to accrue at both ends of the stackInvestor Joanna Lichter outlined a working hypothesis on how value may build in robotics, arguing that the sector resembles a barbell rather than a broad, evenly distributed market. On one side are horizontal robotics foundation models, or RFMs, and infrastructure platforms that can compound through data, compute, and ecosystem effects. On the other are category-leading application companies that capture value by turning intelligence into useful work. In her view, the middle layer looks less attractive, especially where models are replaceable, tools are easy to copy, or deployments lack software leverage. Lichter also drew a contrast with large language models, saying robotics faces distribution costs, scarce physical-world data, real-time compute limits, and safety constraints. Those conditions lead to a gated diffusion pattern instead of immediate mass adoption. She added that deployments can become defensible if they create a learning loop, reduce labor required per robot, and accumulate reusable data and operating knowledge over time. Vertical entry points, she said, can speed up that path.1140
ETF2026-08-26 16:06:05Bloomberg and JPMorgan data point to AI and four other leading ETF themes for 2026Techub News reported, citing data from Bloomberg and JPMorgan, that artificial intelligence, infrastructure, defense, space, and nuclear energy have emerged as the leading exchange-traded fund, or ETF, themes for 2026. The reading highlights where investor attention is clustering across thematic products tied to advanced technology and strategically important industries. The brief did not provide fund names, asset flows, or performance figures, but it identified five areas now standing out in the 2026 ETF theme lineup. The item was attributed to @Cointelegraph in the source text.1190
Israel2026-08-26 08:51:47Israel sees about 100 data center bids as AI boom strains power gridIsrael has seen about 100 bids for new data center construction in recent months, according to a Techub News brief citing Crypto Briefing. The surge is being driven mainly by rising demand tied to artificial intelligence and cloud computing, two sectors that require growing amounts of computing capacity and supporting infrastructure. The report said the wave of proposals is putting pressure on the local power grid. That strain has also brought the need for infrastructure upgrades into sharper focus, as electricity supply becomes a more immediate constraint on expansion. No further details were provided in the brief on individual projects, timelines, or specific operators. The core takeaway is that demand linked to AI and cloud services is accelerating data center interest in Israel while exposing limits in the country’s existing power infrastructure.820
