Nebius

Nebius, a European cloud provider specializing in GPUs for AI, saw its shares surge after a significant stake was acquired by Situational Awareness, a hedge fund led by a former OpenAI researcher. This investment highlights Nebius’s critical role in AI infrastructure, further underscored by substantial deals with Meta and Nvidia. The company’s stock has performed exceptionally year-to-date, reflecting strong investor confidence in its growing importance in the AI ecosystem.

Meta has signed a five-year, $27 billion deal with cloud provider Nebius to boost its AI capabilities. The agreement includes $12 billion in dedicated infrastructure, featuring early deployments of Nvidia’s Vera Rubin chips, and an option for an additional $15 billion in compute resources. This partnership underscores Meta’s commitment to AI development and highlights the growing demand for specialized AI cloud infrastructure.