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During its global meeting on September 17, 2026, AWS presented a vision for building AI tools along the lines of cloud-computing architecture, showcasing Odyssey-3 and Agora-2 for modeling shared worlds. It also highlighted startups using Trainium in areas including robotics, code generation, and interactive environments.
A Crunchbase analysis for August reveals that Y Combinator continued to lead investors by number of deals, while Nvidia increased its activity to nine funding rounds, with the total value of rounds it led or co-led reaching $1.3 billion. This points to the growing role of strategic investors directly connected to AI infrastructure alongside traditional venture capital funds.