3.99 $/GPU-hour (listed) 0.00% 1M · as of Nov 15, 2026, 01:01 UTC
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CoreWeave Empowers Real-Time Collaborative Filmmaking with Spire Animation Studios
CoreWeave partners with Spire Animation Studios to enable collaborative filmmaking, providing scalable cloud resources that streamline production workflows and accelerate creative collaboration.
CoreWeave · Nov 13, 2026

CoreWeave Powers a World of Possibility with GPT-J
CoreWeave Powers a World of Possibility with GPT-J
CoreWeave · Nov 13, 2026
TurboPairFormer: faster, more stable, more accurate OpenFold3 fine-tuning
Lambda · Nov 13, 2026
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CoreWeave Unleashes the Power of the NVIDIA GB200 NVL72: A Glimpse into the Future of AI
We showcased NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 AI performance, energy efficiency, and cooling innovation, backed by Kubernetes support, observability tools, and Quantum-2 InfiniBand networking.
CoreWeave · Nov 13, 2026
CoreWeave Database Is Here: Managed PostgreSQL Where Your AI Runs
CoreWeave Database is now generally available. Run managed PostgreSQL inside your CKS cluster, operated by CoreWeave, right next to your AI workloads.
CoreWeave · Nov 11, 2026
QM, Y Combinator's Open-Source Agent Harness, Now Deploys in One Click on DigitalOcean
DigitalOcean · Nov 10, 2026
AI’s Biggest Ambitions Depend on Doing the Hard Things Well
Ambition is everywhere, but scale is not. CoreWeave is delivering AI at scale, financed by customer contracts and built responsibly alongside its host communities.
CoreWeave · Nov 10, 2026
CoreWeave Deepens Its Commitment to CNCF with Platinum Membership
CoreWeave is now a Platinum member of the CNCF and Rita Zhang received a Lifetime Achievement award for a decade of work shaping the Kubernetes community.
CoreWeave · Nov 10, 2026

Our newest TPUs: 8tx and 8i Max, built for the agentic era
Google Cloud · Nov 9, 2026
Introducing TPU Sync: Fast KV cache and weight transfer for inference and RL on TPU
Google Cloud · Nov 9, 2026
Building the next generation of multimodal AI experiences with fal in Microsoft Foundry
Microsoft and fal partner to expand video generation in Microsoft Foundry, helping developers bring creative ideas into enterprise applications.
Microsoft Azure · Nov 6, 2026
Introducing Z4M: storage-optimized compute for AI/ML and parallel file systems
Google Cloud · Nov 6, 2026
Energy / Power
LiveAppalachian Power Investing Nearly $25 Billion For Gas and Coal Power Plants
POWER Magazine · Nov 13, 2026
NeoVolta Enters $116-Million Deal to Supply Battery Energy Storage Systems
POWER Magazine · Nov 13, 2026
Energy Department Closes $480 Million Loan to Expand American Energy Production and Strengthen Offshore Infrastructure in the Gulf of America
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Dominance Financing (EDF) today announced the financial close of a $480 million loan for Arena Energy's Project Elkhorn to increase oil and natural gas production across the Gulf of America shelf.
U.S. Department of Energy · Nov 10, 2026
DOE’s ARPA-E Announces Up to $30 Million to Advance Geothermal Projects in SUPERHOT Program
POWER Magazine · Nov 13, 2026
Wärtsilä Will Supply Engines for Finnish Power Plant Project
POWER Magazine · Nov 12, 2026
Energy Secretary Builds on Progress to Strengthen Puerto Rico’s Energy Reliability
As Puerto Rico faces rising electricity demand and energy reliability challenges, the Energy Department continues its efforts to strengthen the island’s electric grid.
U.S. Department of Energy · Nov 7, 2026
Rowan Digital Infrastructure Secures $1.5 Billion in Financing for Hyperscale Development Platform
POWER Magazine · Nov 12, 2026
Trystar Introduces Five New Series of 17.5mm Relays for Space-Efficient Control Panel Design
POWER Magazine · Nov 11, 2026
PJM Winter Outlook: Power Supplies Available to Serve Expected Cold Weather Conditions
PJM Interconnection · Nov 5, 2026
GE Vernova Advances Hydrogen Capabilities for Aeroderivative Gas Turbines with New Milestones
POWER Magazine · Nov 10, 2026
Energy Department Announces Over $230 Million Funding Opportunity to Strengthen America's Grid Supply Chain and Lower Electricity Costs
Funding will boost domestic manufacturing, reduce reliance on foreign suppliers, and advance efforts to secure America's electric grid.
U.S. Department of Energy · Oct 30, 2026
Crypto
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Kava Lend loses roughly $3.8 million to hack, sending KAVA token down nearly 40%
About 49.2 million KAVA was bridged to BNB Chain via LayerZero and sold for roughly $2.1 million in BNB and USDT.
The Block · Nov 14, 2026

Louisiana AG calls CFTC chair an ‘obsequious standard bearer’ for prediction markets following agency lawsuit
The CFTC sued Louisiana Friday to block a state judge's order banning 31 prediction markets, including Kalshi and Polymarket, in the state.
The Block · Nov 14, 2026
FinCEN Bars U.S. Institutions From Moving Funds for MEXC Global
Summary Under Operation Economic Outcast, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an order blocking U.S. financial institutions from sending…
Chainalysis · Nov 13, 2026

Bitcoin ETFs lose $1 billion for the second week in a row as crypto funds, except one, continue bleeding
U.S. spot crypto ETFs lost about $1.55 billion combined, and Avalanche funds' $227,000 was the only weekly inflow among the 15 categories SoSoValue tracks.
The Block · Nov 14, 2026

Meta tests prediction-market app, DOJ moves to seize $1.2 billion from Binance hack, and more
In today's newsletter, Meta tests prediction-market app using points instead of cash; DOJ moves to seize $1.2 billion from Binance hack, disrupts North Korean deepfake scheme; and more.
The Block · Nov 14, 2026
Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #431
This week’s newsletter links to draft BIPs for exfiltration-resistant signing, summarizes the disclosure of three vulnerabilities affecting older versions of Bitcoin Core, announces a plan for mining the testnet5 genesis block, and describes an investigation into degraded compact block reconstruction. Also included are our regular sections announcing new releases and release candidates and describing notable changes to popular Bitcoin infrastructure software.
Bitcoin Optech · Nov 13, 2026

Meta tests prediction market app using ‘cred’ points instead of cash: WSJ
Meta employees are testing Takes, a prediction app that rewards correct calls with credibility points.
The Block · Nov 13, 2026

MEGA cuts 20% of workforce as former MegaETH Foundation restructures
MEGA, formerly the MegaETH Foundation, laid off 20% of staff days after its rebrand and $30 million push into AI inference products.
The Block · Nov 13, 2026
The Shadow Market Behind China’s AI Model Distillation Boom
Summary A shadow market is helping Chinese users sidestep U.S. AI export controls. Proxy services provide access to restricted frontier…
Chainalysis · Nov 10, 2026

House Oversight Chair calls for possible ban on government officials’ prediction market bets over insider trading concerns
The House Oversight Committee is calling for new limits on government officials’ use of prediction markets, including a potential ban.
The Block · Nov 13, 2026

CFTC’s Selig accuses states of trying to ‘lock up’ prediction market founders
CFTC Chairman Michael Selig says disputes over whether event contracts are gambling shouldn’t put executives at risk of jail.
The Block · Nov 13, 2026
Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #430 Recap Podcast
Mark “Murch” Erhardt, Gustavo Flores Echaiz, and Mike Schmidt are joined by 0xB10C, Luke Carriere, and Sjors Provoost to discuss Newsletter #430.
Bitcoin Optech · Nov 10, 2026
Measurement index
What Urdais Measures
The markets and infrastructure underlying the Information Age.
Compute→
Price of computational capacity
- $/GPU-hour
- ·$/PFLOP-hour
- ·H100 · H200 · B200
Memory
Price of DRAM memory
- Index points
- ·DRAM PPI
- ·Export unit value
Photonics
Price of moving information
- $/Gbps
- ·Transceivers
- ·Optical bandwidth
Energy / Power→
Price of powering computation
- $/kWh
- ·$/MWh
- ·Regional pricing
Chips & Accelerators
Price of advanced compute hardware
- $/accelerator
- ·Performance/$
- ·Availability
Model Economics→
Price of machine intelligence
- $/1M input tokens
- ·$/1M output tokens
- ·Inference cost
Crypto
Native monetary markets of the Information Age
- BTC purchasing power
- ·Network economics
Measured across
- Price
- ·Capacity
- ·Performance
- ·Region
- ·Service quality
- ·Volatility