Nebius, the artificial intelligence infrastructure group that was formed from Yandex’s operations outside Russia earlier this year, has raised $700mn from investors including chipmaker Nvidia to capitalise on exploding demand for AI data centres.

AI infrastructure firm Nebius Group has secured $700 million in a private funding round led by investors such as Nvidia, Accel, and Orbis Investments. The financing marks a critical milestone for the company,

AI infrastructure firm Nebius Group on Monday said it was raising $700 million in a private placement from investors including Nvidia , Accel and some accounts managed by Orbis Investments.

Nebius Group is raising $700 million in a private placement from investors, including Nvidia, to build the infrastructure underpinning AI.

Nebius Group NV, the technology company rebranded from Russian internet giant Yandex, has raised $700 million from a slate of investors including Nvidia Corp. and Accel Partners LP.

Nebius stock jumped on the news that Nvidia had joined a $700 million private placement for the AI company. Warren Buffett Just Sent Out a Deafening Warning Signal to the Market. 3 Things Investors Should Do.

The funding is expected to aid Nebius in expanding the clusters of GPUs, cloud platforms and other tools for AI developers.