ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, blockchain security company CertiK has migrated its cloud infrastructure in Asia to Alibaba Cloud, a subsidiary of the domestic e-commerce giant Alibaba.

ChainCatcher news, according to PR Newswire, AI-focused cloud service provider CoreWeave announced the completion of a $1.1 billion Series C funding round, led by Coatue, with participation from Magnetar (the main investor in the previous round), Altimeter Capital, Fidelity Management & Research Company, and Lykos Global Management.It is reported that the new funding will be used to support the rapid growth of CoreWeave's various business areas and to expand into new regions to meet the ongoing explosive demand for GPU-accelerated cloud infrastructure worldwide. CoreWeave co-founder and CEO Mike Intrator stated that CoreWeave's position as a key infrastructure provider for AI development is continuously strengthening, and the ongoing trust from high-level investors validates the tremendous opportunities in defining the next generation of cloud computing.As businesses increasingly recognize the potential of AI to enhance efficiency, productivity, expand revenue, reduce costs, and drive growth and innovation at a strategic level, organizations of all sizes and across various industries are racing to deploy large-scale AI solutions, driving an explosive demand for powerful, scalable infrastructure. Traditional cloud providers' generic infrastructure cannot meet the large-scale parallel processing capabilities and memory requirements needed for AI workloads.

ChainCatcher news, the cloud infrastructure provider Hive, based in Geneva, announced the completion of a $13 million Series A funding round, led by SC Ventures (the venture capital arm of Standard Chartered Bank) with participation from OneRagtime and others. Hive aims to reshape the centralized model of cloud computing by aggregating unused hard drives and computing power from personal devices to provide a decentralized model.Hive founder David Gurlé stated that this could be a significant investment, and if successful, investors hope to be part of it. This funding restructuring not only helps companies plan cloud-related expenditures more effectively but also promotes server autonomy, reduces reliance on a few cloud providers, and decreases energy usage. Gurlé believes that a distributed and decentralized cloud model is the "most efficient network infrastructure."

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the decentralized GPU cloud infrastructure Aethir will launch the public sale of its first network available node, the "Check Node." ATH is the native token of the Aethir network, with 15% of its total supply allocated to reward Check Nodes for helping to verify the uptime, latency, service quality, and computing power provided by other node participants.100,000 Check Nodes will be publicly sold on the Aethir official website on March 20 at 18:00, with a starting price of 0.1259 ETH per node, increasing incrementally. They can be purchased using wETH on the Arbitrum network, with no purchase limit. The Aethir community, partners, and KOLs will receive reserved whitelist spots, while the remaining limited nodes will be available to the public on a first-come, first-served basis. Checker Nodes can be installed and run in the second quarter of 2024.It is reported that Aethir is an enterprise-focused distributed GPU cloud service provider that has signed multi-year contracts with the world's largest telecommunications companies, the largest game development studios, 10 AAA games, and the cloud gaming company WellLink, which has over 64 million monthly active users. In July 2023, Aethir completed a Pre-A round of financing with a valuation of $150 million, led by Sanctor Capital, Hashkey, Merit Circle, and CitizenX, with participation from Mirana Ventures, Animoca Brands, Momentum6, Big Brain Holdings, Builder Capital, Tess Ventures, Maelstrom (Arthur Hayes), and Lapin Digital.

ChainCatcher news, decentralized cloud infrastructure Aethir has announced the launch of its first decentralized AI node sale, with its native token ATH being used to reward node providers and validators who maintain the Aethir decentralized cloud infrastructure network.It is reported that the starting price for each validator node is $500, which will then increase in tiers, and a whitelist has been reserved for different participants within the Aethir community, partner community, KOLs, and venture capital teams. This sale aims to allow all types of participants to get involved. The node sale will kick off at 10 AM UTC on March 20, 2024, and the network is expected to launch in the second quarter of 2024.ChainCatcher previously reported that on July 27 last year, decentralized GPU infrastructure Aethir completed a Pre-A round financing with a valuation of $150 million, co-led by Sanctor Capital, Hashkey, Merit Circle, and CitizenX, with participation from Mirana Ventures, Animoca Brands, Momentum6, Big Brain Holdings, Builder Capital, Tess Ventures, Maelstrom (Arthur Hayes), Lapin Digital, among others, bringing the total financing amount to over $9 million to date.

ChainCatcher news, decentralized GPU infrastructure Aethir today announced the completion of its Pre-A round financing, raising $9 million at a valuation of $150 million. The funds will be used to boost Aethir's global business expansion in Southeast Asia, Latin America, and North America, as well as to strengthen technology research and development and application innovation support.It is reported that this round of financing follows a seed round led by Framework Ventures and Infinity Ventures Crypto, with this round led by investors such as Sanctor Capital, Hashkey, Merit Circle, and CitizenX, and supported by institutions including Mirana Ventures, Animoca Brands, Momentum6, Big Brain Holdings, Builder Capital, Lapin Digital, Tess Ventures, and Maelstrom (Arthur Hayes).Aethir was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Singapore. It is a decentralized network infrastructure project (Depin) aimed at building a globally distributed and scalable GPU cloud infrastructure in a decentralized manner.

ChainCatcher news, at the Consensus 2023 conference, Google Cloud and Polygon Labs announced a multi-year strategic alliance aimed at accelerating the adoption of core Polygon protocols, including Polygon PoS, Polygon Supernets, and Polygon zkEVM, using Google Cloud infrastructure and developer tools.To help developers overcome the time-intensive processes and costly overhead associated with configuring, maintaining, and operating their own dedicated blockchain nodes, Google Cloud is introducing its node hosting service, Blockchain Node Engine, into the Polygon ecosystem. The Google Cloud Marketplace has already provided developers with a simple one-click deployment method for Polygon PoS nodes, enabling them to quickly and easily support their DApps.Additionally, by the end of the third quarter, Polygon Labs will enable one-click developer network (DevNet) deployment on Google Cloud. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, Web3 infrastructure provider Aurora Labs announced the launch of Aurora Cloud, a one-stop cloud infrastructure solution bridging Web2 and Web3. Aurora Cloud currently has three core products: the transaction processing and accounting engine Borealis Business, the digital wallet Aurora Pass, and the dedicated blockchain Aurora Silos for specific customers. (Source link)