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Exa, Modal, and TurboPuffer reach unicorn status in AI infrastructure after recent fundraises covered by Latent Space

Shawn Wang noted gains for core AI backend builders.

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everyone in ai infrastructure* is finally getting filthy rich and it is so nice to see them succeed *not the sexy ai research stuff, just “boring” infra

12:26 PM · May 21, 2026 View on X

more here https://www.latent.space/p/ainews-new-ai-infra-unicorns-exa

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everyone in ai infrastructure* is finally getting filthy rich and it is so nice to see them succeed *not the sexy ai research stuff, just “boring” infra

7:26 PM · May 21, 2026 · 18.7K Views
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swyx🛬 SFOswyx🛬 SFO@swyx

everyone in ai infrastructure* is finally getting filthy rich and it is so nice to see them succeed *not the sexy ai research stuff, just “boring” infra

7:26 PM · May 21, 2026 · 18.7K Views
5:53 AM · May 22, 2026 · 110 Views