AI compute provider Nscale is looking for $3.5B in pre-IPO financing

AI 计算服务商 Nscale 寻求 35 亿美元上市前融资

Nscale, a British AI infrastructure company founded just two years ago, has said it may go public as early as later this month. Ahead of that expected IPO, the company is reportedly in talks to raise an additional $3.5 billion. Nscale 是一家仅成立两年的英国人工智能基础设施公司，该公司表示最早可能在本月晚些时候上市。在预期 IPO 之前，据报道该公司正在商谈额外筹集 35 亿美元资金。

Bloomberg reported Friday that the company is looking to sell $1.5 billion in convertible notes — a type of loan that can later convert into company stock — to a group of investors, while also seeking an additional $2 billion in financing from Nvidia. 彭博社周五报道称，该公司计划向一组投资者出售 15 亿美元的可转换票据（一种日后可转换为公司股票的贷款），同时还在寻求从英伟达（Nvidia）获得额外的 20 亿美元融资。

Nvidia also participated in the firm’s Series B funding round in March, a $1.1 billion raise led by investment fund Aker. Nscale hailed its round as “the largest Series B in European history.” The company’s Series A round, in December of 2024, raised $155 million. TechCrunch reached out to Nscale and Nvidia for comment. 英伟达也参与了该公司今年 3 月进行的 B 轮融资，该轮融资总额为 11 亿美元，由投资基金 Aker 领投。Nscale 称其为“欧洲历史上规模最大的 B 轮融资”。该公司于 2024 年 12 月进行的 A 轮融资筹集了 1.55 亿美元。TechCrunch 已联系 Nscale 和英伟达寻求置评。

AI infrastructure startups have seen immense growth amid the current era of AI enthusiasm, wherein compute has become a competitive currency. Nscale recently signed a large deal with Anthropic worth approximately $45 billion. 在当前人工智能热潮的背景下，人工智能基础设施初创公司实现了巨大的增长，计算能力已成为一种竞争性货币。Nscale 最近与 Anthropic 签署了一项价值约 450 亿美元的大型协议。

Earlier this week, reports emerged that Nscale had been telling potential investors that it has approximately $103 billion in revenue following the deal. That figure isn’t current sales; it’s a projection based on signed customer leases, according to The Information. 本周早些时候有报道称，Nscale 一直在向潜在投资者表示，该交易完成后其营收约为 1030 亿美元。据《The Information》报道，这一数字并非当前的销售额，而是基于已签署的客户租赁合同所作出的预测。