Welcome to the TechBoo Ride Home for Wednesday, January 7th, 2026.

I'm Brian McCullough today.

XAI has raised another monster round.

Polymarket has yet another controversy around whether a bet should pay out or not.

Could the AI Data Center build out actually disrupt politics in local America and a sort of roundup of what's been at CES so far?

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X-A-I has raised a $20 billion series E round, exceeding its $15 billion targeted round size

with participation from Valor, NVIDIA, and others.

And the company says GROC 5 is currently in training, quoting the times.

In a statement, XAI said it had sought to raise

$15 billion, but ended up getting more from eager investors. Two people with knowledge of the

matter said the investment could push XAI's valuation above $230 billion, which it was on track

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