Luxor Technology opened a new regional office in San Francisco as part of its ongoing corporate expansion into artificial intelligence and high-performance computing.

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Seattle-based Luxor Technology announced a $16 million strategic funding round led by CMT Digital

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Luxor Technology launched Luxor AI, extending its hardware, software, energy, data, and compute trading infrastructure into AI and high-performance computing markets

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Luxor Technology operates an over-the-counter compute derivatives desk offering cash-settled options, forwards, and backstops based on compute-rental indexes to allow AI companies to hedge and finance computing capacity.

Bitcoin mining hardware manufacturers Canaan and MicroBT participated in Luxor Technology's $16 million funding round alongside Halo, Steelhead, and angel investors.

Luxor Technology expanded its hardware brokerage business to include GPU sourcing in December 2025 after historically trading over $1 billion in ASIC bitcoin mining equipment.

Luxor Technology co-founder and CEO Nick Hansen stated that digital mining and AI computing markets are converging, with identical mining operators, power sites, and capital transitioning to power AI.

Luxor Technology services over 3,000 corporate clients across its Bitcoin mining and AI infrastructure businesses as of October 2026.

Luxor Technology plans to use proceeds from its $16 million round to scale its cloud platform, expand GPU hardware sourcing, develop compute derivatives trading, and hire 12 additional staff before the end of 2026.

Unlimit founder Kirill Eves provided a $45 million funding commitment to Phase on October 29, 2026, with Phase having no outside investors.

Phase plans to develop its own artificial intelligence model and expand its network to desktops, servers, and graphics processing units.

Prior to its October 2026 round, Luxor Technology had raised $6.575 million in primary capital across three rounds, including a $5 million Series A in June 2021 led by NYDIG.

Luxor Technology chief operating officer Ethan Vera stated that the company delayed raising capital until its AI expansion provided a clear use of proceeds.

According to startup data tracker Tracxn, Luxor Technology's seed round investors included Celsius, Valour, and Bitnomial.

In August 2026, Luxor Technology launched an AI Hardware Price Index through its Hashrate Index data platform to track GPU node market prices.

Luxor Technology's $16 million financing round included primary preferred equity to fund company growth and secondary preferred and common equity to bring strategic investors onto the cap table.

Luxor Technology began raising its strategic capital round in August 2026 and closed the primary funding portion in October 2026.

Kirill Eves' $45 million commitment covers Phase's first two years of development and provides two additional years of runway.

Luxor Technology's employee headcount expanded from 11 at the time of its 2021 Series A round to 106 as of October 2026.

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