NFL明星球员萨奎昂·巴克利已将其科技投资组合扩展至AI数据中心初创公司Crusoe。Crusoe在最新一轮14亿美元的融资中估值超过100亿美元，该公司通过整合能源供应、AI优化数据中心建设和自有云服务，已成为AI基础设施领域的领导者。此次融资吸引了包括Valor Equity Partners、Mubadala Capital和Nvidia在内的众多知名投资者。巴克利此前已投资于Anthropic、Neuralink等科技公司，并表示其投资理念源于阅读《从0到1》，他会亲自访谈创始人以做出投资决策。Crusoe致力于“激活能源以驱动智能”，其运营的清洁能源数据中心旨在通过消除瓶颈来加速AI发展，并已与Together AI、Fireworks等AI初创公司合作。

🏈 萨奎昂·巴克利，作为一名NFL明星球员，已将目光投向科技投资领域，并成为了AI数据中心初创公司Crusoe的重要投资者。Crusoe在此轮融资中获得了14亿美元，公司估值已突破100亿美元，显示出其在AI基础设施领域的巨大潜力。

💡 Crusoe公司将自身定位为“AI工厂公司”，其核心竞争力在于整合了清洁能源供应、为AI优化的数据中心建设以及自有的云服务，旨在通过“激活能源以驱动智能”来加速AI发展，并已被Together AI和Fireworks等知名AI初创公司采用。

🚀 巴克利并非初次涉足科技投资，他此前已在AI公司Anthropic、脑机接口公司Neuralink等领域进行布局。他曾表示，受到彼得·蒂尔的《从0到1》启发，并在投资前亲自与创业公司创始人进行访谈，展现了他对科技创新和长期价值投资的深入理解和审慎态度。

NFL star Saquon Barkley is among a long list of top investors backing AI data center startup Crusoe.The $1.4 billion funding round values Crusoe at more than $10 billion.The NFL player has a tech portfolio that includes Anthropic and Neuralink, according to The Profile.

NFL star Saquon Barkley has added another venture to his growing tech investment portfolio, joining a long list of backers in the AI data center startup Crusoe.

Crusoe, which calls itself "the AI Factory Company," is valued at over $10 billion in this latest $1.4 billion funding round. The company has become a leader in AI infrastructure through an approach that combines energy sourcing, AI-optimized data center construction, and its own cloud.

The new funding round, announced on Friday, includes a huge list of investors, such as Valor Equity Partners, Mubadala Capital, and Nvidia. I was scanning all the names, and out jumped Barkley.

I was initially surprised, but the Philadelphia Eagles running back has already made several tech, AI, and venture capital investments. According to a recent report published by The Profile, Barkley is an investor in AI startup Anthropic, Elon Musk's Neuralink, prediction platform Polymarket, and Peter Thiel's Founders Fund.

The NFL star has said he lives off endorsement income and invests most of his direct football earnings. He got into startup investing after reading Thiel's "Zero to One" book, and Barkley interviews startup founders himself before backing them, according to The Profile.

Crusoe's mission to "activate energy for intelligence" aligns with Barkley's interest in innovation and long-term wealth creation. The company operates massive clean-energy-powered data centers designed to accelerate AI development by reducing bottlenecks. Leading AI startups, including Together AI and Fireworks, use its Crusoe Cloud product.

A spokesman said Crusoe wouldn't say how Barkley came to invest in the startup. Founders Fund was involved in the latest round, though.

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