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Luxor Technology has completed a $16 million strategic funding round led by CMT Digital, with participation from Canaan, MicroBT, Halo, Steelhead, and angel investors. The funds will be used to expand its footprint in the AI computing sector.
This funding round follows Luxor AI’s launch in September, which extends Luxor’s energy, hardware, software, and trading businesses—originally built around Bitcoin mining—into the AI sector.
Luxor Technology is a company that began with a focus on Bitcoin mining. The company stated that this funding will help it expand into the rapidly growing AI computing market, marking the latest sign of crypto infrastructure companies shifting toward artificial intelligence.
The Seattle-based company said this strategic funding round was led by CMT Digital, the venture arm of Chicago’s CMT Group, with participation from mining hardware manufacturers Canaan and MicroBT, as well as Halo, Steelhead, and angel investors.
Luxor stated that this funding round includes both primary and secondary capital. The company views each investor as an operational partner within its hashpower supply chain, encompassing hardware, capital, and electricity.
This funding follows Luxor AI’s launch in September. The business extends Luxor’s established energy, hardware, software, and trading infrastructure for Bitcoin mining into the AI and high-performance computing markets. Luxor notes it already has substantial operational footing in this space: its hardware trading division has transacted $1 billion in mining ASICs; its energy business serves over 75 megawatts of load across two U.S. grid regions; and as of September, its cloud platform has processed 1.8 million workloads this year.
Luxor stated that the funds will be used to expand its cloud platform, fund its AI hardware business, develop computational derivatives trading, and increase engineering and go-to-market roles.
One notable aspect is its over-the-counter division, which already offers cash-settled options, forward contracts, and hedging arrangements based on the hashing power leasing index, enabling AI computing power to be priced and hedged like financial instruments.
Nick Hansen, co-founder and CEO of Luxor, said: "The compute market is converging: the same miners, power sites, and capital that once powered digital mining are now powering AI."
This move aligns with the broader trend of Bitcoin mining transitioning toward AI.
Bitcoin miners are increasingly repurposing their electricity and infrastructure for AI, with some companies signing multi-billion-dollar hyperscale cloud service agreements and others selling Bitcoin to fund the transition. Analysts from VanEck and Bernstein believe that, given miners’ rare access to the power and space required for data centers, they could emerge as unexpected power players in the AI race.