Firmus Float Fiasco
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10 reporters
- Caitlin PowellDaily Mail
- Jonathan BarrettThe Guardian
- David TaylorABC News (AU)
- Nick BonyhadySydney Morning Herald
- Osmond ChiaBBC
- Selina BryanABC News (AU)
- David SwanSydney Morning Herald
- Ashleigh BarracloughABC News (AU)
- Alasdair BellingDaily Mail
- Ian VerrenderABC News (AU)
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Firmus Float Fiasco. (2026, October 13). The Aporia. https://the-aporia.com/event/64245
“Firmus Float Fiasco.” The Aporia, 13 Oct. 2026, https://the-aporia.com/event/64245.
“Firmus Float Fiasco.” The Aporia, October 13, 2026. https://the-aporia.com/event/64245.
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With billions in backing from major US investors, including chipmaking giant Nvidia and investment firm Blackstone, Firmus had hoped to secure a further $7.9billion by last Thursday ahead of its planned October 23 stock market debut.
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Firmus builds what it calls AI factories: data centres packed with Nvidia chips, whose computing power it rents to tech giants such as Meta and OpenAI to run their AI.
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- 7 Oct
Firmus provides the physical infrastructure - data centres packed with powerful computer chips - that OpenAI can use to train AI models and run ChatGPT for users.
- 8 Oct
In just over a year, successive capital raising by many of the same core investors drove Firmus’s valuation from $1.85bn to $15bn about eight weeks ago.
Coverage 12 articles
12 Oct Is the Firmus fiasco a crack in the AI boom?
ABC News (AU)12 Oct The tech world believes in second chances, but does Oliver Curtis deserve a third?
Sydney Morning Herald
12 Oct From $44billion dream to Firmus flop: Oliver Curtis breaks his silence to blast 'dim' Australians - and vows he'll be proved right: 'Watch this space'
Daily Mail10 Oct Tasmanians expressed doubts about AI firm Firmus, now so have investors
ABC News (AU)9 Oct Two tech outsiders tried to sell a $44bn tech company. It didn’t work
Sydney Morning Herald9 Oct Firmus wobbles have opponents overjoyed, critics questioning deals
ABC News (AU)
9 Oct Nvidia-backed AI data centre firm scraps mega stock market listing
BBC- 8 Oct Roxy Jacenko's billionaire husband Oliver Curtis scraps ASX float of his AI company after multi-billion-dollar valuation blow
Daily Mail 8 Oct Oliver Curtis’ transformation from jailbird to corporate kingpin has gone awry
Sydney Morning Herald8 Oct Major share market float of Firmus in trouble as interest wanes
ABC News (AU)
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