PANews reported on April 16 that according to The Block, Auradine, a US Bitcoin mining machine manufacturer, completed a $153 million Series C financing, of which $138 million was equity financing and $15 million was venture debt. This round was led by StepStone Group, with participation from Samsung, Qualcomm, Premji Invest and others. Auradine plans to expand its core mining machine business and the newly established AI infrastructure department AuraLinks AI, which currently has an annual revenue of $150 million and serves more than 40 data center customers.