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Nebius Welcomes Bezos Expeditions as Lead Investor in AI Data Business Toloka
AMSTERDAM, May 07, 2025--Nebius Group ("Nebius" or "the Company"; NASDAQ: NBIS) today announced a strategic investment in Toloka, its AI data solutions business, led by Bezos Expeditions (the investment arm of Jeff Bezos) with participation from Mikhail Parakhin, CTO of Shopify.

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