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Arena, the AI leaderboard everyone uses, is now a $100M business
Arena, a startup operating a popular free AI leaderboard, has reached a $100M valuation following the launch of its...
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OPINION: Why Token Counting Obscures ROI on AI Investments
The article argues that measuring AI investment ROI through token counting is insufficient and doesn't reveal which...
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South Korea Unveils $576B AI Chip Push With Samsung and SK Hynix
South Korea announced a $576 billion investment initiative to advance AI chip development, partnering with Samsung and...
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Robot hand company settles Tesla trade secret suit and announces $11M raise
Proception, a robotics startup focused on developing advanced robot hands, has settled a trade secret lawsuit with...
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This Humanoid Robot Is a Terrifyingly Competent Office Intern
Flexion Robotics, a startup founded by ex-Nvidia engineers, has developed a humanoid robot capable of performing office...
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Scam.ai Announces Qualcomm Partnership, Launches Halo Deepfake Detection Model at Computex 2026
Scam.ai announced a partnership with Qualcomm and launched Halo, an on-device deepfake detection model designed for...
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Suno launches Spark incubator program to feed independent artists to its AI machine
Suno launched the Spark incubator program to support independent artists, offering grants, mentorship, and marketing...
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Why Wall Street thinks US memory maker Micron is the next Nvidia
Wall Street investors are viewing Micron Technology as a potential investment opportunity similar to Nvidia, betting on...
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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: AI Drives Another Spree Of Megadeals
This week's largest U.S. startup funding rounds were predominantly driven by artificial intelligence companies, with...
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Prompt: Physical AI Is Entering Its Commercialization Phase
Physical AI is transitioning from research demonstrations to commercial deployment, driven by increased investment and...
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India to Get Another Big AI Funding Boost From Amazon
Amazon is planning a significant AI investment in India's growing AI market. Other major tech companies are also...
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Patronus AI lands $50M to build ‘digital worlds’ that stress-test AI agents
Patronus AI, an agent-testing startup founded by former Meta AI researchers, has raised $50M in funding to build...
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How AI Could Help Address the Energy Challenge it is Creating
Data center executives argue that AI technology can help address the energy transition challenges while managing the...
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General Intuition’s $2.3B bet that video games can train AI agents for the real world
General Intuition has raised $320 million to develop AI agents trained on millions of hours of video game footage,...
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Databricks’ former AI chief thinks he can cut AI’s power bill by 1,000x
Databricks' former AI chief has launched Un-0, an image-generation system that demonstrates technology capable of...
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Netris raises $15M Series A from a16z to help AI neoclouds go live faster
Netris raised $15M in Series A funding from a16z to accelerate its network software platform for neocloud operators....
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Adobe acquires image and video enhancement tool maker Topaz Labs
Adobe has acquired Topaz Labs, a maker of image and video enhancement tools, with plans to integrate the acquired...
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Warp lands $60M to automate payroll, compliance and HR with AI
Warp, an AI-native employee management startup based in New York, raised $60 million in funding to expand its platform...
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Maker of Digit the Robot to Go Public
Digit, a robotics company, is preparing to go public as part of a broader wave of IPOs in the robotics, AI, and tech...
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