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China’s Moonshot AI raises $2B at $20B valuation as demand for open source AI skyrockets
Moonshot AI, a Chinese AI startup, raised $2 billion at a $20 billion valuation, capitalizing on growing demand for...
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Snap says its $400M deal with Perplexity ‘amicably ended’
Snap announced that its $400 million partnership deal with Perplexity AI, which would have integrated the AI search...
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SAP Plans to Turn Spreadsheet AI Startup Into Top Frontier Lab
SAP is planning to develop a spreadsheet AI startup into a major frontier AI lab, demonstrating the German enterprise...
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Khosla-backed robotics startup Genesis AI has gone full stack, demo shows
Genesis AI, a Khosla-backed robotics startup, unveiled its first foundational AI model GENE-26.5 and demonstrated...
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Nvidia, Corning Partner on Large-Scale AI infrastructure Buildout
Nvidia and Corning have partnered to build optical fiber manufacturing plants to support the growing demand for AI...
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AI boom pushes Samsung to $1T
Samsung achieved a $1 trillion valuation milestone, becoming only the second Asian company after TSMC to reach this...
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AI Is Rewriting What Investors Should Look For In Early Startup Teams
As AI tools democratize technical capabilities, investors must reconsider evaluation criteria for early-stage startups...
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SAP bets $1.16B on 18-month-old German AI lab and says yes to NemoClaw
SAP is acquiring German AI startup Prior Labs for $1.16 billion and plans substantial additional investment in the...
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Altara secures $7M to bridge the data gap that’s slowing down physical sciences
Altara secured $7M in funding to develop AI that diagnoses failures and accelerates R&D by unifying data scattered...
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Blitzy Raises $200M At $1.4B Valuation For Autonomous Software Development
Blitzy, an autonomous software development startup, has raised $200 million at a $1.4 billion valuation, bringing its...
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ElevenLabs lists BlackRock, Jamie Foxx, and Eva Longoria as new investors
ElevenLabs, a voice AI company, announced new high-profile investors including BlackRock, Jamie Foxx, and Eva Longoria...
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CopilotKit raises $27M to help devs deploy app-native AI agents
CopilotKit, a Seattle-based startup focused on app-native AI agents, raised $27M in Series A funding led by Glilot...
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India’s first GenAI unicorn shifts to cloud services as AI model ambitions face reality
Krutrim, India's first GenAI unicorn, is pivoting away from AI model development toward cloud services following...
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SAP's acquisition spree signals the enterprise giant is serious about becoming an AI-ready data platform
SAP is acquiring Dremio, an open data lakehouse provider, and Prior Labs, an AI company, to strengthen its data...
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Billion-Dollar AI Rounds Push April To Third-Highest Startup Funding Month In A Year
Global venture funding reached $56 billion in April, representing the third-largest monthly funding in a year with 100%...
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OpenAI’s cozy partner Cerebras is on track for a blockbuster IPO
AI chip maker Cerebras is preparing for an IPO that could value the company at $26.6 billion or more. The company has...
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Image AI models now drive app growth, beating chatbot upgrades
Appfigures research shows that image AI model launches drive 6.5x more app downloads compared to chatbot upgrades....
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Sierra raises $950M as the race to own enterprise AI gets serious
Sierra raised $950 million in funding, bringing its total capital to over $1 billion. The company plans to use the...
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Anthropic and OpenAI are both launching joint ventures for enterprise AI services
Anthropic and OpenAI have each formed partnerships with asset managers to expand their enterprise AI services...
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