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Google keeps losing top AI researchers to rivals
Startups & FundingGoogle

Google keeps losing top AI researchers to rivals

Google is losing key AI researchers to competing companies, indicating challenges in retaining top talent in the...

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The math behind the OpenAI Jalapeño chip
Startups & FundingOpenAI

The math behind the OpenAI Jalapeño chip

OpenAI has developed the custom Jalapeño chip in collaboration with Broadcom to reduce infrastructure costs and capital...

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Ornn raises $33M to help companies buy and sell AI compute as a commodity like oil
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Ornn raises $33M to help companies buy and sell AI compute as a commodity like oil

Ornn AI Inc. raised $33 million in seed funding led by Andreessen Horowitz's crypto-focused fund and Galaxy Ventures to...

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Agentic infrastructure startup Seltz raises $12.5M to help AI agents search the web for answers
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Agentic infrastructure startup Seltz raises $12.5M to help AI agents search the web for answers

Seltz Inc., an agentic search startup, raised $12.5 million in seed funding led by Speedinvest and B Capital to build...

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Memory maker SK hynix files for $29B US IPO amid AI demand
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Memory maker SK hynix files for $29B US IPO amid AI demand

SK hynix, the world's largest HBM memory supplier, filed for a $29.4 billion IPO on Nasdaq, riding strong demand from...

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Qualcomm shares jump 14% on Modular acquisition, guidance upgrade
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Qualcomm shares jump 14% on Modular acquisition, guidance upgrade

Qualcomm announced the acquisition of inference software startup Modular Inc. and previewed two upcoming AI chips,...

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Cerebras stock plunges after earnings as CEO says margin outlook was misunderstood
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Cerebras stock plunges after earnings as CEO says margin outlook was misunderstood

Cerebras, an AI chipmaker, saw its stock plunge following its first earnings report as a public company, which included...

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Grammarly parent Superhuman buys AI detector GPTZero
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Grammarly parent Superhuman buys AI detector GPTZero

Superhuman Inc. (formerly Grammarly) has acquired GPTZero, a startup that provides AI detection tools to identify...

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AI was supposed to kill engineering jobs, but new data suggests they’re the most resilient
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AI was supposed to kill engineering jobs, but new data suggests they’re the most resilient

Contrary to predictions that AI would eliminate engineering jobs, new data from SignalFire shows that engineers are...

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AI researchers continue to leave Google for its rivals
Startups & FundingAnthropic

AI researchers continue to leave Google for its rivals

Top AI researchers Jonas Adler and Alexander Pritzel are leaving Google to join Anthropic, continuing a trend of senior...

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A24 Knows You’re Mad About the Google AI Collab
Startups & FundingGoogle

A24 Knows You’re Mad About the Google AI Collab

Google DeepMind has invested $75 million in indie film studio A24, sparking backlash from indie movie fans concerned...

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Qualcomm to Acquire AI Platform Developer Modular
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Qualcomm to Acquire AI Platform Developer Modular

Qualcomm is acquiring Modular, an AI platform developer, to expand its AI infrastructure capabilities from edge devices...

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Agility Robotics plans to go public via SPAC in a $2.5B deal
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Agility Robotics plans to go public via SPAC in a $2.5B deal

Agility Robotics, a humanoid robotics startup spun out of Oregon State University in 2015, plans to go public through a...

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Blackstone Commits $30B as Japan’s AI Battle Heats Up
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Blackstone Commits $30B as Japan’s AI Battle Heats Up

Blackstone has committed $30 billion towards AI data center investments as competition in Japan's AI infrastructure...

AI Business
Exclusive: XCures Lands $46M Series B To Clean Up Messy Medical Records With AI
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Exclusive: XCures Lands $46M Series B To Clean Up Messy Medical Records With AI

XCures, an AI startup focused on streamlining patient data and medical records, has closed a $46 million Series B...

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Qualcomm Buys Buzzy Chip Startup Modular for Nearly $4 Billion
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Qualcomm Buys Buzzy Chip Startup Modular for Nearly $4 Billion

Qualcomm has acquired Modular, a prominent AI chip software startup, in a deal valued at nearly $4 billion. The...

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Upbound open-sources Modelplane to optimize inference clusters
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Upbound open-sources Modelplane to optimize inference clusters

Upbound Inc. has open-sourced Modelplane, a tool for managing AI inference clusters built on Kubernetes. The San...

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Orderful nabs $35M to streamline supply chain data management
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Orderful nabs $35M to streamline supply chain data management

Orderful Inc., an AI-powered supply chain data management startup, raised $35 million in Series C funding led by Koch...

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Superhuman acquires AI detection startup GPTZero
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Superhuman acquires AI detection startup GPTZero

Superhuman has acquired GPTZero, an AI detection startup. Superhuman, which already offers AI detection capabilities...

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