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Yupp launches with $33M to build crypto-incentivized AI evaluation platform
Yupp, officially known as Ber Sarai Labs Inc., launched today with $33 million seed funding led by a16z crypto, the cryptocurrency-focused arm of Andreessen Horowitz, to build an artificial intelligence model evaluation platform with crypto incentives. The core idea behind the platform is simple: Instead of having a single AI respond to a prompt, users ...
Data Poem launches AI ‘large causal model’ to help businesses drive mission-critical operations
Data Poem, a developer of cutting-edge artificial intelligence models for business orchestration, today announced the launch of POEM365, a large causal AI model designed to transform how large enterprise organizations use data for mission-critical decision-making. POEM365 is an AI model built on the company’s proprietary causal architecture that allows for 90% forecasting precision by building ...
Gecko Robotics raises $125M to inspect and monitor critical infrastructure
Gecko Robotics Inc., a Pittsburgh-based developer of artificial intelligence-powered software and advanced robotics for maintaining critical infrastructure belonging to energy and defense projects, said today it has raised $125 million in a late-stage funding. The Series D funding round doubled the company’s valuation to $1.25 billion from $625 million since its previous round of funding, ...
Meta releases J-VEPA 2 AI model that understands the world through video
Meta Platforms Inc.’s AI research division today released a new artificial intelligence model that can improve training and AI understanding of the physical world for robots and AI agents through interpreting video information similar to how humans understand the world. The model, named J-VEPA 2, or Video Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture Model, builds on the ...
AI-native data security firm Cyera raises $540M at $6B valuation
Data security solutions provider Cyera Ltd. announced today it raised $540 million in a late-stage funding, doubling its valuation to $6 billion. The Series E round, led by Georgian, Greenoaks and Lightspeed Venture Partners, comes around six months after the company raised $300 million. Existing investors Accel, Coatue, Cyberstarts, Redpoint, Sapphire Ventures, Sequoia Capital and ...
Nvidia debuts new AI models and tools for robotics, smart cities and autonomous vehicles
Nvidia Corp. today debuted several announcements aimed at empowering developers and industry professionals building autonomous vehicles, robot fleets and smart cities. During Nvidia GTC Paris at VivaTech, the company’s technology conference, Nvidia showcased Nvidia Drive, an autonomous vehicle development platform now in production. It’s enabling leading brands, including some of Europe’s premier automakers, to build ...
Bolo AI raises $8.1M to build an AI-driven ‘operating system’ for heavy industries
Palo Alto-based Bolo AI, a company providing artificial intelligence tools for people powering heavy industry, today announced it raised $8.1 million in a seed round to build what the company calls a “system of action” to unlock knowledge for teams to act quickly, safely and manage operational value chains. The company was founded by Chief ...
IBM reveals roadmap to world’s first large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computer in 2029
IBM Corp. today revealed its expected roadmap for building the world’s first large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computer, which would enable scaling up quantum computing for real-world practical results. The technology giant said it expects to be able to deliver the platform in 2029. The new computing system, dubbed IBM Quantum Starling, will be built at the ...
Apple debuts elegant glass-like user design experience and powerful new OS capabilities
Apple Inc. previewed a slick new software design and powerful software updates today during its Worldwide Developer Conference, including new features coming to its next-generation operating systems across devices that will receive a unified version 26. The new design features a new material called Liquid Glass, which creates a translucent effect similar to water that ...
Anthropic releases AI models exclusive to US national security customers
Generative artificial intelligence startup Anthropic PBC today introduced a custom set of new AI models exclusively for U.S. national security customers. The company said the new models are already deployed “by agencies at the highest level of U.S. national security,” and access is highly restricted to classified environments. These new models, dubbed Claude Gov, were developed ...
