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Trump signs two executive orders to accelerate arrival of powerful quantum computers
U.S. President Donald Trump is pushing for the acceleration of the nascent quantum computing industry, signing a pair of executive orders today aimed at speeding up the technology’s development and simultaneously mitigate any security concerns around them. The first order tasks federal agencies, including the Energy Department, to collaborate with the private sector and academic ...
Google forms research partnership with A24 Films that’s focused on AI filmmaking tools
Google LLC is investing about $75 million into the independent movie studio A24 Films LLC in order to explore the potential of artificial intelligence further in the entertainment industry. A24, which is known for hit movies such as “Backrooms” (pictured) and “Marty Supreme,” will gain access to Google’s DeepMind AI research laboratory as part of ...
Nearfield Instruments raises $380M to accelerate AI chipmaking
Nearfield Instruments B.V., which specializes in producing advanced chip manufacturing equipment, revealed today it has gotten a massive $380 million capital injection. The Dutch company’s Series D round was led by Fidelity Management & Research Company and saw participation from a host of well-known global investors, including Walden Catalyst Ventures, Temasek, Innovation Industries, M&G and ...
Agentic marketing AI startup Gradial grabs $65M in fresh funding
Seattle-based startup Gradial today revealed it has raised $65 million in a new round of funding to accelerate the development of its agentic artificial intelligence operating system for marketing. Today’s Series C round was first reported by Axios and led by Insight Partners, bringing the startup’s valuation to $675 million. Existing backers, including Madrona Ventures, ...
Trump claims Apple has agreed to buy chips from Intel, boosting its stock
U.S. President Donald Trump said today that Apple Inc. is going to “design and build” computer chips with Intel Corp. The deal, if confirmed, would be a significant win for Intel, which has struggled to secure big-name customers for its most advanced node technology in recent years. According to a post on Trump’s social media ...
Robotic teleoperation data startup XDOF launches with $70M in funding
Robotics training infrastructure startup XDOF said today it has raised $70 million in funding to try to solve one of the biggest challenges in artificial intelligence: teaching machines the skills they need to safely navigate and work in the real world. The round involved a number of heavyweight venture capitalists, including Thrive Capital, Spark Capital, ...
Convey closes on $38M round to help companies automate repetitive work with AI teammates
Agentic artificial intelligence startup Convey Inc. said today it has raised $38 million in early-stage funding to scale up its platform, which can be used by workers without technical skills to design, build and run digital teammates that can perform business tasks autonomously. Andreessen Horowitz led the Series A round, which saw participation from Khosla ...
Everpure accelerates AI workloads with Data Stream and unveils data-primacy architectural vision
Big-data storage company Everpure Inc., formerly known as Pure Storage, is rethinking enterprise data architectures to facilitate better access and scalability for artificial intelligence workloads. At its annual customer conference, Pure Accelerate, the company today announced the immediate availability of Everpure Data Stream, which helps to transform raw, unstructured data so enterprises can feed it ...
Sweeping Android 17 update brings new AI capabilities and features to Pixel smartphones
Google LLC today dropped the latest version of its Android operating system for mobile devices, and it’s rolling out to Pixel smartphone users first of all. It’s a pretty sweeping update, introducing numerous artificial intelligence capabilities, new communication tools, smartwatch features and security enhancements, among upgrades. Alongside Android 17, Pixel users will also get access ...
Atom Computing raises $300M to build world’s first fault-tolerant, commercially viable quantum computer
The race to build a functional, fault-tolerant quantum computer gained even more momentum today with Atom Computing Inc. raising a hefty $300 million in funding to accelerate its roadmap toward commercial availability. The round includes a $100 million Series C investment led by Third Point Ventures, with participation from DCVC, Cisco Investments and others. Another ...