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Google could reportedly invest $100M in AI cloud operator Fluidstack
Cloud startup Fluidstack Ltd. is reportedly in talks with Google LLC about a $100 million investment. The Wall Street Journal today cited sources as saying that the deal could value Fluidstack at $7.5 billion. According to Forbes, the low-profile startup previously raised about $25 million in equity funding over two rounds. It has also secured ...
Cybersecurity stocks drop after Anthropic debuts Claude Code Security
Shares of several major cybersecurity providers dropped today after Anthropic PBC introduced a tool for finding software vulnerabilities. The offering is called Claude Code Security. It’s available as a limited research preview in the Enterprise and Teams editions of Anthropic’s Claude artificial intelligence service. Additionally, the company plans to provide “expedited access” for open-source project ...
AI code translation startup Code Metal reels in $125M at $1.25B valuation
Code Metal Inc., a startup with a platform that translates code between programming languages, has closed a $125 million investment. The company disclosed in its Thursday funding announcement that it’s now valued at $1.25 billion. That’s up from $250 million in November. Salesforce Ventures led the raise with participation from Accel, B Capital, Smith Point ...
Taalas raises $169M in funding to develop model-specific AI chips
Taalas Inc., a startup that develops chips optimized to run specific artificial intelligence models, has raised $169 million in funding. Reuters reported today that the company’s backers include Quiet Capital, Fidelity and prominent semiconductor investor Pierre Lamond. The round brings Taalas’ total outside funding to more than $200 million. The company’s first product is a ...
Google introduces Gemini 3.1 Pro model for advanced reasoning tasks
Google LLC today introduced Gemini 3.1 Pro, a new reasoning model that outperforms Claude 4.6 Opus and GPT-5.2 across several benchmarks. The algorithm is available via more than a half-dozen of the search giant’s products. Gemini 3.1 Pro is a Transformer model with a mixture of experts architecture, which means that it activates only some ...
Freeform reels in $67M for its 3D metal printing system
Freeform Future Corp., a startup using custom 3D printers to make metal parts, has raised $67 million in funding. The company stated in its announcement of the deal today that Nvidia Corp.’s NVentures and Boeing Co.’s AE Ventures were among the participants. They previously backed Freeform’s Series A raise in 2024. The company’s latest round ...
Google launches Lyria 3 music generation model
Google LLC today introduced an artificial intelligence model called Lyria 3 that consumers can use to generate short tracks. The algorithm is rolling out to the company’s Gemini app and Dream Track, a music generation feature in YouTube’s creator toolkit. Files generated with Lyria 3 will contain an imperceptible watermark generated by a Google technology ...
World Labs closes $1B investment backed by Nvidia, AMD and Autodesk
Artificial intelligence model developer World Labs Inc. today announced that it has raised $1 billion in funding. The capital was provided by a consortium that included Nvidia Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Autodesk Inc. and several others. The engineering software maker invested $200 million. Autodesk’s cash infusion will lay groundwork for an AI research collaboration ...
New AI startup Ineffable Intelligence reportedly raising $1B funding round
Ineffable Intelligence Ltd., a startup led by former Google DeepMind principal research scientist David Silver, is reportedly raising $1 billion in funding. The Financial Times on Tuesday cited sources as saying that Sequoia Capital is leading the round. DeepMind parent Alphabet Inc., Nvidia Corp. and Microsoft Corp. could reportedly chip in as well. It’s believed ...
Network observability startup Selector reels in $32M
Network observability provider Selector Software Inc. today announced that it has raised a $32 million funding round at a $375 million valuation. AVP led the investment. It was joined by Ansa Capital, Two Bear Capital, Sinewave Ventures, Singtel Innov8 and several others. The round comes about 14 months after Selector raised $33 million from a ...