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TabbyML raises $3.2M for its open-source AI coding assistant
TabbyML Inc., a startup with an artificial intelligence productivity tool for developers, has raised $3.2 million in seed funding from Yunqi Partners and ZooCap. TechCrunch reported the investment today. Meng Zhang and Lucy Gao, the startup’s two co-founders, told the publication that the newly raised capital will be used for product development. TabbyML offers an ...
AMD acquires open-source AI software developer Nod.ai
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. today announced that it has acquired Nod.ai, a startup that develops open-source software for speeding up artificial intelligence models, for undisclosed financial terms. Nod.ai, officially Nod Inc., is the developer of an open-source AI tool called SHARK. It’s a so-called runtime system designed to increase the inference speed of neural networks. ...
CommScope debuts AI-powered Wi-Fi 7 access point for enterprises
CommScope Holding Company Inc. today introduced a new wireless access point, the R770, that can be used to provide Wi-Fi coverage at locations such as hotels and factories. Nasdaq-listed CommScope is a major provider of networking equipment that generated more than $9.2 billion in revenue last year. Within the hardware supply chain, it largely operates ...
Standard Power details plan for data centers powered by miniaturized nuclear reactors
Standard Power, a New York-based provider of colocation and data center construction services, plans to use miniaturized nuclear reactors to power some of its facilities. The company detailed the plan on Friday. It intends to source the reactors from NuScale Power Corp., a publicly traded nuclear energy company. NuScale is not the only company developing ...
Google debuts AI search features for the healthcare and life sciences sectors
Google LLC is rolling out a new version of its Vertex AI Search service optimized for healthcare and life sciences organizations. The company detailed the offering this morning at HLTH 2023, a healthcare technology conference taking place in Las Vegas. Vertex AI Search first debuted earlier this year under the name Gen App Builder. It ...
Report: MGM Resorts refused to pay hackers following ransomware attack
MGM Resorts International Inc. reportedly refused to pay a ransom that hackers demanded following a cyberattack against its properties last month. The Wall Street Journal reported the decision late Thursday. The same day, MGM Resorts submitted a regulatory filing that revealed new details about the breach. The company disclosed that the hackers stole some customers’ ...
OpenAI – and Microsoft – reportedly could each develop custom AI chips
OpenAI LP has reportedly been exploring the idea of developing custom artificial intelligence chips since last year. Reuters reported the initiative late Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. It’s believed the chipmaking effort is a response to the fact that the Nvidia Corp. graphics cards OpenAI uses to power its AI models are currently ...
Gradient raises $10M for its AI customization and inference platform
Startup Gradient has raised $10 million in seed funding to grow the adoption of its cloud platform, which developers can use to host customized versions of open-source language models. TechCrunch reported the investment today in the company. Wing VC led the round while Mango Capital, Tokyo Black, The New Normal Fund, Secure Octane and Global ...
Robotic metalworking startup Machina Labs closes $32M round backed by Nvidia
Machina Labs Inc., a startup using robots equipped with artificial intelligence to manufacture metal products, today announced that it has raised $32 million in funding. The Series B investment was jointly led by Nvidia Corp.’s NVentures investment arm and Innovation Endeavors. A number of unnamed existing and new backers participated as well. Since launching in ...
UK launches investigation into public cloud market with focus on hyperscalers
The U.K.’s antitrust regulator will investigate the public cloud market to determine if leading industry players may be engaging in anticompetitive practices. The Competition and Markets Authority, or CMA, announced the probe today. The move comes shortly after Ofcom, a U.K. regulator responsible for overseeing the local telecommunications and broadcast sectors, completed a study of ...