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Scuba, the developer of an eponymous productivity service, today announced that it has received $34 million in funding. The company raised the capital over two rounds. Accel led the first investment and co-led the second with IVP. The firms were joined by …
Apple debuts new smart home devices, partner-developed hardware
Apple Inc. today expanded its product lineup with a smart display, a new iteration of its HomePod speaker and an upgraded set-top box. The company also introduced a collection of partner-developed smart home gadgets. Users can manage the devices via the Apple …
Intel, Broadcom CEOs flag AI industry challenges at financial event
Intel Corp. Chief Executive Lip-Bu Tan and Hock Tan, his counterpart at Broadcom Inc., have flagged capital access as a potential challenge for the artificial intelligence sector. The executives shared their observations today during a financial conference in Singapore. Intel and Broadcom …
Quantum computer maker IonQ to buy cybersecurity startup Elisity for $1.3B
IonQ Inc., a publicly traded supplier of quantum computers, today announced plans to acquire Elisity Inc. for $1.3 billion. The price tag includes $150 million in performance incentives that are contingent on Elisity meeting certain business milestones. The all-stock deal is set to …
Microsoft debuts multichiplet Maia 300 inference accelerator
Microsoft Corp. today pulled back the curtains on Maia 300, its newest internally developed artificial intelligence accelerator. The chip is optimized for inference, the process of generating responses to AI queries. Microsoft estimates that it can process 40% more tokens per megawatt …
Oxide Computer raises $445M to step up data center rack production
Data center hardware startup Oxide Computer Inc. today announced that it has raised $445 million in funding. Returning backer Eclipse Capital led the Series D round. It was joined by AMD Ventures, Riot Ventures, Jane Street, Atreides Management and USIT, which led …
Warehouse robot maker Ultra Robotics bags $62M
Ultra Robotics Corp. today announced that it has raised $62 million in funding over two rounds. Fortune reported that the company received the bulk of the capital, $50 million, through a Series A investment led by Framework Ventures. Ultra’s seed round was …
Jev creator TypeSafe closes $870M round at $7.5B valuation
TypeSafe Inc., the creator of the Jev artificial intelligence model, today announced that it has raised $870 million in funding at a $7.5 billion valuation. Andreessen Horowitz led the round with contributions from Sequoia Capital, DCVC and unnamed angel investors. The cash …
Gallatin AI raises $50M in funding for its military logistics platform
Gallatin AI Inc., a developer of military logistics software, today announced that it has raised $50 million in funding. The Series A round included contributions from 8VC, Silent Ventures and several others. It follows a $15 million seed raise in 2024. El …
Alphabet spinoff Isomorphic Labs reportedly raising funding at up to $50B valuation
Isomorphic Labs Ltd., an Alphabet Inc. spinoff working to accelerate drug discovery, is said to be raising a new funding round. The Bloomberg report that revealed the discussions today didn’t specify the size of the deal. The paper’s sources did, however, divulge …