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Humanoid robot maker Neura Robotics reportedly raising $1.2B in funding
Startup Neura Robotics GmbH is reportedly in talks to raise a funding round worth €1 billion, or about $1.2 billion. Bloomberg today cited sources as saying that the deal could include contributions from crypto giant Tether Limited Inc. The company is the issuer of USDT, the world’s most widely used stablecoin. Rumors that Tether may ...
Reclaim Security, ArmorCode raise funding to automate exposure management
Reclaim Security Inc. and ArmorCode Inc., two startups that develop exposure management software, have raised funding to support their growth efforts. Reclaim Security announced today that it recently closed a $20 million Series A round. The company earlier received $6 million in seed funding. ArmorCode, in turn, on Tuesday disclosed that it has raised $16 million ...
Google launches speedy Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite model in preview
Google LLC today debuted Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite, the latest addition to its Gemini series of multimodal artificial intelligence models. The company’s engineers developed the algorithm with cost-efficiency in mind. Gemini 3.1 Pro, Google’s most capable model, starts at $2 per million input tokens and $18 per million output tokens. Those rates increase significantly for demanding ...
Co-packaged optics startup Ayar Labs raises $500M round backed by Nvidia, AMD
Networking startup Ayar Labs Inc. has raised $500 million in late-stage funding at a $3.75 billion valuation. The Series E round was led by Neuberger Berman. Ayar Labs stated in its late Monday funding announcement that Nvidia Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and MediaTek Inc. participated as well alongside several other backers. The company’s total ...
OpenAI revises Pentagon contract to address surveillance concerns
OpenAI Group PBC is revising an artificial intelligence deal that it inked with the U.S. Defense Department last year. The ChatGPT developer published some of the updated legal language late Monday. The change is designed to ensure that the Pentagon won’t use OpenAI models for domestic surveillance. This morning, Axios cited sources as saying that the ...
Amazon to invest $21B more in Spain with focus on data centers
Amazon.com Inc. today announced plans to spend €18 billion, or $21.05 billion, in Spain to expand its data center capacity and server supply chain. The sum comes on top of a €15.7 billion investment the company detailed in late 2024. Amazon’s data center construction plan centers on the Spanish region of Aragón, where it already ...
Behavioral health software startup Ease Health launches with $41M
Ease Health Inc., a startup that develops software for behavioral health providers, launched today with $41 million in early-stage funding. The Series A round was led by Andreessen Horowitz. Ease will use the capital to expand the adoption of its software among large behavioral health providers. In addition, it plans to hire more engineers and ...
Nvidia invests $4B in co-packaged optics suppliers Lumentum, Coherent
Nvidia Corp. today announced plans to invest in Lumentum Holdings Inc. and Coherent Corp., two publicly traded suppliers of optical networking equipment. Each company is set to receive $2 billion. Nvidia stated that the sum includes a “multibillion-dollar purchase commitment and future access” rights to certain laser components. In the case of Coherent, the deal also ...
Flux nabs $37M to automate printed circuit board development with AI
Flux, a startup with a platform that speeds up the development of printed circuit boards, has raised $37 million across two funding rounds. The company disclosed the investments today. Flux, officially Defy Gravity Inc., raised about two-thirds of the capital through a recent Series B deal led by 8VC. It received the remaining $10 million ...
Trump orders federal agencies to stop using Anthropic products
U.S. President Donald Trump today ordered federal agencies to stop using technology from Anthropic PBC. The ban will also have to be upheld by military suppliers, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced separately on X. Both moves are related to disagreements over the safety guardrails that Anthropic ships with its models. Trump wrote on Truth ...