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Microsoft Corp. is updating Microsoft Copilot, its collection of conversational search services, with new features that will enable users to find information and perform data science tasks more easily. The company announced the update this morning. Some of the new capabilities are …
AssemblyAI raises $50M for its cloud-based AI speech models
AssemblyAI Inc., a startup that develops artificial intelligence models optimized to process audio files, has secured $50 million in late-stage funding to support its growth efforts. The company announced the Series C investment today. Lead investor Accel was joined by Insight Partners, …
Extropic raises $14.1M to build ‘physics-based computing’ hardware for generative AI
Extropic, a hardware startup led by former members of Alphabet Inc.’s quantum computing research team, today announced that it has raised $14.1 million in seed funding. Kindred Ventures led the investment. It was joined by HOF Capital, Julian Capital, Marque VC, OSS …
AI-powered text generation startup Rohirrim nabs $15M in fresh funding
Startup Rohirrim Inc. today announced that it has raised $15 million to expand the adoption of its artificial intelligence-powered text generation platform. Rohirrim received the investment, a Series A round, from Insight Partners and returning backer General Purpose Venture Capital. The cash …
Broadcom to let go 1,800+ VMware employees amid push for increased profitability
Broadcom Inc. is letting go more than 1,800 VMware employees amid an effort to boost the virtualization giant’s earnings significantly. The San Francisco Chronicle reported the job cuts on Thursday, citing regulatory filings. Some 1,267 of the employees who will be let …
Google reportedly asks UK’s CMA to take antitrust action against Microsoft
Google LLC has reportedly asked U.K. antitrust officials to take action against Microsoft Corp. over the way the company licenses its software to public cloud users. Reuters reported the move today. Google is said to have made the request in a letter …
Apple to become largest customer of new $2B chip packaging facility in Arizona
Apple Inc. today announced that it will become the first and largest customer of a $2 billion chip packaging facility Amkor Technology Inc. is building in Arizona. The facility will process chips that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. plans to make for Apple …
Kognitos reels in $20M for its natural language task automation platform
Task automation startup Kognitos Inc. today announced that it has closed a $20 million Series A funding round led by Khosla Ventures. Existing backers Clear Ventures, Engineering Capital and Wipro Ventures chipped in as well. The new investment brings Kognitos’ total outside …
AWS releases new cloud application monitoring features
Amazon Web Services Inc. today introduced a new application management tool, myApplications, that will help customers find ways of operating their cloud workloads more cost-efficiently. The tool also lends itself to other use cases. According to AWS, administrators can leverage myApplications to …
Amazon Bedrock receives new AI evaluation tool and more foundation models
Amazon Web Services Inc. is rolling out a new tool that will enable developers to compare the foundation models in its Amazon Bedrock Service more easily. The tool was announced today at AWS re:Invent 2023. It’s rolling out to Bedrock alongside three …