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Arcade AI Inc., the developer of an authorization platform for artificial intelligence agents, today announced that it has raised $60 million in funding. SYN Ventures led the Series A round. It was joined by Morgan Stanley and Wipro Ltd., a publicly traded …
SailPoint acquires AI agent security startup Entro for reported $200M
SailPoint Technologies Inc. is acquiring Entro Security Ltd., a startup that helps enterprises secure their artificial intelligence agents. The companies announced the deal today without disclosing the financial terms. CTech reported that the transaction is worth about $200 million. Nasdaq-listed SailPoint sells …
Salesforce to acquire customer service automation startup Fin for $3.6B
Salesforce Inc. today announced plans to acquire Fin, a major provider of customer service software, for about $3.6 billion. The deal will help the cloud giant enhance its Agentforce suite of artificial intelligence services. Fin was founded in 2011 as Intercom Inc. …
1Password acquires just-in-time access provider Apono
Cybersecurity provider 1Password has acquired Apono Ltd. to enhance its artificial intelligence security capabilities. The companies announced the deal today without disclosing its financial terms. Toronto-based 1Password, officially AgileBits Inc., develops a popular password manager of the same name. It’s available in …
Mistral reportedly seeking $3.5B funding round amid physics AI push
French foundation model developer Mistral AI SAS is reportedly in talks to raise €3 billion, or about $3.5 billion, from investors. Bloomberg today cited sources as saying that the round could value the company at €20 billion. That’s nearly double the valuation …
OpenAI acquires AI agent orchestration startup Ona
OpenAI Group PBC today announced plans to acquire Ona, a startup with a platform for managing long-running artificial intelligence agents. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Developers often run the AI agents they use to write code on their local …
Helix launches with $10B+ in funding to build AI infrastructure
An investor consortium today launched a venture called Helix Digital Infrastructure Inc. to build artificial intelligence data centers for hyperscaler cloud providers. The company’s backers include KKR, the Kuwait Investment Authority, Nvidia Corp. and Vistra Corp., a major energy utility. The group …
Jeff Bezos’ Prometheus raises $12B to accelerate industrial engineering projects
Prometheus Inc., an artificial intelligence startup co-led by Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos, has raised $12 billion in funding. Axios reported today that the Series B round values the company at $41 billion. The round included contributions from Bezos, JPMorgan, BlackRock, Goldman …
Google open-sources speedy DiffusionGemma text diffusion model
Google LLC today released DiffusionGemma, a large language model based on an emerging machine learning approach known as text diffusion. The company says the algorithm can generate text four times faster than traditional LLMs. Furthermore, DiffusionGemma does so using less RAM. The …
Neura Robotics to raise up to $1.4B from Nvidia-backed consortium
Automation startup Neura Robotics GmbH is raising a funding round worth up to $1.4 billion from a group of prominent investors. The company detailed today that the consortium includes Amazon.com Inc., Nvidia Corp., Qualcomm Technologies Inc. and cryptocurrency issuer Tether. The round …