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Databricks Inc. today announced that it has raised $5 billion in funding at a $190 billion valuation. The round was led by Coatue, Blackstone, MGX, T. Rowe Price and Sixth Street Growth. The funds were joined by more than a half-dozen other …
SpaceXAI releases flagship Grok 4.6 model with advanced reasoning capabilities
SpaceXAI today released Grok 4.6, a large language model that it says can outperform Anthropic PBC’s Claude Fable 5 in some areas. The company was known as xAI until last month. The Elon Musk-founded artificial intelligence provider rebranded in connection with its …
Nebius shares jump 34% on continued AI infrastructure demand
Shares of Nebius Group NV closed 34% higher today after it reported second-quarter earnings that topped expectations across the board. The Netherlands-based company operates a cloud platform optimized for artificial intelligence workloads. It also has two business units called Avride and TripleTen …
Google launches five new Pixel devices, array of Gemini Intelligence features
Google LLC today expanded its Pixel consumer hardware line with a foldable handset, three smartphones and a smartwatch. The devices will ship with an upgraded version of the company’s Gemini Intelligence software. It’s a set of artificial intelligence features for the mobile …
IBM inks $240M infrastructure deal with AI-optimized cloud operator Together AI
IBM Corp. will provide infrastructure to artificial intelligence startup Together AI Inc. as part of a $240 million deal announced today. The partnership comes a few weeks after the latter company raised $800 million in funding. The consortium that provided the capital …
Personalized AI startup River AI raises $1.1B from consortium backed by Nvidia, AMD
River AI Inc., a startup that helps enterprises customize open-source artificial intelligence models, has raised $1.1 billion in early-stage funding. The company stated in today’s announcement that it received the capital over two rounds, a seed and a Series A. General Catalyst …
Anthropic to start watermarking Claude-generated text, images
Anthropic PBC has announced plans to embed an invisible watermark in text and images generated by Claude. The Register reported the change today, citing a help desk article published on Monday. It applies to the Claude artificial intelligence model series and the …
OpenAI expands Daybreak cybersecurity research program
OpenAI Group PBC is expanding a program that enables cybersecurity professionals to use its models for vulnerability research. Daybreak, as the the program is called, launched in May. OpenAI today added two new access tiers called Daybreak Blue and Daybreak Red. It …
Intel launches $20B stock sale amid AI boom, advanced packaging demand
Updated with larger raise: Intel Corp. today announced plans to raise $15 billion by selling common stock. Just a day later, it announced that it upsized the sum to $20 billion. The banks underwriting the deal have the option to buy up …
Meta releases open-weights Muse Glimmer model with 30B parameters
Meta Platforms Inc. today released Muse Glimmer, an open-weights language model that can run on personal computers. The company also published a lengthy essay penned by Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg. The document discusses the risks of artificial intelligence, open-source model regulations and several …