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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 model’s memory efficiency enables it to run on high-end consumer graphics cards that ...
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 is also expected to draw contributions from outside the tech sector. The European ...
Cyera raises $600M at $12B valuation amid flurry of cybersecurity investments
Cyera Ltd., a startup that helps organizations track and secure their data assets, has raised $600 million from investors at a $12 billion valuation. The company is one of three cybersecurity providers to have disclosed funding rounds today. The other two, Pi Ltd. and Aryon Security Ltd., raised $35 million and $29 million, respectively. The ...
NinjaOne raises $400M+ for its endpoint management platform
NinjaOne Inc., a startup with a platform for managing information technology infrastructure, today announced that it has raised more than $400 million in secondary funding. The share sale marks the second extension of a Series C round that the company first closed in 2024. NinjaOne nabbed a separate $500 million follow-on investment last February. Its ...
Anthropic sets AI performance records with new Mythos 5, Fable 5 frontier models
Anthropic PBC today introduced Claude Mythos 5 and Claude Fable 5, two large language models that it says outperform the competition across a wide range of benchmarks. The LLMs are derived from the Claude Mythos Preview algorithm that the company debuted in April. The model made headlines for its ability to find highly complicated cybersecurity ...
Beacon raises $225M to acquire and optimize software companies
Beacon Software Inc., a startup that buys and operates software businesses, has raised $225 million in a Series C funding. The company stated in its announcement of the deal today that HarbourVest and General Catalyst were the lead inventors. The latter firm also backed Beacon’s previous $250 million round last November. The company’s total outside ...
AWS debuts AWS FinOps Agent to help customers optimize their cloud spending
Amazon Web Services Inc. today introduced an artificial intelligence tool designed to help organizations lower their cloud bills. AWS FinOps Agent is initially available in public preview. It’s the latest in a series of AI tools that the Amazon.com Inc. unit has released over the past year to ease cloud administrators’ work. AWS provides several ...
Google upgrades NotebookLM to Gemini 3.5, adds more coding features
Google LLC today updated its NotebookLM service with a set of online research and coding features designed to save time for users. NotebookLM is part note-taking app, part data analysis tool. Workers can upload a collection of business documents and have the application summarize their contents. Students can use it to collect information for homework ...
Amazon inks multibillion-dollar optical manufacturing deal with Corning
Amazon.com Inc. is partnering with glass manufacturer Corning Inc. to make optical network components for its data centers. The cloud and retail giant stated today that the deal is worth several billion dollars. Corning will use some of the funds to expand its factories in North Carolina. According to the company, the upgrades will create ...
PhysicsX reels in $300M to speed up hardware design with AI
PhysicsX Ltd., a startup using artificial intelligence to speed up hardware design projects, today announced that it has raised $300 million in funding. Returning investor Temasek led the Series C round. It was joined by Nvidia Corp., chipmaking equipment supplier Applied Materials Inc., Siemens AG and others. The investment values PhysicsX at $2.4 billion. Engineers ...