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Alphabet Inc.’s DeepMind unit has developed a new artificial intelligence system capable of playing “Stratego,” a board game considered more complex than chess and Go. DeepMind detailed the AI system, which it dubs DeepNash, on Thursday. The Alphabet unit says that DeepNash …
Defense technology startup Anduril raises $1.48B in funding
Anduril Industries Inc., a defense technology startup launched in 2017 by Oculus VR Inc. founder Palmer Luckey, has raised a $1.48 billion funding round. The Series E round values Anduril at $8.48 billion, Axios reported today. Valor Equity Partners led the investment. …
Report: HPE has expressed interest in acquiring Nutanix
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. has expressed interest in acquiring Nutanix Inc., Bloomberg reported today. Shares of Nutanix, which makes software for managing information technology infrastructure, jumped more than 8% on the news. HPE’s acquisition talks with Nutanix have reportedly been “on and …
OpenAI debuts new conversational AI system
OpenAI LLC on Wednesday detailed ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence system that can understand and answer complex natural language questions. ChatGPT is based on the advanced GPT-3 neural network that OpenAI first debuted in 2020. GPT-3 can perform a variety of natural language …
Frore Systems raises $100M in funding for its device cooling chip
Frore Systems Inc., a startup with a chip that can be used to cool devices such as laptops, has raised $100 million in funding to commercialize its technology. The funding was provided by Qualcomm Ventures, Mayfield, Addition and Clear Ventures, TechCrunch reported …
IBM makes more software products available via AWS Marketplace
IBM Corp. today announced that it’s making more products from its software portfolio available through Amazon Web Services Inc.’s AWS Marketplace. AWS Marketplace provides access to a catalog of software products from the cloud giant’s partners. Companies can install the products in …
AWS introduces raft of new AI tools for Amazon SageMaker
Amazon Web Services Inc. today expanded its lineup of artificial intelligence capabilities by introducing an enhanced version of SageMaker, its neural network development platform. Originally introduced in 2017, SageMaker includes more than a dozen AI development tools. Software teams use the platform …
Teampay raises $47M for its cloud-based purchasing platform
Teampay Labs Inc., a startup helping companies manage their business expenses more efficiently, has closed a $47 million funding round. Announced today, the Series B round was led by returning Teampay investor Fin Venture Capital. Mastercard Inc., Proof Ventures, Trestle and Espresso …
AWS launches new AI educator enablement program
Amazon Web Services Inc. today announced the launch of a new program that will help institutions serving historically underserved and underrepresented students access artificial intelligence courses. The program, which was detailed at AWS re:Invent in Las Vegas, will be provided through AWS’ …
Warehouse automation startup Locus Robotics raises $117M+ in funding
Locus Robotics Corp., a developer of warehouse robots that companies use to make their supply chains more efficient, has raised more than $117 million through a new late-stage funding round. Locus Robotics announced the Series F funding round today. Goldman Sachs and …