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Artificial intelligence infrastructure startup Parasail Inc. today announced that it has raised $32 million in early-stage funding. Touring Capital and Kindred Ventures jointly led the Series A round. They were joined by several other funds including Samsung Electronics Co.’s startup investment arm. …
Artemis reels in $70M to make breach remediation more efficient with AI
Six-month-old cybersecurity startup Artemis Global Technologies Inc. today disclosed that it has raised $70 million in funding. The capital arrived in two tranches. Felicis led the largest of the two transactions, a Series A round, with participation from First Round Capital and …
Google adds reusable prompts to Gemini in Chrome
Google LLC is enhancing the version of its Gemini assistant that is embedded in Chrome with a new time-saving tool called Skills. The capability started rolling out today. It’s accessible on Mac, Windows and ChromeOS when Chrome’s language is set to U.S. …
OpenAI acquires AI financial planning startup Hiro Finance
OpenAI Group PBC has acquired Hiro Finance Inc., a low-profile startup with an artificial intelligence tool for creating financial plans. Hiro announced the deal on Monday without disclosing its financial terms. The company raised an unspecified amount of funding from Ribbit, General …
Amazon to acquire internet satellite operator Globalstar for $11.6B
Amazon.com Inc. has inked a $11.6 billion deal to acquire Globalstar Inc., a publicly traded operator of internet satellites. The companies announced the transaction today. It values Globalstar at $90 per share, a 23% premium to the satellite operator’s last unaffected closing …
Amazon debuts high-speed satellite internet antenna for commercial aircraft
Amazon.com Inc. today debuted a ruggedized antenna that will enable commercial aircraft to access its internet satellites. The Amazon Leo Aviation Antenna can download up to 1 gigabit of data per second and upload 400 megabits. According to the company, those speeds …
Electric pickup truck startup Slate Auto raises $650M in funding
Slate Auto Inc., a startup that plans to make electric pickup trucks based on a cost-optimized design, has closed a $650 million funding round. The company stated in its announcement of the Series C round today that TWG Global was the lead …
Report: Cisco could acquire AI agent security startup Astrix Security for $250M+
Cisco Systems Inc. is reportedly in talks to buy Astrix Security Ltd., a startup that helps companies secure their artificial intelligence agents. The Information today cited sources as saying that the deal could be worth between $250 million and $350 million. That’s …
CoreWeave inks multiyear cloud deal with Anthropic
CoreWeave Inc. today announced that it has won a multiyear contract to supply Anthropic PBC with cloud infrastructure. The company’s shares closed 11% higher on the news. The data center capacity commissioned by Anthropic developer will start coming online later this year. …
AI training data startup AfterQuery nabs $30M investment
Artificial intelligence data provider AfterQuery Inc. has raised $30 million in funding at a $300 million valuation. The startup disclosed in its Thursday announcement of the deal that Altos Ventures was the lead investor. Y Combinator, The Raine Group and BoxGroup chipped …