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On-demand GPU startup Andromeda raises funding at $1.5B valuation
Andromeda AI Inc., a startup that helps companies rent artificial intelligence infrastructure, has closed a new funding round at a $1.5 billion valuation. Upstarts Media reported today that the capital was provided by Paradigm, a venture capital firm focused on the crypto sector and emerging technologies. The exact dollar value of the deal is unclear. Paradigm, ...
Automated vulnerability detection startup Xbow nabs $120M
Xbow USA Inc., a startup that helps enterprises find cybersecurity issues in their software, has closed a $120 million funding round at a valuation exceeding $1 billion. The company disclosed today that DFJ Growth and Northzone were the lead investors. The Series C raise follows a $75 million round that closed last June. One of ...
Researchers discover zero-day DarkSword exploit chain in iOS 18
Researchers from Google LLC and two cybersecurity companies have identified a set of zero-day exploits in iOS 18. Google’s GTIG threat intelligence team, Lookout Inc. and iVerify Inc. published their findings today. They named the vulnerability collection DarkSword. It affects multiple versions of iOS 18 that run on hundreds of millions of iPhones. The researchers ...
Google expands availability of its Personal Intelligence tool
Google LLC today significantly expanded the availability of the Personal Intelligence tool in its Gemini assistant and search engine. The technology customizes artificial intelligence responses based on information in the user’s Google account. Personal Intelligence made its original debut in mid-January. Initially, the service was included only in Google’s AI Pro and Ultra plans, which ...
IT automation startup Standard Template Labs raises $49M
Standard Template Labs Inc., a startup using artificial intelligence to help companies manage their technology infrastructure, today announced that it has raised $49 million in funding. The seed investment was jointly led by Iconiq and CRV. According to Bloomberg, the former fund incubated Standard Template Labs. Iconiq reportedly helped recruit the company’s founding team, provided ...
OpenAI, Mistral AI release new hardware-efficient language models
OpenAI Group PBC and Mistral AI SAS today introduced new artificial intelligence models optimized for cost-sensitive use cases. OpenAI is rolling out two algorithms called GPT-5.4 mini and GPT 5.4 nano to its cloud services. Anthropic, in turn, has released a new addition to its Mistral Small series of open-source models. GPT-5.4 mini and GPT ...
Nvidia introduces BlueField-4 STX reference architecture for AI storage systems
Nvidia Corp. today launched a reference architecture that hardware makers can use to build storage equipment for artificial intelligence clusters. The BlueField-4 STX made its debut at the company’s GTC developer event. “AI systems that reason across massive context and continuously learn require a new class of storage,” said Nvidia Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang. “NVIDIA ...
Nvidia previews Vera Rubin Space-1 Module for orbital data centers
Nvidia Corp. has previewed a computing device called the Vera Rubin Space-1 Module that is designed to power satellites and orbital data centers. Chief Executive Jensen Huang announced the product today in his GTC keynote. Nvidia has shared only a limited amount of information about its new space hardware. As the name suggests, the Vera ...
Nvidia launches NemoClaw, Agent Toolkit to enhance AI agents
Nvidia Corp. today introduced a set of open-source tools designed to enhance the capabilities of artificial intelligence agents. The projects made their debut at the company’s annual GTC developer conference. Nvidia’s first new tool, NemoClaw, improves the safety and output quality of OpenClaw. OpenClaw is a popular open-source AI agent that consumers can run on ...
Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick launches robotics venture Atoms
Travis Kalanick, the billionaire co-founder of Uber Technologies Inc., today announced the launch of a new robotics startup. Atoms Inc. is built on the assets of a company called City Storage Systems Inc. that Kalanick founded in 2016. It will reportedly also absorb Pronto AI Inc., a venture-backed autonomous driving startup. The Information reported that ...