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OpenAI, Google reasoning models achieve gold-level scores in ICPC coding contest
OpenAI and Google LLC today disclosed that their latest reasoning models achieved gold-level performance in a recent coding competition. The ICPC, as the event is called, is the world’s most prestigious college-level programming contest. It draws participants from about 3,000 universities. OpenAI says its reasoning models achieved a perfect score, while Google’s algorithm solved 10 ...
Macroscope raises $30M to speed up software projects with AI
Macroscope Inc., a startup working to make developers and project managers more productive, today announced that it has closed a $30 million early-stage funding round. Lightspeed led the Series A investment. Macroscope previously raised a $10 million seed round that included the participation of Alphabet Inc.’s GV startup fund, Thrive Capital and Adverb. Macroscope was ...
AI inference chip startup Groq nabs $750M at $6.9B valuation
Groq Inc., a developer of artificial intelligence inference chips, today announced that it has raised $750 million in new funding. Databricks Inc. backer Disruptive led the round. It was joined by Cisco Systems Inc., Samsung Electronics Co., Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners and several investment firms. Groq is now valued at $6.9 million, up from $2.8 ...
Computer vision startup Ultralytics raises $30M in funding
Ultralytics Inc., a developer of computer vision models, today announced that it has raised $30 million in funding. Elephant VC led the Series A round with participation from SquareOne. Ultralytics previously participated in Intel Corp.’s Ignite startup accelerator program. Ultralytics develops the popular YOLO series of open-source computer vision models. The company says that its ...
AI data provider Invisible raises $100M at $2B+ valuation
Invisible Technologies Inc., a startup that provides training data for artificial intelligence projects, has raised $100 million in funding. Bloomberg reported today that the deal values the company at more than $2 billion. Newly formed venture capital firm Vanara Capital led the round with participation from Acrew Capital, Greycroft and more than a half-dozen others. ...
CrowdStrike and Check Point extend their AI security capabilities with new acquisitions
CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. and Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. today announced startup acquisitions designed to bolster their artificial intelligence security capabilities. CrowdStrike is buying Pangea Inc., which helps companies monitor how employees interact with external AI tools. Its software can also secure internal AI workloads. Check Point, in turn, has agreed to acquire a startup ...
Humanoid robot startup Figure raises $1B+ at $39B valuation
Figure AI Inc. today announced that it raised a funding round worth more than $1 billion from a group of prominent investors. Parkway Venture Capital led the Series C deal. It was joined by Nvidia Corp., Intel Capital, Qualcomm Ventures, Salesforce Inc., LG Technology Ventures, T-Mobile Ventures and other institutional backers. Figure AI is now ...
OpenAI debuts GPT-5-Codex model to automate time-consuming coding tasks
OpenAI today introduced a new artificial intelligence model, GPT-5-Codex, that it says can complete hours-long programming tasks without user assistance. The algorithm is an improved version of GPT-5 trained on additional coding data. It’s accessible through Codex, an AI programming tool included in paid ChatGPT plans. OpenAI says that GPT-5-Codex is better than its predecessor ...
Manufacturing startup Divergent raises $290M at $2.3B valuation
Manufacturing startup Divergent Technologies Inc. today announced that it has raised $290 million in a late-stage funding round to support its growth efforts. The Series E round comprised $250 million in equity funding and $40 million worth of debt. Rochefort Asset Management was the lead investor. The deal, which comes about two years after Divergent ...
China says Nvidia breached antitrust rules with Mellanox acquisition, but TikTok deal looms
China’s antitrust regulator today said that Nvidia Corp. has breached local competition laws. Officials reached that conclusion following a preliminary investigation into the chipmaker’s acquisition of Mellanox Technologies Ltd. According to The Register, the antitrust regulator has referred the matter to a “formal probe.” It’s believed the formal probe could lead to fines or restrictions ...