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AI software development startup 8090 nabs $135M funding round
Software development automation startup 8090 Solutions Inc. today announced that it has raised $135 million in funding. Salesforce Ventures led the Series A round. It was joined by Palo Alto Networks Inc. Chief Executive Nikesh Arora, Quora Inc. co-founder Adam D’Angelo and more than a half-dozen others. Menlo Park, California-based 8090 was launched in 2024 ...
South Korea launches $584B chip manufacturing initiative with Samsung, SK hynix
The South Korean government today announced a 900 trillion won, or $584 billion, initiative to grow the country’s chip manufacturing capacity. Officials also plan to build about $357 billion worth of artificial intelligence data centers. The chip manufacturing initiative will be led by Samsung Electronics Co. and SK hynix Inc., which intend to open two ...
IBM and Red Hat partner with Deloitte to fix open-source vulnerabilities
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd. is joining an initiative that IBM Corp. and its Red Hat unit launched in May to fix open-source software vulnerabilities. The companies announced the move today. U.K.-based Deloitte launched in the middle of the 18th century as an accounting firm. Today, it’s the world’s largest provider of professional services with $70.5 ...
OpenAI introduces GPT-5.6 to challenge Claude Mythos 5
OpenAI Group PBC today introduced GPT-5.6, a new series of large language models that it says can outperform Claude Mythos 5 across certain coding tasks. The most advanced algorithm in the lineup is known as Sol. It’s available alongside a midrange option called Terra and an entry-level model dubbed Luna. All three artificial intelligence models ...
Unconventional AI debuts oscillator-based Un-0 model series
Unconventional AI Inc. has developed an artificial intelligence architecture that could improve the power efficiency of image generation models. The technology is the basis of a new neural network series, Un-1, that the company released on Thursday. Unconventional AI is led by Chief Executive Naveen Rao (pictured, second from the left), the former corporate vice ...
Sail Research raises $80M to optimize long-horizon AI agents
Artificial intelligence inference startup Sail Research Inc. today announced that it has raised $80 million in funding at a $450 million valuation. The company received the bulk of the capital in the form of a Series A round led by Sequoia. It earlier raised a seed round led by Kleiner Perkins. Sail Research also counts ...
Scaled Cognition nabs $100M to automate high stakes customer interactions
Artificial intelligence startup Scaled Cognition Inc. today announced that it has raised $100 million in funding. Khosla Ventures led the Series A deal with participation from Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories Inc., a provider of customer service software. The Wall Street Journal reported that Scaled Cognition is now worth $750 million. Founded in 2022, Scaled Cognition sells ...
Mirendil raises $200M to speed up scientific research with AI
Mirendil Inc., a startup developing artificial intelligence models for scientists, has raised $200 million in funding at a $1 billion valuation. The seed round was led by Andreessen Horowitz. Mirendil stated in its Wednesday funding announcement that Kleiner Perkins, Nvidia Corp. and several other investors contributed as well. Mirendil is led by Chief Executive Officer ...
Memory maker SK hynix files for $29B US IPO amid AI demand
SK hynix Inc., the world’s largest supplier of HBM memory, today filed to list its shares on the Nasdaq stock exchange. The South Korean company hopes to sell up to 17.79 million shares for $29.4 billion. The public offering is expected to be the second-largest on record after the recent listing of SpaceX Corp., which ...
Qualcomm shares jump 14% on Modular acquisition, guidance upgrade
Qualcomm Inc.’s stock jumped 14% in after-hours trading today after it shared a series of updates about its artificial intelligence roadmap. The company announced plans to acquire an inference software startup called Modular Inc. and previewed two upcoming AI chips. Additionally, Qualcomm significantly raised its fiscal 2029 guidance. The chipmaker now expects its non-handset revenue ...