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Amazon acquires last-mile delivery robot startup Rivr
Amazon.com Inc. has acquired Rivr Technologies AG, a Swiss developer of delivery robots. CNBC reported on Thursday that the deal closed earlier this week. The financial terms were not disclosed. Rivr’s flagship product is a four-legged robot called the Rivr Two that rolls on wheels. It’s optimized for last-mile delivery, or the task of transporting ...
OpenAI to launch ChatGPT superapp, ‘AI research intern’
OpenAI Group PBC plans to merge ChatGPT and two of its other services into a single “superapp.” The Wall Street Journal broke the news on Thursday. Today, MIT Technology Review reported that OpenAI is also working on an artificial intelligence tool designed to make researchers more productive. The latter offering is expected to launch by ...
Vibe coding startup Cursor launches programming-optimized Composer 2 model
Cursor today introduced an artificial intelligence model called Composer 2 that it says can outperform Claude Opus 4.6 across many programming tasks. The model is accessible through the company’s popular AI code editor. Cursor, which is incorporated as Anysphere Inc,. says that the software has more than 1 million daily active users. That large installed ...
Google upgrades its Stitch AI interface development tool
Google LLC today released a new version of Stitch, an artificial intelligence tool that can generate user interfaces for websites and mobile apps. Shares of graphic design software maker Figma Inc. declined more than 4% on the news. The company’s namesake platform is the go-to choice for UI development projects. Building an interface involves more ...
OpenAI acquires open-source Python tooling startup Astral
OpenAI Group PBC today announced plans to acquire Astral Software Inc., a startup with a set of widely used Python development tools. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Astral’s development tools are written in Rust, a programming language that is both more complicated and significantly faster than Python. As a result, the startup ...
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 ...