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Texas Instruments to invest $60B+ in US fab network
Texas Instruments Inc., a major supplier of analog chips, will invest more than $60 billion to expand its stateside manufacturing capacity. The company detailed the plan today. According to Reuters, the initiative’s hefty price tag partly comprises previously announced investments. Texas Instruments didn’t disclose the duration of the project. Central processing units, graphics cards and ...
AWS to introduce updated server CPU, new AI training chip
Amazon Web Services Inc. is gearing up to refresh two of its custom processor families, CNBC reported late Tuesday. The cloud giant plans to release an updated version of its AWS Graviton4 central processing unit. It will also debut a new addition to the AWS Trainium chip series, which is optimized for training artificial intelligence models. ...
Domino Data Lab introduces new AI governance, data management features
Domino Data Lab Inc. today introduced new features for managing artificial intelligence models and the data they process. The capabilities are rolling out to the startup’s namesake AI platform. The software, which is used by companies such as Moody’s Corp. and Bayer AG, helps developers prepare datasets for machine learning projects. It also automates related tasks ...
Trend Micro debuts data center appliances with built-in cybersecurity software
Trend Micro Inc. today introduced a line of data center appliances with preinstalled cybersecurity and artificial intelligence features. Tokyo-based Trend Micro is a major cybersecurity provider with an installed base of more than 500,000 organizations. Its flagship Vision One platform can find malware across cloud instances, employee devices and other systems. The software automatically ranks ...
Google updates Gemini 2.5 LLM series with new entry-level model, pricing changes
Google LLC today introduced a new large language model, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite, that can process prompts faster and more cost-efficiently than its predecessor. The algorithm is rolling out as part of a broader update to the company’s flagship Gemini 2.5 LLM series. The two existing models in the lineup, Gemini 2.5 Flash and Gemini 2.5 ...
Browserbase reels in $40M for its browser automation tools
Browserbase Inc., a startup focused on automating tasks that involve interacting with webpages, has closed a $40 million funding round. Notable Capital led the Series B investment. Browserbase disclosed in its announcement of the raise today that Kleiner Perkins and CRV participated as well. It’s now reportedly valued at $300 million, four times what it was ...
Defense technology startup Mach Industries raises $100M
Mach Industries Inc., a startup that makes hardware systems for the defense sector, has raised $100 million in funding. The company announced the Series B investment today. Khosla Ventures and Bedrock led the raise with participation from several other backers including Sequoia Capital. According to TechCrunch, Mach Industries is now worth $470 million. Huntington Beach, ...
PostHog raises $70M to streamline software development projects
Developer tooling startup PostHog Inc. has raised $70 million in funding, Crunchbase reported today. Payment processing provider Stripe Inc. led the Series D investment. It was joined by Alphabet Inc.’s GV startup fund, Formus Capital and Y Combinator, which incubated PostHog in 2020. The company is now reportedly valued at $920 million. PostHog sells a ...
Sedai raises $20M to optimize cloud environments with AI agents
Sedai Inc., a startup that helps enterprises make their cloud environments more reliable and cost-efficient, has raised $20 million in fresh funding. The Series B round was announced today. Atlantic Vantage Point led the raise with participation from Norwest, Sierra Ventures and Uncorrelated Ventures. The investment follows a year in which Sedai claims to have grown ...
Users of new Meta AI app unknowingly make chatbot logs public
Some users of a new Meta Platforms Inc. artificial intelligence app have inadvertently made their chatbot conversations public. TechCrunch and other outlets reported the phenomenon on Thursday. According to the publication, a cybersecurity researcher has determined that some of the publicly shared chatbot conversations included users’ addresses, information about court cases and other sensitive data. This ...