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Identity verification startup Persona raises $200M at $2B valuation
Persona Identities Inc., a startup that helps companies such as online retailers verify the identity of users, has closed a $200 million late-stage funding round. The Series D investment was announced today. Founders Fund and Ribbit Capital led the deal with participation from returning backers BOND, Coatue, First Round Capital and Index Ventures. Persona is ...
China AI rising: Xiaomi releases new MiMo-7B models as DeepSeek upgrades its Prover math AI
Xiaomi Corp. today released MiMo-7B, a new family of reasoning models that it claims can outperform OpenAI’s o1-mini at some tasks. The algorithm series is available under an open-source license. Its launch coincides with DeepSeek’s release of an update to Prover, a competing open-source reasoning model. The latter algorithm has a narrower focus than MiMo-7B: ...
Intel shares new details about upcoming Intel 14A process, packaging technologies
Intel Corp. has shared new information about Intel 14A, an upcoming chip manufacturing process that will use ASML Holding NV’s most advanced lithography machines. Executives detailed the process today at an event dedicated to the company’s foundry business. The business makes processors for other organizations using Intel fabs. Alongside Intel 14A, the chipmaker detailed other ...
CrowdStrike introduces new tools for blocking malicious AI models, data exfiltration
CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. today debuted new features that can help enterprises protect employees from malicious artificial intelligence models and other threats. The capabilities are rolling out for the company’s flagship Falcon cybersecurity platform. The first new feature, AI Model Scanning, promises to detect so-called trojanized models. Those are AI models that operate as expected in ...
Amazon launches first batch of operational Project Kuiper satellites
Amazon.com Inc.’s first batch of operational Project Kuiper satellites lifted off to space late Monday aboard a ULA LLC rocket. The 27 satellites are set to be joined by more than 3,000 in the coming years. Amazon will use the constellation to provide internet connectivity to consumers, enterprises and the public sector. The company plans ...
Dyna Robotics debuts DYNA-1 foundation model for powering robots
Startup Dyna Robotics Inc. today detailed DYNA-1, an internally developed artificial intelligence model for powering robots. The algorithm’s debut comes a month after the company launched with $23.5 million in funding. Dyna is led by Chief Executive Officer Lindon Gao, who previously co-founded retail technology provider Caper Inc. The latter startup, which developed a cashierless ...
Veza reels in $108M for its identity security platform
Veza Inc., a startup that helps enterprises regulate employee access to business applications, has raised $108 million from investors to enhance its technology. The investment was announced today. New Enterprise Associates led the Series D round with participation from the venture capital arms of Salesforce Inc., Workday Inc. and Atlassian Corp. They were joined by ...
IBM pledges to invest $150B in the US over the next five years
IBM Corp. today announced plans to invest $150 billion in the U.S. over the next five years. According to the company, more than $30 billion will be allocated to research and development activities. The engineering initiative’s priorities are set to include mainframes and quantum computing. IBM didn’t go into detail about its research priorities in ...
Palo Alto Networks buys Protect AI for reported $500M+, debuts new cybersecurity tools
Palo Alto Networks Inc. is expanding its product portfolio with a new platform for protecting artificial intelligence models and an upgraded version of its security-optimized browser. The company debuted the offerings today against the backdrop of the news that it’s acquiring Protect AI Inc., a Seattle-based cybersecurity startup. Palo Alto Networks didn’t disclose the acquisition ...
Meta, Booz Allen develop ‘Space Llama’ AI system for the International Space Station
Meta Platforms Inc. has teamed up with Booz Allen Holding Corp., a U.S. government contractor, to develop an artificial intelligence system for the International Space Station. The companies detailed the project today. Space Llama, as the AI system is called, is based on a fine-tuned version of Meta’s Llama 3.2 language model series. It’s designed ...