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OpenAI backs $78M round for AI language learning startup Speak
Speakeasy Labs Inc., a startup with an artificial intelligence app that helps users learn English, today announced that it has raised $78 million in funding. Accel led the Series C investment. It was joined by OpenAI Startup Fund, Khosla Ventures, Y Combinator and other returning backers. Speak is now valued at $1 billion, double what ...
Databricks introduces new API for generating synthetic datasets
Databricks Inc. today introduced an application programming interface that customers can use to generate synthetic data for their machine learning projects. The API is available in Mosaic AI Agent Evaluation, a tool that the company offers as part of its flagship data lakehouse. The tool helps developers compare the output quality, cost and latency of ...
OpenAI makes its Sora video generator generally available
OpenAI today made its long-anticipated Sora video generation model available to ChatGPT Plus and ChatGPT Pro users. The algorithm made its original debut in February as a preview release. The version of Sora that launched today, Sora Turbo, includes improvements that enable it to generate videos significantly faster. ChatGPT Plus subscribers can generate 50 videos ...
AI data center builder Nscale nabs $155M investment
Nscale Ltd., a London startup that builds data centers optimized for artificial intelligence workloads, has raised $155 million to grow its infrastructure footprint. The Series A round was announced this morning. Sandton Capital Partners led the investment with participation from Kestrel 0x1, Blue Sky Capital Managers and Florence Capital. The funding milestone comes a few ...
Report: Apple will ship custom 5G modem chip with the 2025 iPhone SE
Apple Inc.’s long-rumored 5G modem will debut next year in a new iteration of the iPhone SE, Bloomberg reported today. The chip is referred to as Sinope by the company’s engineers. A handset’s modem is responsible for turning incoming radio signals into digital data that the main processor can process. It also performs the same ...
Meta releases efficiency-optimized Llama 3.3 70B large language model
Meta Platforms Inc. today introduced Llama 3.3 70B, the latest addition to its eponymous line of open-source large language models. The new algorithm provides similar output quality as Llama 3.1 405B, the most advanced LLM in the series, but using a fraction of the hardware. The result is a significant drop in infrastructure expenses. Meta ...
Education software startup Element451 raises $175M in funding
Element451 Inc., a startup that develops software for higher education institutions, today disclosed that it has raised $175 million in funding. The capital was provided by growth equity firm PSG. Element541 provides a customer relationship management platform for colleges and universities. The software is built around a database that academic institutions can use to store ...
Broadcom introduces 3.5D XDSiP chip packaging for data center processors
Broadcom Inc. today detailed a new chip packaging technology, XDSiP, that makes it possible to create processors by stacking multiple silicon dies atop another. XDSiP is short for eXtreme Dimension System in Package. Broadcom is positioning it as a way to create more powerful data center chips. One customer, Fujitsu Ltd., will use the technology ...
OpenAI debuts ChatGPT Pro plan with reasoning-optimized o1 pro mode LLM
OpenAI today introduced ChatGPT Pro, a new paid tier of its chatbot that provides access to large language models optimized for reasoning tasks. The subscription is priced at $200 per month, 10 times more than the consumer-focused ChatGPT Plus plan. The launch of the offering opens a 12-day product announcement series that OpenAI previewed on ...
Tractian nabs $120M to reduce industrial equipment downtime
Tractian Technologies Inc., a startup using internally developed sensors and artificial intelligence to optimize industrial equipment, has raised $120 million in funding. Sapphire Ventures led the Series C investment, which was announced today. General Catalyst, Next47 and NGP Capital chipped in as well. Tractian provides a cloud platform that detects technical issues in industrial equipment ...