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Wonderful Ltd., a startup that provides artificial intelligence agents optimized for customer support, has raised $34 million in funding. The company disclosed the investment on Wednesday. Index Ventures led the seed round with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners and Vine Ventures. There …
Publisher group files EU antitrust complaint against Google over AI Overviews
An industry group that represents publishers has filed an antitrust complaint against Google LLC in the European Union. Reuters reported the development today. The Independent Publishers Alliance, the group behind the antitrust push, submitted its complaint to the European Commission on June …
TSMC reportedly accelerates investment in Arizona chip complex as Samsung delays Texas fab
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and Samsung Electronics Co. are taking their U.S. fab operations in different directions, according to two new reports. The Wall Street Journal today cited sources as saying that TSMC is accelerating investments in its Arizona fab complex. Samsung, …
Safe Superintelligence CEO Daniel Gross joins Meta’s new AI lab
Meta Platforms Inc. has hired prominent artificial intelligence executive Daniel Gross and may reportedly buy a stake in his venture capital firm. Until last week, Gross (pictured) was chief executive of Safe Superintelligence Inc., a well-funded AI startup. He co-founded the company …
Low-power chip supplier Ambiq Micro files to go public
Ambiq Micro Inc., a company that makes power-efficient processors for connected devices, today filed to go public. The chipmaker didn’t disclose how much capital it hopes to raise or at what valuation. Ambiq plans to list its shares on the New York …
Qedma raises $26M for its quantum error correction software
Qedma Ltd., a startup working to make quantum computers more reliable, today announced that it has raised $26 million in early-stage funding. Glilot Capital Partners led the Series A round. It was joined by IBM Corp., Korean Investment Partners, TPY Capital and …
Microsoft cuts 9,000 jobs in latest round of layoffs
Microsoft Corp. today launched a round of job cuts that is expected to affect 9,000 employees, or about 4% of its workforce. CNBC reported that the layoffs impact staffers across multiple units, experience levels and locations. Those locations include Microsoft’s home state …
Bright Data introduces new lineup of AI data tools
Startup Bright Data Ltd. today introduced a suite of software tools designed to help companies collect information from the public web. The first tool, Deep Lookup, lends itself to use cases such as helping salespeople find potential customers. The two other products …
HPE closes $14B Juniper acquisition following regulatory approval
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. has closed its acquisition of Juniper Networks Inc. more than a year after signing the $14 billion deal. The companies announced the milestone this morning. A few days earlier, the U.S. Justice Department ended an antitrust lawsuit that …
Grammarly acquires email client developer Superhuman
Grammarly Inc. today announced plans to acquire Superhuman Labs Inc., a venture-backed startup with a popular email client, for an undisclosed amount. San Francisco-based Grammarly provides an artificial intelligence writing assistant of the same name. It can fix spelling and grammatical errors, …