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Obot AI raises $35M to help companies manage standardized access for AI agents
Obot AI, an open-source software company building enterprise-ready platforms for the emerging Model Context Protocol standard, said today it has raised $35 million in a seed funding round co-led by Mayfield Fund and Nexus Venture Partners. The company said it intends to use the new capital to accelerate the development of its open-source projects, including ...
AppZen raises $180M to automate enterprise finance operations
California-based AppZen Inc., a leading agentic artificial intelligence platform for finance teams, today announced it raised $180 million in a Series D growth funding round led by Riverwood Capital to scale up the company’s autonomous finance software. Founded in 2012, the company incorporates generative AI to automate manual financial processes, such as accounts payable, corporate ...
Researchers detail Delphi-2M, an AI model capable of predicting 1,000+ diseases
Researchers in Europe have unveiled a new artificial intelligence model that can forecast a person’s risk of developing over 1,000 diseases more than a decade in advance. The generative AI tool, called Delphi-2M after the ancient Greek oracle, was custom-built by scientists from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, the German Cancer Research Centre and the University ...
OpenMind releases open-source OS for intelligent robots
OpenMind, a company developing an open artificial intelligence operating system for robots, today announced the beta mode release of its open-source OS, which it said will allow anyone to program robots. The company called its OS the “Android for robots,” providing a universal platform that allows any robot to reason, perceive and act in the ...
Luma AI launches Ray3, a next-gen cinematic video generation model with built-in reasoning
Artificial intelligence startup Luma AI Inc. today announced the launch of Ray3, a powerful text-to-video AI model with built-in reasoning, designed for high-quality cinematic visual production for professionals. Luma also revealed a partnership with Adobe Inc. to integrate the new model into Adobe’s AI-enabled Firefly app, the company’s all-in-one software for creative work. “Ray3 is ...
Zoom unveils AI Companion 3.0 amid other innovations to optimize employee time
Continuing its lean into agentic artificial intelligence, Zoom Communications Inc. today introduced the next generation of its AI Companion and its virtual workspace. AI Companion 3.0 designed to help users deliver high-quality work by providing insights and intelligent assistance. It includes a number of AI skill updates that enhance its AI agent capabilities with new custom ...
Swedish AI firm EvoluteIQ raises $53M to scale up business process automation
Stockholm-based EvoluteIQ AB, an artificial intelligence business automation platform, today announced it raised $53 million in minority growth capital led by Baird Capital to fuel the global expansion of the company’s agentic AI services. Founded in 2019, the company provides a platform called EIQ for enterprise businesses to automate complex processes using proactive AI systems. ...
Ethosphere raises $2.5M to support retail associates with AI insights
Seattle-based startup Ethosphere, a voice-enabled artificial intelligence platform for retail operations, said today it has raised $2.5 million in pre-seed funding to bring large language models to brick-and-mortar store floors, aiming to help sales associates deliver better in-person service. Point72 Ventures led the round, with participation from AI2 Incubator, Carya Ventures, Pack VC, Hike Ventures ...
Workday acquires Sana Labs for $1.1B to upgrade agentic AI work experiences
Human resources and finance software giant Workday Inc. today announced the acquisition of Sana Labs AB, an artificial intelligence company offering enterprise knowledge and employee training tools, for about $1.1 billion. Workday also announced new AI agents for HR, finance and industry use cases in its Illuminate platform alongside a new developer platform, including a ...
Quantum Motion brings silicon-based quantum computer online in major industry milestone
London-based Quantum Motion Technologies Ltd. announced today it has delivered the industry’s first quantum computer built using traditional semiconductor chipmaking processes, the same technology used in conventional computers. The new system was installed at the UK National Quantum Computing Centre, the United Kingdom’s national lab dedicated to accelerating quantum computing research. It uses standardized mass-manufacturable ...