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Nvidia announces advances in scientific high-performance AI and quantum supercomputing
Nvidia Corp. today detailed how its chips are accelerating innovation in the high-performance computing industry for artificial intelligence-powered systems that will power scientific advances with supercomputing. The chipmaker also announced efforts to accelerate its quantum computing efforts at national quantum computing centers around the world, which will include installing the company’s open-source CUDA-Q platform at international sites. ...
RunPod nabs $20M to help developers launch AI apps in the cloud
RunPod Inc., a cloud provider that helps developers deploy custom full-stack artificial intelligence applications, has raised $20 million in seed funding to scale its operations and bring in new partnerships. The company’s seed round, announced Wednesday, was co-led by Intel Capital and Dell Technologies Capital with participation from Julien Chaummond, Nat Friedman and Adam Lewis. As part of the financing, Mark Rostick, ...
Lagrange raises $13M to build blockchain-based cryptographic ‘big data’-scale computation
Lagrange Labs, a startup building the blockchain-based cryptography protocol Lagrange, today announced it raised $13.2 million in seed funding to progress its vision of scaling up verifiable computation over blockchain at “big data” scale. The funding round, led by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, also attracted investments from Archetype Ventures, 1kx, Maven11, Fenbushi Capital, Volt Capital, CMT Digital and Mantle Ecosystem Fund. The company ...
Atlan raises $105M at $750M valuation for data and AI governance platform
Atlan Ple. Ltd., a startup that helps companies tackle sprawling datasets for information and artificial intelligence projects, today announced it has raised $105 million in fresh funding. The Series C round elevated the company’s valuation to $750 million. It was co-led by Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC and Meritech Capital, and joined by existing investors Salesforce Ventures and PeakXV ...
Xtend raises $40M to allow human commanders to guide autonomous AI drone missions
Xtend, the developer of the artificial intelligence-driven operating system for drones and robots, today announced it has raised $40 million in a Series B funding round led by Chartered Group with participation from Clal-Tech. The company’s AI-powered drone operating system allows human operators to perform demanding and dynamic missions with drones and robots in the field and ...
Apple unveils M4 chip to power next-gen iPad Pro and announces new iPad Air
Apple Inc. today unveiled another powerful chip into its M-class family of silicon with the M4 that will power the newly launched next-gen iPad Pro also announced during the company’s “Let Loose” event. The company also announced a new iPad Air powered by the M2 chip, which will come in two sizes, and a bevy of accessories for both new devices, including a ...
Digital twins projects receive $285M in US government funding for the semiconductor industry
The Biden administration is opening up $285 million today in federal funding and seeking applications to launch an institute in the United States to establish digital twin projects for the semiconductor industry, which use virtual models to mimic real-world objects to optimize efficiency and reduce costs. The funding is part of the CHIPS and Science ...
Web3 newsletter Paragraph raises $5M and takes over blogging platform Mirror
Web3 newsletter publishing platform Paragraph raised $5 million in new funding on Thursday in addition to acquiring Mirror, a blockchain-based blogging platform that will help the company elevate its position in taking on traditional publishing with self-ownership of content. The fundraise was led by Coinbase Ventures and Union Square Ventures. Paragraph previously raised $1.7 million ...
Microsoft rolls out passkey support for all consumer accounts
Microsoft Corp. today rolled out passwordless passkey support for all consumer accounts, allowing users to do away with passwords and log in using devices. Passkeys are part of the path to making passwords obsolete by allowing sign-in to services and websites without one. A passkey identifies a user by using public-key cryptography connected to a service and their devices, instead of using a password they can ...
Securitize raises $47M to tokenize real-world assets on the blockchain
Securitize Inc., a compliance and tokenization firm using blockchain technology to tokenize real-world assets, announced Wednesday that it raised $47 million in funding led by multinational investment manager BlackRock Inc. The company uses digital ledger blockchain technology to create a secure digital representation of securities, such as stocks, bonds and exchange-traded funds. Using its platform these securities and tokens ...