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Qdrant raises $50M to bring flexible vector search to production AI systems
Open-source vector search startup Qdrant Solutions GmbH today announced it has raised $50 million in early-stage funding to pave the way for smarter and more reactive artificial intelligence apps. AVP led the Series B round, with participation from Bosch Ventures, Unusual Ventures, Spark Capital, and 42CAP. To date, the company has raised $87.8 million in capital, ...
Cryptio raises $45M to build ERP infrastructure for tokenized and digital assets
Cryptio, an accounting software solution and enterprise resource planning application provider for enterprise-regulated digital assets, today announced it has raised $45 million in new funding to help businesses navigate cryptocurrencies and tokenized securities. BlackFin Capital Partners and Sentinel Global co-led the Series B round, with participation from 1kx, Alven, BlueYard Capital and Ledger Cathay Capital. ...
Canva’s Magic Layers breathes new life into flat and AI-generated images
All-in-one visual communication platform Canva Inc. today introduced Magic Layers, an artificial intelligence tool that allows users to import flat images and transform them into fully editable designs. Canva described Magic Layers as a way to recover old, stale images that are collecting dust, or even AI outputs that defy simple modification. The problem is ...
Anchr brings AI to America’s food supply distribution chain with $5.8M raise
Anchr Inc., an AI-native company focused on food distribution systems, today announced a $5.8 million seed round led by a16z Speedrun, Anterra Capital, Offline Ventures, Long Journey Ventures and OpenAI . Every time a person orders at a restaurant, reaches for a tomato on a grocery shelf, or a caterer carries a plate of cutlets ...
Rhoda AI raises $450M to build foundational robotics models that learn from internet videos
Palo Alto-based Rhoda AI, a developer of foundational artificial intelligence robotics models, said today it has raised $450 million in eary-stage funding to train intelligent robots using publicly available internet videos. Premji Invest led the Series A round, bringing the valuation of the startup to $1.7 billion. The internet has been a prolific ground for ...
Mend.io launches AI system prompt hardening solution to secure LLM instructions
Application security solution provider White Source Ltd., also known as Mend.io, today launched System Prompt Hardening, a dedicated capability designed to detect issues within the hidden instructions given to large language models before they run to strengthen logic and reduce risk. A system prompt is a foundational, hidden set of instructions given to an AI ...
Zoom introduces agentic AI capabilities to drive productivity and action at work
Zoom Communications Inc. today announced an expansion to its enterprise agentic artificial intelligence platform through introducing new capabilities across Workplace, Phone and customer experience platforms. The company said it’s working toward moving from providing software that drives meetings to becoming a “system of action” by bringing AI into the flow of work. To do this, ...
Google enhances Docs, Sheets, Slides and Drive with deeper Gemini integration
Google LLC announced today that it’s making “prep work” for collaboration and creation easier for users of its cloud productivity tools in Workspace across Docs, Sheets, Slides and Drive through a deeper integration with Gemini as an artificial intelligence assistant. Gemini, Google’s flagship large language model, received its most recent update major update in February ...
Tricentis introduces agentic AI-driven software quality tool suite
Automated software testing platform provider Tricentis GmbH today launched the company’s new AI Workspace, which orchestrates a team of intelligent agents to help developers and enterprise teams produce high-quality code. The company’s Agentic Quality Engineering Platform harnesses powerful artificial intelligence agents that help scale software development and quality through autonomous actions while human employees retain oversight, ...
Nyad launches commercial solution for wastewater operators with $1.3M in funding
Nyad AI, a software company focused on wastewater operations, today announced the launch of a tool that supports decision-making for treatment plant operators who work with complex systems using artificial intelligence. The company also announced it raised $1.3 million in an oversubscribed pre-seed funding round led by Boost VC. Additionally, Draper Associates, Halogen Ventures, Ollin ...