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Mistral AI brings deep research to Le Chat, alongside image editing, voice mode and more
French generative artificial intelligence startup Mistral AI SAS today announced multiple updates for Le Chat, the company’s AI chatbot assistant, including a deep research capability, image editing, voice mode, projects and advanced image editing. Le Chat is Mistral’s competitor to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google LLC’s Gemini, Anthropic PBC’s Claude and other AI assistants on the market. ...
AI vibe coding startup Lovable raises $200M at $1.8B valuation
Swedish artificial intelligence software development startup Lovable Labs Inc. today announced it has raised $200 million in an early-stage round that values the company at $1.8 billion. Founded in 2023, the company’s product allows software developers to prototype and build websites and apps rapidly using a method called “vibe coding.” That’s an AI-assisted development approach ...
Photonics processor maker Q.ANT raises $72M to transform AI computing
Stuttgart, Germany-based Q.ANT GmbH, a photonic processor solutions company, today announced it raised €62 million, around $72.4 million, in early-stage funding to accelerate the commercialization of its energy-efficient light-based processors for artificial intelligence and high-performance computing. The company’s Series A round was co-led by Cherry Ventures, UVC Partners and imec.xpand. Other investors also participating in ...
Anthropic upgrades Claude Code with visibility dashboard for software teams
Large language model developer Anthropic PBC today rolled out an update for Claude Code, an agentic artificial intelligence software tool for developers that helps turn ideas into code, upgrading it with a metrics dashboard for administrators. Claude Code launched into general availability alongside the launch of Claude 4, the company’s flagship frontier AI model family, ...
Exclusive: Krisp launches VIVA development kit to enhance accuracy for voice AI agents
Krisp Technologies Inc., a leading provider of real-time voice artificial intelligence solutions, today announced the launch of VIVA, its new voice isolation AI model and software development kit designed for voice AI agents. The company also revealed that VIVA is now processing more than 1 billion minutes of voice audio per month globally. VIVA, short ...
Qdrant launches Cloud Inference for multimodal vector search with higher speed and lower cost
Qdrant, the leading provider of high-performance, open-source vector search, today announced the launch of Qdrant Cloud Inference, a managed service that enables developers to search both text and image vectors simultaneously. Normally, developers must create artificial intelligence workflows that require separately building and embedding information about unstructured documents and images, distinct from the images themselves. ...
Fully licensed generative video AI model startup Moonvalley raises $84M
Moonvalley AI Inc., a generative artificial intelligence research startup working on video AI models and tools trained on fully licensed content, today announced it has raised $84 million in additional funding. The funding round was led by existing investor General Catalyst and included strategic investments from the entertainment and sports agency Creative Artists Agency, AI ...
AWS launches Kiro: a ‘spec coding’ developer environment integrated with AI agents
Amazon Web Services Inc. today launched a preview of a new development environment named Kiro, integrated with artificial intelligence agents for software engineers, which the company says will help them turn ideas into production-ready code. Now in preview, Kiro helps provide speed and resilience to what has become known as “vibe coding,” a new way ...
Enterprise AI development platform Vellum raises $20M to help businesses deploy apps faster
Vocify Inc., also known as Vellum, a leading enterprise development platform for building, testing and deploying artificial intelligence-powered applications, today announced it raised $20 million in early-stage funding to expand its product portfolio and grow in the market. The company’s Series A funding round was led by Leaders Fund, with participation from Socii Capital and returning ...
Cobionix raises $3M to build autonomous medical robotics platform
Cobionix Corp., a Canada-based medical robotics company, today announced it closed a $3 million funding round led by TitletownTech, a venture capital firm backed by Microsoft Corp. and the Green Bay Packers. Lions Investment and Dr. Paul McBeth, a prominent medical robotics expert and investor, also participated in the round alongside other undisclosed investors. The company ...