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At Build, Microsoft introduces GitHub Copilot coding agent that works like a developer
Microsoft Corp. today rolled out a new feature for GitHub Copilot: the ability to implement tasks or issues while running in the background as an artificial intelligence agent, like a developer. “The agent spins up a secure and fully customizable development environment powered by GitHub Actions,” said Thomas Dohmke, chief executive of Microsoft-owned GitHub. “As ...
At Computex, Nvidia debuts AI GPU compute marketplace, NVLink Fusion and the future of humanoid AI
Nvidia Corp. today announced a raft of advancements at Computex 2025 in Taipei across the spectrum of artificial intelligence, including an AI marketplace connecting the world’s developers to GPU compute and humanoid robots. The company also unveiled Nvidia NVLink Fusion, a new silicon solution that lets partners build semicustom AI infrastructure using NVLink, the company’s ...
AI video platform Hedra raises $32M to build digital character foundation models
Generative artificial intelligence startup Hedra Inc. today announced it has raised $32 million for an AI platform that allows creators to generate lifelike and vivid videos of characters using text, audio and image inputs. Andreessen Horowitz’s Infrastructure fund led the Series A round, with participation from the company’s previous investors, including a16z speedrun, Abstract and ...
Coinbase suffers data breach, exposing customer information to hackers
Coinbase Global Inc., a major U.S. cryptocurrency exchange with more than 100 million customers, disclosed today that cybercriminals bribed offshore customer service support agents to steal customer data. In a blog post, the company said no passwords, private keys or funds were exposed, but personal customer information was stolen. The company said the criminals accessed ...
Layer raises $6.5M for AI-powered video game production tools
Layer AI Inc., an artificial intelligence-driven toolset platform for video game assets, today announced it has raised $6.5 million in a seed round. The company provides a professional suite of tools for game developers to quickly build, manage and refine 2D, 3D and video assets for production that allows them to significantly reduce content generation ...
Soopra AI raises $1M to make AI-driven expert personas into agents
Soopra AI, a company that provides on-demand artificial intelligence personas from experts for education and insights, announced today it raised $1 million in pre-seed funding to launch a platform for AI agents that can perform advanced functions. Founded in 2022, the company provides users with a way to train AI models with a foundation of ...
TensorWave raises $100M to build out AI training cluster data center with 8,000+ AMD GPUs
TensorWave Inc., a graphics processing unit cloud platform for artificial intelligence that’s focused on offering an alternative to Nvidia Corp.’s market dominance through Advanced Micro Devices Inc. chips, announced today that it has raised $100 million in an early-stage funding round led by Magnetar and AMD Ventures. The Series A funding builds on the company’s ...
Robinhood to acquire Canadian crypto exchange WonderFi for $179M
Online stockbroker and trading giant Robinhood Markets Inc. announced today it has agreed to acquire WonderFi Technologies Inc., a Canadian digital asset and cryptocurrency trading firm for CA$250M, or $179 million, in an all-cash deal. Founded in 2021, WonderFi operates two of Canada’s largest regulated crypto trading platforms, BitBuy and Coinsquare. Together, they handle over ...
Vectara launches Hallucination Corrector to increase the reliability of enterprise AI
Artificial intelligence agent and assistant platform provider Vectara Inc. today announced the launch of a new Hallucination Corrector directly integrated into its service, designed to detect and mitigate costly, unreliable responses from enterprise AI models. Hallucinations, when generative AI large language models confidently provide false information, have long plagued the industry. For traditional models, it’s ...
Moderne and Diffblue team up to use AI for faster, more cost-effective app modernization
Automated code refactoring company Moderne Inc. and artificial intelligence-powered unit test writing agent developer Diffblue Ltd. today announced a partnership to deliver an integrated solution for enterprise application modernization. By joining forces, the two companies aim to help large organizations will be able to upgrade and modernize applications based on extremely large codebases with greater ...