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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 ...
New Gen unveils intelligent web storefronts for retailers to take advantage of ‘agentic commerce’
New Generation, a technology company that builds solutions for artificial intelligence interactions, today announced that its platform can build storefronts for e-retailers that can power secure, AI-initiated transitions and embedded payment flows. A new trend happening across the retail internet is powered by AI agents, which can shop on behalf of users. These artificial shoppers ...
Monday.com debuts AI tools to help users build, automate and execute work
Cloud project management provider Monday.com Ltd. today unveiled three artificial intelligence-powered updates to its platform, aimed at boosting productivity and helping users build advanced work solutions without requiring technical expertise. The new additions include monday sidekick, a context-aware AI assistant; monday magic, a quick way for users to instantly build complete functional workflows within the ...
Docker launches new capabilities to support AI agent development
Docker Inc. today announced the launch of major new capabilities designed to make it dramatically easier to build, run and deploy agentic AI applications. The company, which helps ease the building, testing and deploying of applications by packaging them in lightweight, portable software containers, said it’s extending its Docker Compose tool to support AI agents and ...
Zoom delivers new agentic AI capabilities to help users save time
Zoom Video Communications Inc. introduced new agent-based artificial intelligence capabilities to its platform today, aimed at helping users orchestrate tasks to save time during their workday. The platform’s new Custom AI Companion add-on can now connect to more than 16 third-party apps without leaving Zoom. Additionally, the AI Companion add-on is available for online purchase ...
Deepgram launches Saga: an AI-powered voice interface for developers
Deepgram Inc., the developer of an artificial intelligence platform specializing in speech synthesis and conversational technologies for the enterprise, today announced a voice-powered “operating system” designed specifically for developers. The new tool is called Saga and it acts as a universal voice interface that embeds directly into developer environments, allowing them to control their tools ...
Data privacy startup Didomi acquires Sourcepoint to advance consent and compliance
Didomi SAS, a Paris-based startup that builds data privacy solutions for the enterprise, today announced that it has acquired Sourcepoint Technologies Inc., a data privacy technology company that combines user consent and data collection. Founded in 2017, Didomi offers consent management solutions that assist companies in collecting, managing and respecting user privacy across websites, apps ...
Vidu updates Q1 AI video generation model to handle up to seven image inputs
Vidu AI, a generative artificial intelligence video platform developed by Chinese firm ShengShu Technology, today announced an update to its latest Q1 model featuring an advanced “reference-to-video” feature powered by semantic understanding. The company is developing a generative video AI model that competes with OpenAI’s Sora, which can produce vivid video sequences. The update allows ...