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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 ...
DataRobot introduces observability with real-time intervention capability for generative AI
Artificial intelligence startup DataRobot Inc. today announced updates to its generative AI offering that will give businesses and developers observability features with real-time intervention capabilities to increase confidence when running models in production environments. The new capabilities allow enterprise teams to manage generative AI models running in all environments, including cloud, on-premises and the cloud, to execute them in ...
MongoDB announces updates to power generative AI development
Cloud database provider MongoDB Inc. today announced several new updates at its developer conference MongoDB.local NYC that will make it easier for developers to build, run and deploy generative artificial intelligence applications. The company announced new capabilities for MongoDB Atlas, a fully managed cloud database that can handle the complex task of deploying and scaling database systems, ...
MongoDB launches ‘one-stop shop’ program for enterprises to build generative AI solutions
Cloud database provider MongoDB Inc. today announced the launch of a program that will help organizations rapidly build and deploy modern applications using generative artificial intelligence technology on an enterprise scale, in partnership with advisory, professional services and end-to-end technology stacks for hosting. The company said the new project, called the MongoDB AI Applications Program, is designed to be a ...
Atlassian launches Rovo generative AI-powered assistant
Atlassian Corp. Plc. today launched Rovo, a new generative artificial intelligence knowledge discovery product that extracts data from a company’s internal tools and can help find information stored in them and then act on it. Powered by Atlassian Intelligence, a generative AI offering the company launched a year ago, that brought AI services and models into its products, Rovo helps companies find information lost ...