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Sapien raises $5M to gamify data labeling for AI models
Sapien AI Corp., a data labeling company, today announced it raised $5 million in a seed funding round to build out its service of providing high-quality annotation and labeling for training artificial intelligence models. A startup founded in 2023, Sapien helps companies build better AI models by providing a marketplace for premium human-labeled training data. ...
Google updates its Gemma AI model family with variants for coding and research
Google LLC announced Tuesday the first new additions to its Gemma family of lightweight, open-source artificial intelligence large language models that will add coding capabilities and research experimentation opportunities. The Gemma models share technical components with Google’s Gemini model, which is the most complex and powerful model that the company has produced to date. Gemini underlies the company’s Gemini AI ...
Monad Labs raises $225M for Ethereum competitor layer-1 blockchain
Monad Labs Inc., the maker of the Ethereum-compatible blockchain Monad, today announced that it has raised $225 million in new funding led by Paradigm with the aim to accelerate the development of its scalable network capable of high transaction speeds. Other investors joining the round included Electric Capital, GreenOaks, Castle Island Ventures, Animoca Ventures, Lightspeed Faction, Coinbase ...
Beyond Transformers: Symbolica launches with $33M to change the AI industry with symbolic models
Artificial intelligence startup Symbolica AI launched today with an original approach to building generative AI models. The company is aiming to tackle the expensive mechanisms behind training and deploying large language models such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT that are based on Transformer architecture. Alongside that news, it also revealed today that it has raised $33 million in total funding ...
Mode Inc. raises $8.75M to build generative AI assistant for the internet of things
San Mateo, California-based Mode Inc. today announced it raised $8.75 million in new funding to accelerate the development of its generative artificial intelligence assistant for factories and construction sites using internet of things technology. The Series B funding round included investments from SBI Investment Co. Ltd., True Ventures, JR East Startup Co. Ltd. and Daiichi Jitsugyo Co. ...
Workspace updated with Google Vids, a generative AI-powered video service
Customers who subscribe to premium features for Google LLC’s Workspace productivity tools will get access to new features with upcoming generative artificial intelligence capabilities powered by the company’s AI model Gemini, starting with Google Vids, a new AI-powered video creation app. Today at its Google Cloud Next ’24 event in Las Vegas, the company also ...
Google unleashes powerful Gemini data tools, generative AI agent creation for developers
Google Cloud strengthened its artificial intelligence tools for databases and developers today with the addition of its most powerful generative AI model Gemini that will provide integrations for the analysis of data and the creation of AI agents. Today at Google Cloud Next ’24, the company announced updates to how databases and data are managed with ...
Cisco, IBM, Accenture and others join forces to address AI’s impact on the workforce
Artificial intelligence is set to change the global workforce dramatically, and to help tackle that issue, a group of the world’s largest technology companies announced the launch of a consortium to focus on jobs most likely to be impacted by AI. The new group, called the AI-Enabled Information and Communication Technology Workforce Consortium, includes Cisco Systems ...
Cohere releases Command R+ AI model designed for enterprise-scale use
Artificial intelligence startup Cohere Inc. today announced the launch of a new large language model, Command R+, designed to support real-world enterprise business workflows and use cases. Cohere said Command R+ represents the most powerful, scalable LLM developed by the company to date and joins the R-series of models focused on balancing accuracy and efficiency to deliver ...
LightLink closes $6.2M extended seed round for Ethereum L2 blockchain with no fees
LightLink Network Ltd., an Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain that offers enterprises the ability to run decentralized apps with no fees, today announced the close of a $6.2 million extended seed round that will help the company grow its distributed ledger offering. The extension brings $1.7 million in new investments with participation from MH Ventures and ...