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Networking and cybersecurity startup Todyl raises $50M for all-in-one modular platform
Networking and security startup Todyl Inc. said today it has raised $50 million in new funding to grow its cybersecurity platform that enables companies to combat threats and expand its global presence. Base10 Partners led the Series B investment round with participation from existing investors Anthos Capital, Tech Operators and StoneMill Ventures. This funding brings the total ...
AI startup Hugging Face is looking into open-source robotics
Artificial intelligence startup Hugging Face Inc., best known for operating a hub for hosting open-source machine learning and AI models, is launching a new project focused on robotics under the direction of former Tesla Inc. staff scientist Remi Cadene. The new project, first spotted by VentureBeat, was announced on X, formerly Twitter, by Cadene today in a ...
Utila raises $11.5M to expand enterprise-grade institutional crypto operations platform
Enterprise-grade institutional crypto operations platform Utila Inc. announced Tuesday that it has raised $11.5 million in a seed funding round co-led by NFX, Wing VC and Framework Ventures. Founded in 2022, Utila’s platform assists institutions, trading firms and developers build platforms that deal with digital assets such as bitcoin and Ethereum and handle them using secure wallets. ...
Apple releases iOS 17.4, bringing alternative marketplaces for the EU and other upgrades to iPhone
Apple Inc. released iOS 17.4 to the general public today, officially adding to iPhone devices several new features, including new emoji characters, podcast transcriptions, Apple Cash card numbers and alternative marketplaces for European Union citizens. The new OS is a significant release, bringing a major update for the platform in Europe where Apple has been ...
Salesforce launches Einstein 1 Studio low-code AI customization tools
Salesforce Inc. today rolled out Einstein 1 Studio, a set of low-code tools that will allow developers and administrators to customize the company’s artificial intelligence assistant Einstein Copilot and embed it across any customer management app or AI experience. The company announced the new tools during TrailblazerDX, the company’s annual developer conference, as part of a ...
AI startup Haiper raises $13.8M and releases video creation foundation model
Video-generative artificial intelligence startup Haiper said today it has raised $13.8 million in seed funding led by Octopus Ventures to help the company build its foundation model designed for animated visual content. Founded in late 2021, Haiper is led by two former researchers from DeepMind, Chief Executive Dr. Yishu Miao and Chief Technology Officer Dr. Ziyu Wang, ...
Report: Chinese AI startup MiniMax raises $600M at $2.5B valuation led by Alibaba
Chinese artificial intelligence startup MiniMax is raising at least $600 million in new funds with e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. as a lead investor, according to a report from Bloomberg on Monday. According to sources familiar with the matter the new funds will bring the company’s valuation to more than $2.5 billion. Although the fundraise is ...
Cloudflare announces new defensive AI products for protecting LLMs and companies from attack
Cloudflare Inc., a global cloud connectivity provider company, today announced the development of Firewall for AI to provide companies a layer of protection for artificial intelligence large language models, with an aim to identify potential attacks before they can tamper with critical functionality or access sensitive data. The company also announced a suite of new ...
Ideogram raises $80M as it releases text-to-image model
The artificial intelligence startup Ideogram announced Wednesday that it raised $80 million in new funding led by Andreessen Horowitz as it released the 1.0 version of its text-to-image generative AI model. The Series A round also attracted investments from existing investor Index Ventures and new investors Redpoint Ventures, Pear VC and SV Angel. Andreessen Horowitz co-led the ...
Humanoid AI-driven robotics startup Figure raises $675M at $2.6B valuation
Figure AI Inc., a Sunnyvale, California-based startup developing humanoid-styled bipedal robots, said today it raised $625 million in new funding, increasing the company’s valuation to $2.6 billion. The Series B round sees participation from technology investing giants, including Microsoft Corp., Open AI Startup Fund, Nvidia Corp., Jeff Bezos (through Bezos Expeditions), Parkway Venture Capital, Intel ...