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Digital assets firm HashKey raises $100M at over $1.2B valuation
Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange and digital assets financial services company HashKey Group said today that it has raised nearly $100 million in an early-stage funding round at a pre-money valuation of more than $1.2 billion. The company said in its announcement that existing and new investors joined in the Series A round, but did not reveal their ...
Crypto firm Genesis settles with NYDFS, pays $8M fine and forfeits BitLicense
The New York Department of Financial Services announced today a settlement with cryptocurrency spot-trading firm Genesis Global Trading Inc. requiring it to pay an $8 million fine and give up its license to operate with virtual currencies in New York. According to a statement from the NYDFS, following an investigation of the firm, the department discovered that ...
Space logistics outfit D-Orbit raises $110M
Space logistics services company D-Orbit, which provides companies last-mile assistance for satellites and cargo transfers in orbit around Earth, said today that it has raised $110 million in new funding to expand its services and operational capabilities. The company’s Series C funding round, one of the largest ever for a European space technology company, was led ...
USDC stablecoin issuer Circle files for IPO in the US
Circle Internet Financial Inc., the issuer of a cryptocurrency pegged to the U.S. dollar, has filed for an initial public offering enabling it to sell shares and become a publicly traded company. The company announced today that it confidentially filed a draft registration form S-1 with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission that will allow it ...
Casper Labs announces blockchain-based AI governance tool built using IBM’s watsonx platform
Casper Labs, a flexible blockchain solutions company, today announced that it’s working with IBM Corp. to build an artificial intelligence governance tool that uses decentralized ledger technology to introduce version control, monitoring and access controls for AI models. In an interview with SiliconANGLE, Casper Labs Chief Executive Mrinal Manohar said that starting in May of ...
Quora raises $75M, led by a16z, for its Poe AI chatbot creator program
Question-and-answer forum site Quora Inc. said Tuesday that it has raised $75 million in new funding led by Andreessen Horowitz to accelerate the growth of its artificial intelligence chatbot platform Poe AI, which allows users to create and make money from their own bots. While most other companies have focused on building bigger and better generative AI models to ...
Contents.com raises $18M for AI-driven multilingual enterprise content generation
Milan-based Contents.com, a startup that uses artificial intelligence to provide multilingual content generation services, announced Monday the company has raised $18 million in new funding to grow its multiple large language model generative AI platform. The company’s Series B fundraise was led by Alkemia Capital and Thomson Reuters Ventures. FNDX and Invictus Capital also contributed to the round. ...
Web3 AI data marketplace Ta-da raises $3.5M to expand operations
Ta-da, an artificial intelligence data marketplace that uses blockchain technology to gamify the process of verifying AI data, announced Monday that it has raised $3.5 million led by Morningstar Ventures to develop and expand its operations. The company was founded on the idea that high-quality data for AI datasets is difficult and expensive to obtain. ...
Apple Vision Pro will ship to US customers Feb. 2
The highly anticipated mixed reality Apple Vision Pro headset from Apple Inc. will launch in the U.S. and ship to customers on Feb. 2, the company said today, with pre-orders beginning on Jan. 19. The Vision Pro is a mixed reality device, meaning that it provides users the capability of immersive virtual reality experiences and blended digital and ...
Xreal releases $699 Air 2 Ultra augmented reality glasses
Xreal Inc., formerly Nreal, announced the launch of the Xreal Air 2 Ultra augmented reality glasses ahead of CES 2024 on Sunday, featuring new 3D sensors and computer vision capabilities for mapping virtual objects onto surroundings. The new wearable AR glasses feature a sleek titanium ring frame with a “wayfarer-esque design” that weighs about 80 grams. They’re ...