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Software containerization company Docker Inc. is looking to grow its reputation as an emerging artificial intelligence development hub with the launch of two new offerings based on the emerging Model Context Protocol standard created by its partner Anthropic PBC. Today, it’s announcing …
Manychat gets $140 million to expand social chat with AI agents
Conversational artificial intelligence startup Manychat Inc. said today it has closed on a $140 million growth capital fundraise as it looks to automate more social media interactions for brands, creators, e-commerce businesses and marketing agencies. Today’s round was led by Summit Partners …
Hopper raises $7.6M to accelerate software development with streamlined risk management
A startup called Hopper Inc. says it wants to transform the way enterprises deal with open-source software security risks after raising $7.6 million in seed funding today. The round was co-led by Meron Capital and New Era, and saw participation from numerous …
IBM’s open-source TerraMind AI uses 9 data modalities to transform Earth observation
IBM Corp. is partnering with the European Space Agency to create an artificial intelligence system that will keep tabs on climate change and other global issues, such as water scarcity, in real time using space-based data. IBM says the new system, called …
Google hits back as DOJ pushes to break its stranglehold on web search
The future of Google LLC is up in the air amid a high-stakes courtroom battle that kicked off today, beginning three weeks of hearings to determine how it’s punished for using its revolutionary search engine to establish an illegal monopoly. The proceedings, …
Databricks buys feature engineering startup Fennel to enhance AI model development
Databricks Inc. said today it has swooped to acquire a young company called Fennel AI Inc. for an undisclosed price so it can enhance its data intelligence platform with real-time feature engineering capabilities. According to Databricks, Fennel has developed a modern, incremental …
AI evaluation platform LMArena is becoming a real startup
The founders of the popular generative artificial intelligence benchmarking platform LMArena have said they’re founding an official company called Arena Intelligence Inc. to help them improve the project in future. LMArena’s founders wrote in a blog post today that the new company will …
Foundation EGI raises $7.6M to transform manufacturing with ‘engineering general intelligence’
A startup called Foundation EGI says it’s ready to transform product design, development and lifecycle management with artificial intelligence agents after raising $7.6 million in seed funding. Today’s oversubscribed round was led by investors including E14 Fund, Union Lab Ventures, Stata Venture …
Monte Carlo puts AI agents to work on data reliability
Big-data observability startup Monte Carlo Data Inc. is the latest technology company to jump on the agentic artificial intelligence craze, launching a suite of Observability Agents designed to automate monitoring and speed up incident response times. The suite consists of two AI …
China’s DeepSeek labeled national security threat in bipartisan House committee report
A bipartisan House committee said today that the Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek Ltd. represents a “profound threat” to America’s national security, accusing it of serving as an “open-source intelligence asset” that funnels data on U.S. users back to China. The House …