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Amazon.com Inc. Chief Executive Andy Jassy doubled down on the need for his company to invest heavily in artificial intelligence infrastructure, saying it must spend billions of dollars now to be able to participate in a “once-in-a-lifetime reinvention of everything we know.” …
Fern gets $9M in funding to automate the creation and maintenance of software development kits
A startup called Fern is on a mission to simplify the maintenance of software development kits and their associated documentation after raising $9 million in an early-stage round of funding today. The Series A round was led by high profile investors Bessemer …
Observability startup Groundcover bags $35M in new funding to take on Datadog
Application observability startup Groundcover Ltd. wants to muscle in on an industry dominated by the likes of Datadog Inc. and New Relic Inc. after getting $35 million in fresh funding. Today’s Series B round was led by Zeev Ventures and saw participation …
Snowflake to begin military service after obtaining Department of Defense IL5 authorization
Snowflake Inc. says it’s ready to begin its military service after achieving a key authorization that certifies its cloud data warehouse technologies are suitable for storing sensitive, but not classified, information. The company said today it has achieved Department of Defense Impact …
Google’s cloud-based AI Hypercomputer gets new workhorse with Ironwood TPU
Google Cloud is revving up its AI Hypercomputer infrastructure stack for the next generation of artificial intelligence workloads with its most advanced tensor processing unit chipset. The new Ironwood TPU was announced today at Google Cloud Next 2025, alongside dozens of other …
With agentic AI, Google Cloud is transforming almost every aspect of app development
Google Cloud said today it’s aiming to accelerate application development by integrating generative artificial intelligence-powered assistance at every stage of the process in an effort to turbocharge the capabilities of human software developers. At its annual developer conference, Google Cloud Next 2025, …
Google uses AI wizardry to recreate ‘The Wizard of Oz’ in fully immersive 3D
“The Wizard of Oz” is being transformed into an immersive 3D experience unlike anything anyone has ever seen, thanks to the use of entirely new artificial intelligence techniques that enhance its resolution and generate additional scenery to fit a gigantic, wraparound LED …
Docker’s latest release provides a foundation for local AI model development
Docker Inc., a company that’s best known for its containerized software development tools, is turning its attention to generative artificial intelligence with the launch of a new service called the Docker Model Runner. In a blog post, Docker said Model Runner is …
British GPU-as-a-service startup NexGen Cloud raises $45M
U.K.-based graphics processing unit cloud company NexGen Cloud Ltd. said today it has closed on a $45 million Series A round of funding to fuel its ambition of becoming the artificial intelligence infrastructure platform of choice for European companies. Today’s round was …
IBM revamps the venerable mainframe to run generative AI workloads and agents
IBM Corp. is bringing the mainframe into the modern age with the latest version of its venerable hardware powered by a new processor that supports generative artificial intelligence and AI agent workloads. The company lifted the lid on the new IBM z17 …