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Thinking Machines, led by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, raises $2B in seed funding
Generative artificial intelligence pioneer Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab Inc. said today it has raised $2 billion, in what is likely to be one of the largest seed funding rounds ever disclosed. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz and saw participation from a host of other illustrious investors, including Nvidia Corp., Accel, ServiceNow Inc., ...
C-Gen.AI’s new GPU orchestration platform promises to boost AI data center efficiency
Artificial intelligence infrastructure startup C-Gen.AI is launching today with a new platform that helps data center operators automate the deployment and maximize the resource utilization of the expensive hardware that powers today’s most advanced AI models. Everybody knows that AI models can help to automate business processes that were previously performed by humans. But until ...
SuperAnnotate snags $13M in funding to take on Scale AI and Surge AI
Artificial intelligence data platform creator SuperAnnotate AI Inc. has closed on a $13 million Series B extension round led by Dell Technologies Capital, bringing its total Series B round to $50 million. SuperAnnotate is a fast-growing startup that’s increasingly seen as a rival to the well-known data labeling platforms Scale AI Inc. – which was ...
Heron raises $16M to automate document-heavy work
Business automation software startup Heron is looking to take on mundane tasks in the business lending, equipment finance and insurance industries after raising $16 million in its Series A round of funding today. The round was led by Insight Partners and saw the participation of a number of other well-known venture capital backers, including Y ...
Data fabric startup Promethium enables self-service data access for AI agents
Data management startup Promethium Inc. has announced a major update to its Instant Data Fabric platform, making it compatible with “agentic” artificial intelligence to enable true “self-service data access at scale.” The revamped platform is being enhanced with the launch of a new agentic chatbot called Mantra. According to the startup, Mantra is a “data ...
Agentic AI startup Asepha bags $4M seed funding to automate pharmacy operations
Pharmacy automation startup Asepha AI says it’s ready to help drug dispensaries overcome their understaffing problems after closing on a $4 million seed funding round today. The round was led by Glasswing Ventures and Core Innovation Capital and saw participation from the likes of Panache, RedBud, MGV and pre-seed investors Ripple Ventures and Front Row ...
NetBox Labs, the central nervous system for AI data centers, gets $35M in funding
Network infrastructure automation startup NetBox Labs Inc. is hopeful of growing its relevance among the world’s biggest data center operators after closing on $35 million in Series B funding today. The round was led by NGP Capital and saw participation from Sorenson Capital and Headline, plus existing investors Flybridge Capital, Notable Capital, Mango Capital, Salesforce ...
Akka strives to create more certainty over AI agent’s behavior and decision-making
Distributed application development platform Akka, officially known as Lightbend Inc., is launching new tools for artificial intelligence developers that it says will reduce the risks associated with agentic AI systems. The company believes that one of the biggest challenges of building AI agents is the complex nature of the distributed systems that power them. To ...
Intel’s RealSense spins out with $50M in funding to help AI humanoid robots see the world
Intel Corp.’s computer vision subsidiary RealSense said today it’s now operating as a standalone company after spinning out from its parent and closing on a $50 million round of funding. The round was led by an unnamed semiconductor private equity firm with participation from strategic investors that included Intel Capital and MediaTek Innovation Fund. It will ...
AWS reportedly set to launch agentic AI marketplace with Anthropic next week
Amazon Web Services Inc. reportedly is set to follow in the footsteps of Microsoft Corp. and Google Cloud and launch a dedicated marketplace for artificial intelligence agents, and its favorite AI developer Anthropic PBC is set to be one of its launch partners. A report by TechCrunch, which cites two anonymous sources familiar with AWS’s plans, said ...