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Cloud-native cost control startup Cloud Capital Technologies Holdings Inc. said today it’s ready to help enterprises keep a lid on their cloud infrastructure spending after raising $7.7 million in funding. The funding comes via an initial $2.3 million pre-seed round led by …
Relyance AI’s new data tracking tool paves the way for greater AI accountability and explainability
The ambitious big-data governance startup Relyance AI Inc. wants to tackle one of the biggest roadblocks preventing highly regulated enterprises from adopting artificial intelligence with the launch of a new platform called Data Journeys. The company said today that Data Journeys is …
OpenAI says it would jump at the chance to buy Chrome from Google
OpenAI Head of Product Nick Turley has told a judge overseeing the remedy phase of Google LLC’s antitrust trial that his company would be very interested in buying the Chrome browser if given a chance to do so. After Google was found …
Docker to streamline and secure AI software delivery through containerization
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 …