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Earned wage access startup Tapcheck Inc. said today it’s looking to expand on-demand pay access to millions of new workers after raising $225 million in funding. The money comes from a $25 million Series A extension round led by existing investor PeakSpan …
Tech industry braces for fresh tariffs as Trump insists nobody is ‘getting off the hook’
Just when the technology industry thought it was safe from U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade tariffs, the White House has done a U-turn, walking back an exemption announced on select electronics late Friday. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Sunday that the decision …
Silicon photonics startup nEye raises $58M to light up AI data centers
Optical networking chip startup nEye Systems Inc. wants to become the nerve center for artificial intelligence data centers after closing on $58 million in funding from a host of big tech heavyweights. Today’s Series B round was led by CapitalG, a growth-stage …
Amazon’s Andy Jassy reiterates the need to spend billions on building out AI infrastructure
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 …