Mike Wheatley, Author at SiliconANGLE

Blockchain

Merit Systems raises $10M to create a new economic model called ‘open-source capitalism’

By Mike Wheatley Jan 16, 2025

A pioneering startup called Merit Systems Inc. is getting a lot of attention today after raising $10 million to create a new economic model for software developers that it calls “open-source capitalism.” Today’s round…

AI

Netradyne raises $90M to encourage safer driving with AI dashcams

By Mike Wheatley Jan 16, 2025

Netradyne Inc., a startup that’s using artificial intelligence and edge computing to try and improve driver safety, said today it has raised $90 million in late-stage funding. Point72 Private Investments led the Series D…

AI

Prophecy raises $47M to automate data pipeline development with generative AI

By Mike Wheatley Jan 16, 2025

Data copilot startup Prophecy Inc. said today it has closed on a $47 million Series B extension round, as it bids to transform how companies access and manipulate their corporate data with generative artificial…

Cloud

NetApp sells Spot and CloudCheckr to cloud cost control company Flexera

By Mike Wheatley Jan 15, 2025

NetApp Inc. is selling a portfolio of its software assets to the cloud cost management specialist Flexera Software LLC. Today’s announcement revealed that Flexera will acquire parts of NetApp’s Spot by NetApp and CloudCheckr products…

Infra

Aligned Data Centers gets $12B to expand its AI compute capacity

By Mike Wheatley Jan 15, 2025

Data center operator Aligned Data Centers LLC said today it has raised a massive $12 billion in funding in order to accelerate the buildout of its artificial intelligence-focused infrastructure. The money came from two…

AI

François Chollet reveals he’s leading a new startup that aims to make AGI a reality

By Mike Wheatley Jan 15, 2025

The respected artificial intelligence researcher François Chollet, who recently departed from Google LLC, has revealed in a series of posts on X that he’s launching a new startup focused on “artificial general intelligence.” In one…

Cloud

ControlMonkey gets $7M in funding to automate cloud infrastructure management with code

By Mike Wheatley Jan 15, 2025

Terraform automation startup ControlMonkey Ltd. said today it has closed on a $7 million seed funding round co-led by Lool Ventures and Joule Ventures, which coincides with the global launch of its platform. Gaia…

AI

Contextual AI launches RAG 2.0 platform to aid in the development of domain-specific AI agents

By Mike Wheatley Jan 15, 2025

Contextual AI Inc., one of the leading players in retrieval-augmented generation systems that can advance the capabilities of large language models, today announced the general availability of its flagship product. With the launch of…

AI

Qbiq raises $16M to automate architectural design and visualization with AI

By Mike Wheatley Jan 15, 2025

Israeli startup QbiqAI Ltd. said today it has closed on a $16 million early-stage funding round to fuel its bid to transform architectural planning with artificial intelligence smarts. The Series A round was led…

Emerging Tech

With $20M in funding, Quantum Brilliance wants to build a diamond-encased mobile quantum computer

By Mike Wheatley Jan 15, 2025

Quantum Brilliance GmbH said today it’s ready to begin mass production of its diamond-based quantum computers after closing on a $20 million early-stage round of funding. Today’s Series A round was led by the…

Mike Wheatley

Merit Systems raises $10M to create a new economic model called ‘open-source capitalism’

Netradyne raises $90M to encourage safer driving with AI dashcams

Prophecy raises $47M to automate data pipeline development with generative AI

Aligned Data Centers gets $12B to expand its AI compute capacity

François Chollet reveals he’s leading a new startup that aims to make AGI a reality

Contextual AI launches RAG 2.0 platform to aid in the development of domain-specific AI agents

Qbiq raises $16M to automate architectural design and visualization with AI

With $20M in funding, Quantum Brilliance wants to build a diamond-encased mobile quantum computer

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