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The future of artificial intelligence will be dominated by AI agents, and OpenAI is now trying to accelerate that reality by letting developers build their own. Today the AI company announced the availability of a new “Responses API,” which simplifies the process of …
AI agent-powered compliance automation startup Norm Ai raises $48M
Norm Ai Inc., a developer of artificial intelligence agents focused on regulatory compliance, said today it has closed on a $48 million funding round that brings its total amount raised to $87 million. Today’s round was led by Coatue and saw participation …
With FlashBlade//EXA, Pure Storage helps enterprises keep data-hungry GPUs fed to accelerate AI workloads
Data center infrastructure provider Pure Storage Inc. says it’s stepping up to take care of the industry’s rising demand for high-performance storage systems that can scale to keep up with the most advanced artificial intelligence models. The company today announced a new and …
Lila Sciences raises $200M to accelerate autonomous scientific research
Artificial intelligence-powered scientific discovery startup Lila Sciences is the latest company to emerge from Flagship Pioneering Inc.’s biotechnology incubator, and it’s backed by a staggering $200 million in seed funding. The startup, which aims to leverage powerful AI algorithms to lead autonomous …
Oracle misses expectations and guidance was also weak, sending its stock lower
Shares of the database and business software giant Oracle Corp. headed lower in extended trading today after it missed analysts’ expectations for its latest financial results. The company did reiterate its bullish stance on artificial intelligence and the prospects for its cloud infrastructure …
SambaNova debuts framework for lower-cost, open-source deep research agents
Artificial intelligence chip startup SambaNova Systems Inc. said today it has developed a new framework for AI-powered “deep research” that can generate in-depth reports up to three times faster, and at much lower cost, than is possible with existing research-focused systems. The …
China’s new AI agent Manus gets global attention for its autonomous smarts
Just weeks after Chinese artificial intelligence developer DeepSeek Ltd. shocked the world with its low-cost alternative to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, another Chinese startup is making similar noise, releasing what it claims is one of the most advanced autonomous AI systems yet available. It’s …
Scale AI faces probe amid allegations that it’s underpaying its data labeling contractors
The data labeling startup Scale AI Inc. is being investigated by the U.S. Department of Labor, amid suspicions that it’s violating the Fair Labor Standards Act, the company said today. The Labor probe is investigating Scale AI’s compliance with fair pay standards …
HPE to lay off 2,500 staff as stock craters on mixed earnings results and tariffs
Shares of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. cratered in extended trading today after the company’s fiscal first-quarter earnings results were overshadowed by a big round of layoffs and a warning that incoming tariffs are likely to affect its results in the future. The …
Broadcom’s stock bounces back on strong earnings and guidance powered by AI chip demand
The computer chipmaker Broadcom Inc. posted better-than-expected financial results and offered a strong forecast for its fiscal second-quarter revenue, citing continued strong demand for its custom artificial intelligence chips. The strong results helped to ease concerns about beaten-down AI stocks, which surfaced …