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Startup Flow raises $4M to iterate on parallel processing tech that massively accelerates any CPU
Finnish startup Flow Computing Oy today revealed seemingly outlandish plans to transform the chip industry with a new Parallel Processing Unit that it says can boost the performance of any central processing unit by an incredible 100 times. The stunning claim came as the company announced $4 million in pre-seed funding from a number of ...
Construction of Intel’s new $25B chip fab in Israel grinds to a halt
Intel Corp. has reportedly paused construction work at its new $25 billion semiconductor manufacturing plant in Kiryat Gat in Israel, according to local media reports. Calcalist and several other news sites reported today that Intel has told a local infrastructure construction firm to halt work on the project indefinitely. In a statement to Reuters, Intel tacitly admitted ...
Big cloud AI deals with Google and OpenAI send Oracle’s stock higher, despite earnings miss
Oracle Corp. posted fiscal fourth-quarter earnings and revenue that came in below analyst’s forecasts, but its stock price soared in extended trading after it announced key deals with Google LLC and OpenAI that will see it host more database and artificial intelligence workloads in the cloud. In a statement today, Oracle said it’s bringing its ...
Apica integrates complex data management capabilities to enhance application observability
Application monitoring and data management startup Apica AB has finally delivered on the integrations it promised following its recent acquisitions of Logiq.ai LLC and Circonus Inc. The company said today that its newly enhanced products will provide deeper insights into data management and make it easier for customers to benefit from them. The revamped Apica Ascent ...
Automation Anywhere levels up business process automation with generative AI
Business process automation software firm Automation Anywhere Inc. used its annual user conference today to unveil a new AI + Automation Enterprise System that infuses the latest advances in generative artificial intelligence with its products. The new offering was announced at Imagine 2024, and is built around a series of new AI agents built using ...
AI-powered voice clarity startup Tomato.ai launches with $2.1M in seed funding
Tomato.ai Inc., an artificial intelligence startup that’s using generative AI to improve voice communications, said today it has closed a $2.1 million seed funding round. The investment was led by existing investors Cardumen Capital and Recursive Ventures, and saw participation from new investor Gaingels. The announcement of the funding coincides with the launch of Tomato.ai’s first ...
AuthenticID debuts new algorithms to identify when deepfakes are being used to trick ID verification tools
Identity verification and fraud detection technology startup AuthenticID Inc. today launched a new tool that uses proprietary algorithms to detect so-called “deepfakes” and prevent generative AI injection attacks. Deepfakes are fake videos, photos and audio recordings created using generative AI, and they have become a real problem on social media, as they can show real people ...
Salesforce enhances Consumer Goods Cloud with productivity-boosting AI
Salesforce Inc. said today it’s boosting its Consumer Goods Cloud with new artificial intelligence and data capabilities that aim to boost productivity in retailer’s and supplier’s route-to-market processes. The Salesforce Consumer Goods Cloud platform provides tools that help companies to unlock and unify customer data and industry market research. It’s most often used by account ...
AI accuracy startup Galileo’s new Evaluation Foundation Model suite is designed to evaluate LLMs
Generative artificial intelligence evaluation startup Galileo Technologies Inc. said today it’s launching the industry’s first family of “evaluation foundation models,” which have been customized to evaluate the performance of large language models such as OpenAI’s GPT-4o and Google LLC’s Gemini Pro. The Luna EFM models were developed by Galileo in response to the AI industry’s ...
Qlik debuts new data integration and curation tools for generative AI systems
Data integration platform provider Qlik Tech International AB this week debuted a new product called the Qlik Talend Cloud, saying it’s designed to deliver high-quality, trusted data to artificial intelligence systems. It was announced alongside a new generative AI assistant that promises to help companies make better use of their unstructured data. The announcements came earlier ...