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Biology-focused artificial intelligence startup EvolutionaryScale Inc. said today it has raised $142 million in a seed funding round to transform the way scientists create novel proteins for scientific research. Today’s round was led by Nat Friedman, Daniel Gross and Lux Capital, and …
Transformer model chipmaker Etched.ai raises $120M to challenge Nvidia’s market dominance
Artificial intelligence chip startup Etched.ai Inc. said today it’s looking to rival Nvidia Corp. and become a market leader in dedicated AI chips, after closing on a hefty $120 million early-stage round of funding. The two-year old startup was founded by a …
OpenAI launches ChatGPT app for Mac, but delays release of more advanced chat capabilities
OpenAI said today that its official ChatGPT app for Apple Mac computers is now available to download for all users running macOS Sonoma or later. However, the company is also delaying the rollout of a more eagerly anticipated feature, namely the advanced …
AI startup Emergence AI raises a ton of cash to enhance office worker productivity
Emergence AI, a generative artificial intelligence startup that’s focused on enhancing the productivity of business employees, said today it has closed on a $97.2 million funding round led by Learn Capital. Adding to those funds, it has also secured lines of credit …
Klarity Intelligence raises $70M to automate the document review process
Document intelligence startup Klarity Intelligence Inc. said today it has raised $70 million in new round of funding led by Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross. Scale Venture Partners, Tola Capital, Picus Capital, Invus Capital and Y Combinator also participated. Today’s Series B round, …
Record labels file lawsuits against AI music generators Suno and Udio, alleging widespread copyright infringement
Three major record labels said today they have filed lawsuits against the generative artificial intelligence music startups Suno Inc. and Uncharted Labs Inc., better known as Udio. The two separate lawsuits against Suno and Udio allege that the AI companies have carried …
Oracle unveils generative AI-powered digital assistant for U.S. clinicians
Oracle Corp. is flexing its generative artificial intelligence muscles again with the launch of a new Clinical Digital Assistant for Ambulatory clinics in the U.S. Announced today, the new digital assistant is a mobile offering that integrates clinical intelligence, multimodal voice and …
Rivals Apple and Meta Platforms reportedly discussing generative AI partnership
In a bid not to be left behind in the race to integrate advanced generative artificial capabilities into its hardware, Apple Inc. is reportedly discussing a partnership with its longtime rival Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of Facebook. The proposed partnership …
AI startup Sierra’s new benchmark shows most LLMs fail at more complex tasks
Generative artificial intelligence startup Sierra Technologies Inc. is taking it upon itself to “advance the frontiers of conversational AI agents” with a new benchmark test that evaluates the performance of AI agents in real-world settings. Compared with previous benchmarks, Sierra’s ?-bench goes …
AI chipmaker Cerebras Systems, a competitor to Nvidia, reportedly files for an IPO
Cerebras Systems Inc., the high-powered computer chip startup taking on Nvidia Corp. in the artificial intelligence industry, has reportedly filed confidential paperwork with U.S. securities regulators ahead of an initial public offering on the Nasdaq stock exchange. That’s according to The Information, …