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DataRobot makes life easier for data scientists with integrated AI model notebooks
Artificial intelligence startup DataRobot Inc. today announced the availability of a new feature called DataRobot Notebooks, a fully integrated notebooks solution within the DataRobot AI platform. The aim is to make it easier for data scientists to create a notebook with one click and collaborate across code-based workflows. DataRobot is the creator of an artificial intelligence ...
Apple reportedly hoping to ditch Qualcomm and launch its own modem chips in 2024
Apple Inc. is looking to reduce its reliance on the chipmaker Qualcomm Inc., and to do that it has been working on developing its own modem chip for a number of years, according to a report today in Bloomberg. That work has progressed, and Apple could introduce its own chip in some devices by the end ...
Worlds Enterprises raises $21.2M to build digital twins in the industrial metaverse
Industrial metaverse startup Worlds Enterprises Inc. is hoping to onboard more enterprises into the world of digital twins after closing on a $21.2 million Series A1 round of funding today. The round was led by Moneta Ventures and saw the participation of Chevron Technology Ventures, Piva Capital, Perot Jain and Capital Factory, the company said ...
Oxford Ionics raises $30M to build highly scalable quantum processors based on trapped ions
British quantum computing startup Oxford Ionics Ltd. said today it has raised $30 million in an early-stage funding round led by some of the world’s leading quantum technology investors. The Series A round, led by Oxford Science Enterprises and Bravoos Investment Advisers, also saw participation from Lansdowne Partners, Prosus Ventures, 2xN, Torch Partners and Hermann ...
Qualcomm partners with Iridium to enable satellite-based messaging on Android smartphones
Chipmaker Qualcomm Inc. said today it’s partnering with Iridium Communications Inc. to bring satellite-based messaging to high-end Android smartphones, allowing them to communicate without WiFi-based internet connectivity. The companies said the new technology has a number of potential use cases, including enabling SOS services, SMS texts and other low-bandwidth messaging applications. Such services would be ...
Apple brings AI narration to audiobooks
Apple Inc. has made audiobooks narrated by a text-to-speech artificial intelligence algorithm available through Apple Books. The digital narration feature, as it’s called, is designed to make audiobooks more accessible by reducing the complexity and costs of creating them. The current model for audiobook production generally involves authors either narrating their own books, or hiring someone ...
OpenAI, the startup behind ChatGPT, discusses tender offer that could value it at $29B
OpenAI Inc., the startup behind the artificial intelligence-powered chatbot tool ChatGPT, is the subject of a tender offer from investors that could see its valuation soar to as much as $29 billion. A report from the Wall Street Journal today claims that venture capitalist firms Founders Fund and Thrive Capital are in talks to invest ...
AI startup eYs3D debuts computer vision platform for autonomous robots
Artificial intelligence startup eYs3D Microelectronics Co. is bringing computer vision-based image processing capabilities to all manner of autonomous robotic applications and smart city devices with the launch of its new development platform today. Announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, eYs3D’s computer vision development platform is called XINK, and is both a platform-as-a-service ...
Report: Autonomous driving startup Gatik seeks backing from Microsoft
Microsoft Corp. is said to be planning a $10 million investment in the autonomous driving startup Gatik AI Inc. as part of a financing round that would value the smaller company at more than $700 million, Reuters reported today, citing people familiar with the matter. Gatik, which is already a Microsoft cloud customer, will agree to ...
Elon Musk’s SpaceX seeking to raise $750M from Andreessen Horowitz and other investors
Elon Musk’s spacecraft manufacturer and satellite communications firms SpaceX Corp. is close to completing a massive $750 million round of private funding that would bring its value to $137 billion, according to an exclusive report by CNBC. The news follows a report from Bloomberg last month that SpaceX had allowed insiders to sell their stakes ...
