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AMD partners with Rapt AI to automate AI workload management on Instinct GPUs
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said today it’s collaborating with a startup called Rapt AI Inc. to improve artificial intelligence training and inference performance on its Instinct brand of graphics processing units. Rapt AI is the creator of an intelligent platform that uses AI smarts to automate workload management on high-end GPUs, helping to maximize performance ...
Imandra’s new AI coding assistant CodeLogician uses ‘reasoning’ to guarantee the accuracy of its code
A startup called Imandra Inc. says it’s taking artificial intelligence-driven code completion to the next level with the launch of an entirely new and automated reasoning system called CodeLogician. Unlike other large language models designed specifically for code completion tasks, such as GitHub Inc.’s Copilot, CodeLogician is said to be based on a new concept ...
SplxAI gets $7M to block prompt injection attacks on AI agents with automated red teaming
A startup called SplxAI Inc. is pushing for artificial intelligence agent developers to adopt a more offensive approach to security after closing on a $7 million seed funding round today. The round was led by LAUNCHub Ventures and saw participation from Rain Capital, Inovo Runtime Ventures, DNV Ventures and South Central Ventures. Its backers believe ...
Microsoft 365 Copilot gets AI reasoning skills for advanced research and analysis
Microsoft Corp. is enhancing the capabilities of its popular artificial intelligence-powered Copilot tool with the launch late today of its first “deep reasoning” agents, which can solve complex problems in the way a highly skilled professional might do. The new Researcher and Analyst agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot represent the latest evolution of AI agents, ...
Komprise brings more simplicity to petabyte-scale data migrations
Big-data management company Komprise Inc. said today it’s expanding its popular Elastic Data Migration platform, with new capabilities that allow it to automate fully every step of the most complex enterprise data migrations. The company specializes in unstructured data management, and one of its main capabilities is moving this information from on-premises environments to the ...
OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap takes on expanded role as CEO Sam Altman shifts focus to research
OpenAI Chief Operating Officer Brad Lightcap’s role at the company is being expanded, and he’ll henceforth be tasked with running the company’s “business and day-to-day operations,” giving Chief Executive Sam Altman more time to focus on research and products. In a blog post Monday, OpenAI said that Lightcap (pictured), who has been at the company ...
Browser Use raises $17M to help steer AI agents through the internet
Agentic artificial intelligence startup Browser Use believes it can play a critical role in helping so-called AI agents navigate the web after closing on a $17 million funding round Saturday. Felicis Ventures led the round, which also saw participation from A Capital, Nexus Ventures, Y Combinator, Paul Graham, Liquid2, SV Angel, Pioneer Fund and other ...
Rerun gets $17M to build the essential data infrastructure for AI-powered robots, drones and cars
Stockholm-based startup Rerun.io AB announced today it has raised $17 million in seed funding to build out a multimodal data stack for what it calls “physical AI.” Today’s round was led by Point Nine and saw participation from Sunflower Capital and existing investors Costanoa Ventures and Seedcamp. Angel investors such as Vercel Inc. Chief Executive ...
Money-hungry AI search startup Perplexity in talks to raise up to $1B in fresh funding
The artificial intelligence search application company Perpexity AI Inc. is gearing up for yet another mammoth funding round, according to the latest chat from Bloomberg and CNBC. Anonymous sources told Bloomberg that the early-stage discussions with investors could see the company raise between $500 million and $1 billion, and ultimately boost its value to a ...
Micron’s stock falls despite solid jump in revenue from AI memory chips
Updated: Memory chip maker Micron Technology Inc. posted a strong earnings and revenue beat, demonstrating that it’s still enjoying a significant boost from artificial intelligence. Growth in sales of its highest-capacity memory products was rampant, and its stock moved higher after-hours. However, on Friday, its stock was falling more than 7% on another down day ...
