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Observe raises $50M and integrates generative AI to simplify application observability
Software-as-a-service observability specialist Observe Inc. said today it has closed on a $50 million early-stage round of funding led by Sutter Hill Ventures, bringing its total amount raised to date to $164.5 million. The Series A round was announced alongside the launch of Hubble, a new version of its main observability suite that’s said to ...
Live SaaS sales demo automation platform Saleo raises $13M in funding
Saleo Inc., creator of what it says is the first live demo automation platform for software-as-a-service providers, announced today it has closed on a $13 million fundraising. Today’s round was led by Emergence Capital and Tech Square Ventures. Saleo said the money will help expand its product and engineering efforts, grow its go-to-market teams and ...
Alteryx launches no-code AI Studio to simplify the development of generative AI applications
Big-data company Alteryx Inc. is trying to increase its relevance at a time when its stock has come under significant pressure, introducing new artificial intelligence innovations today that include what it says is the industry’s first deployment-agnostic AI studio designed for no-code users. Uniquely, Alteryx’s AI studio leverages generative AI to aid nonskilled workers in ...
Dell enhances its generative AI hardware and software portfolio to cover more extensive use cases
Dell Technologies Inc. said today it’s expanding its suite of generative artificial intelligence infrastructure and services. The computer giant’s generative AI hardware now supports additional use cases, including model tuning and inferencing, allowing customers to deploy their latest models on specialized infrastructure within their own data centers. In addition, Dell announced an expansion of its ...
Intel to spin out programmable chip business, with IPO slated for 2-3 years later
Intel Corp. today announced plans to spin out its programmable chip unit as a standalone business, and will treat it as a separate entity going forward. Ultimately, the chip giant aims to hold an initial public offering for the unit, at which point it would become an independent company. Intel’s Programmable Solutions Group will henceforth have ...
Anthropic seeks huge investment from Google just days after Amazon invested billions
Anthropic has emerged as one of the best-funded rivals to OpenAI LP in generative artificial intelligence, but despite raising billions of dollars already, it’s still seeking more. According to a report today in The Information, Anthropic is now holding talks with investors, including Google LLC, about a new $2 billion funding round. It comes after ...
Asana leans on AI to boost productivity and help companies benchmark their performance
Asana Inc. announced today that it’s integrating artificial intelligence into multiple aspects of its work management platform, taking advantage of its Work Graph architecture to maximize the impact, clarity, accountability and scale of various work-related projects. The company is the creator of a popular freemium work management platform that’s used by thousands of companies to ...
Pulumi raises $41M in funding to grow infrastructure-as-code automation in the cloud
Infrastructure-as-code startup Pulumi Corp. said today it has closed on a $41 million round of funding. Today’s Series C round was led by Madrona and saw participation from NEA, Tola Capital and Strike Capital. It’s the first time Pulumi has sought outside funding since raising $37.5 million back in October 2020. All told, Pulumi has ...
AI startup Cohere takes on OpenAI with new Chat API and Coral demo chatbot
Generative artificial intelligence startup Cohere Inc. is looking to take on rivals such as OpenAI LP more directly with the launch of a new application programming interface that allows developers to integrate its Command large language model into their own applications. In a blog post, Cohere said the Chat API can be used to build ...
Chinese AI chipmaker Enflame raises $237M in late-stage funding round
Chinese artificial intelligence chipmaker Enflame Technology Co. Ltd. has reportedly closed on a bumper 2 billion yuan ($237.7 million) late-stage funding round. Today’s Series D round, first reported by Reuters, is said to be led by a subsidiary of Shanghai International Group Co. Ltd., and saw participation from Tencent Holdings Ltd., the creator of the ...