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Continuous software delivery startup Harness deploys generative AI assistant to ease developer headaches
Continuous software delivery startup Harness Inc. said today it’s now able to harness the potential of generative artificial intelligence to help users automate many key aspects of software development. The company says its AI Development Assistant will be integrated across all of its workflows and capabilities, including continuous integration, continuous deployment, cloud cost management and ...
DevOps platform-as-a-service startup Render raises $50M
DevOps cloud platform startup Render Services Inc. said today it has closed on a $50 million funding round, bringing its total amount raised to date to $76.8 million. Today’s Series B round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners and included participation from existing backers such as Addition, General Catalyst and the South Park Commons Fund. ...
HPE debuts GreenLake for LLMs, an advanced cloud for generative AI workloads
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. is expanding its flagship HPE GreenLake portfolio to provide access to large language models that power generative artificial intelligence. Enterprise will now be able to access LLMs on-demand via a multitenant supercomputing cloud service in order to train, fine-tune and deploy AI models via a sustainable supercomputing platform, HPE said. HPE ...
HPE expands GreenLake with new cloud services, SaaS offerings and private cloud options
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. said today it’s massively expanding the capabilities of its HPE Greenlake edge-to-cloud platform, integrating software from OpsRamp Inc., the infrastructure monitoring startup it acquired earlier this year. It’s also adding new software-as-a-service offerings for backup and machine learning, expanding the HPE Greenlake private cloud portfolio, and extending its partnerships with Amazon ...
Qualcomm demonstrates cutting-edge generative AI applications running at the edge
Smartphone chip maker Qualcomm Inc. took to the stage at the annual IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition today to announce its latest advancements in running generative artificial intelligence at the edge. The company showcased various new generative AI applications, including a new image generation model, a large language model-based fitness coach and a ...
Intel to invest $25B in Israeli chip manufacturing plants
Chipmaker Intel Corp. has committed to building a new manufacturing plant in Kiryat Gat, Israel, as part of an ongoing effort to diversify its production operations away from Asia. The deal was announced by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today, and Intel separately confirmed that it’s intending to expand its manufacturing capacity in the country, ...
Strong earnings results and AI buzz send Adobe’s stock higher
Shares Adobe Inc. moved higher in extended trading today after the design software company delivered record fiscal second-quarter revenue and beat Wall Street’s expectations. The company reported net income for the quarter of $1.3 billion, rising slightly from the $1.2 billion profit it delivered in the same period a year ago. Earnings before certain costs ...
Blackbird.AI raises $20M to help brands combat disinformation and false narratives
Blackbird.AI, a startup that provides artificial intelligence-powered narrative and risk intelligence to enterprises, said today it has closed on a $20 million round of funding, bringing its total amount raised to $30 million. Today’s Series B round was led by Ten Eleven Ventures and saw participation from existing investors Dorilton Capital, Generation Ventures StartFast Ventures ...
Dremio leverages generative AI for data discovery with Text-to-SQL and more new features
Data lakehouse company Dremio Corp. is jumping on the generative artificial intelligence bandwagon, launching a new Text-to-SQL capability today and announcing additional features to come later. The company said the updates are all about empowering customers with more innovative tools for data exploration, analysis and discovery across both cloud and on-premises systems. Dremio is a ...
Deepchecks raises $14M to validate machine learning models continuously
Continuous machine learning validation startup Deepchecks Ltd. has made its platform generally available today after closing on a $14 million seed funding round. The round was led by Alpha Wave and included participation from Hetz Ventures and Grove Ventures. Deepchecks was co-founded by Chief Executive Philip Tannor (pictured, right) and Chief Technology Officer Shir Chorev ...