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Meta Platforms transforms audio editing with prompt-based sound separation
Meta Platforms Inc. is bringing prompt-based editing to the world of sound with a new model called SAM Audio that can segment individual sounds from complex audio recordings. The new model, available today through Meta’s Segment Anything Playground, has the potential to transform audio editing into a streamlined process that’s far more fluid than the ...
Vital Lyfe raises $24M in funding to make any kind of water source clean enough to drink
Vital Lyfe, a startup founded by former SpaceX Corp. engineers to make clean drinking water available anywhere on Earth, revealed today that it has raised $24 million in seed funding. The startup says it has developed an entirely novel kind of autonomous and portable “water-making technology” that relies on desalination and operates independently of traditional ...
Adobe Firefly’s newest update enables users to direct, rather than generate, AI video
Adobe Inc. is revamping the video creation capabilities within its Firefly suite of artificial intelligence models. In a major update to its AI video generation tool, it’s adding more powerful editing capabilities and precise motion controls, along with video upscaling in Firefly Boards. In addition, it’s announcing the full beta launch of Firefly video editor, ...
Vulnerability-free container image startup Echo Software raises $35M
Echo Software Ltd., a startup that’s using artificial intelligence agents to secure container images at the base layer, said today it has raised $35 million in an early-stage funding, just four months after closing on its $15 million seed raise. The Series A round was led by N47 and saw participation from Notable Capital, Hyperwise ...
Call center chatbot startup PolyAI raises $86M at a $750M valuation
London-based artificial intelligence startup PolyAI Ltd. said today it has raised $86 million in late-stage funding at a $750 million valuation for its agentic chatbot platform that automates customer interactions for casinos, banks, hospitals and other enterprises. Today’s Series D round was led by Georgian, Hedosophia and Khosla Ventures. Also participating were Nvidia Corp.’s venture ...
Medra, a developer of AI-powered lab robots and scientists to advance drug discovery, raises $52M
Medra, an artificial intelligence startup focused on drug discovery, has raised $52 million in early-stage funding to try to integrate powerful large language models with physical systems that can perform real-world lab experiments and truly automate science. The Series A round, announced today, was led by Human Capital, along with participation from existing investors such as ...
AI inference startup Runware raises $50M to make AI run faster
Artificial intelligence startup Runware Ltd. wants to make high-performance inference accessible to every company and application developer after raising $50 million in an early-stage funding round. Announced today, the Series A round is backed by some significant investors, including Dawn Capital, which led it, plus Comcast Ventures, Insight Partners, a16z Speedrun and Speedinvest. It brings Runware’s ...
Broadcom’s stock falls despite another crushing earnings and revenue beat
Chipmaking giant Broadcom Inc. today posted another stellar earnings and revenue beat in its fourth quarter, before following up with strong guidance driven by the market’s insatiable demand for artificial intelligence processors. The company reported earnings before certain costs such as stock compensation of $1.95 per share, easily beating the analyst consensus estimate of $1.86. Revenue ...
Vectara’s new Tool Validator promises to prevent AI agent planning errors
A startup called Vectara Inc. wants to help enterprises safeguard themselves against any potential damage or problems caused by artificial intelligence agents, and its solution is yet another agent. The company today announced the immediate availability of its new Tool Validator agent, the second in its family of “Guardian Agents.” They’re designed to enforce governance ...
Couchbase puts AI data and services into a single platform to simplify agent development
Cloud database company Couchbase Inc. said today it’s trying to reduce the complexity of agentic application development with the launch of a new suite of AI Services that bundle model hosting and data processing capabilities into a single platform. The company is looking to streamline the development of artificial intelligence-powered “agents” that can automate complex ...