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AI startup Viven raises $35M to create digital twins that fill in for absent team members
An artificial intelligence startup called Viven is pitching the idea of digital twins of enterprise employees that can aid in collaboration after raising $35 million in seed funding. The round, announced today, was led by Khosla Ventures and saw participation from Foundation Capital, FPV Ventures, Operator Collective and a number of angel investors. Viven, officially ...
Meta to use Arm’s energy-efficient Neoverse GPUs for some AI workloads
Meta Platforms Inc. said today it’s working with the British chip designer Arm Holdings Plc and will use its processors to help scale the artificial intelligence systems that drive some of the personalization features on applications such as Facebook and Instagram. The social media giant’s AI-based search ranking and recommendation systems will both be powered ...
MIT spinoff Vertical Semiconductor gets $11M to build more power-efficient AI chips
Vertical Semiconductor Inc. is hoping to crack the power delivery bottleneck in artificial intelligence data centers after closing on an $11 million seed funding round today. The round was led by Playground Global, and saw participation from Jimco Technology Ventures, Milemark-Capital and Shin-etsu. The startup, which likes to go by the name Vertical, was spun out ...
Vantaca raises $300M+ to automate community management with agentic AI
Community association management software provider Vantaca LLC has closed on a bumper $300 million-plus funding round, demonstrating that the potential benefits of artificial intelligence automation are not limited to enterprise and consumer software. Today’s round was led by Cove Hill Partners and saw participation from existing backer JMI Equity, raising the company’s valuation to $1.25 ...
Startup Woz raises $6M to build an ‘AI app factory’ that combines agentic and human expertise
Mobile application development startup Woz Inc. has raised $6 million to take on the emerging “vibe coding” industry with an alternative platform that’s said to combine generative artificial intelligence with human oversight at every step to create “business-ready” mobile apps. The seed funding round announced today was led by Cervin Ventures and saw participation from ...
Intel takes another crack at the AI chip market with its new Crescent Island GPUs
Intel Corp. today announced a new artificial intelligence processor aimed at inference workloads, as it renews its efforts to break into the lucrative market for AI accelerators. The new graphics processing unit, codenamed Crescent Island, is optimized for energy efficiency and will be able to support a wide range of AI applications, said Intel Chief Technology ...
Dexory secures $165M to transform warehouse intelligence with its towering AI robots
Robotics-powered autonomous warehouse intelligence startup Dexory Ltd. wants to expand its operations after landing $165 million in fresh funding today. The company, which uses robots, artificial intelligence and digital twin technologies, said the money came from a $100 million Series C round of funding and a $65 million debt facility. LTS Growth and Endeavor Catalyst ...
AppliedAI’s Opus makes compliant and reliable agentic automation available to every company
Abu Dhabi-based AppliedAI, which prides itself on being “the world’s most boring AI company,” today announced the global availability of its compliant agentic business process management tool Opus, enabling enterprises in the most heavily regulated industries to embrace AI automation. Founded in 2021, AppliedAI specializes in automating mission-critical business workloads for highly regulated enterprises in ...
NetApp’s new AI Data Engine extends its intelligent storage infrastructure to AI workloads
Data storage pioneer NetApp Inc. is building on its vision of an “intelligent data infrastructure” platform that’s fit for the artificial intelligence era with the launch of its new AI Data Engine. Announced at the company’s annual user conference NetApp Insight 2025, it’s a comprehensive service that aims to make AI data pipelines simpler, easier ...
California introduces new child safety law aimed at AI chatbots
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed into law a new bill that regulates artificial intelligence chatbots in an effort to protect children from harm, despite facing opposition from some technology industry and child protection groups. Senate Bill 243 mandates that chatbot operators such as OpenAI, Anthropic PBC and Meta Platforms Inc. implement safeguards to try ...