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Mistral AI gives developers a complete toolkit for building AI agents
French generative artificial intelligence startup Mistral AI, a rival to OpenAI, Anthropic PBC, Google LLC and others, has jumped into agentic AI development with the launch of a new application programming interface. The new Agents API announced today equips developers with powerful tools for building sophisticated AI agents based on Mistral AI’s large language models, ...
Anthropic’s Claude gets chatty with voice mode in beta
Anthropic PBC has achieved parity with OpenAI, Google LLC and others with the launch of a new “voice mode” for its Claude-powered chatbot applications, enabling more conversational interactions for users. Available in beta test now, Claude’s voice mode makes it possible for users to engage in “complete spoken conversations” with the generative artificial intelligence-powered assistant. ...
Box’s stock jumps 17% as it beats expectations and raises full-year forecast on agentic AI boost
Shares of the cloud content storage company Box Inc. jumped late today after it logged better-than-expected earnings and sales and raised its full-year guidance, saying it’s seeing traction with its new agentic artificial intelligence offerings. The company reported first-quarter earnings before certain costs such as stock compensation of 30 cents per share, beating Wall Street’s ...
Bito bites off $5.7M in funding to take on GitHub Copilot in AI coding
Bito Inc., the creator of an artificial intelligence-driven code review platform, is looking to take on GitHub Copilot and other players in the coding industry after closing on $5.7 million in funding today. The seed funding round was led by Vela Partners and saw participation from NextView Ventures, Maxitech Ventures, Eniac Ventures and others, bringing ...
Report: Nvidia racing to develop new, scaled-down Blackwell GPUs for China
Nvidia Corp. isn’t giving up on the Chinese market, and is instead racing to develop a new, lower-powered artificial intelligence chip that will be sold at a cheaper price than the now-restricted H20 model. The new graphics processing unit will be considered as part of Nvidia’s latest generation of Blackwell processors, but will be significantly ...
Korl raises $5M to craft customized customer communications for sales teams
Customer success software startup Korl Inc. says it’s on a mission to help businesses of all sizes unlock more revenue growth opportunities after raising $5 million in seed funding to coincide with the general availability of its platform. Today’s round was led by MaC Venture Capital and Underscore VC, and saw participation from Stage 2 ...
Despite strong earnings beat, Workday’s stock wobbles on disappointing guidance
Workday Inc. delivered better-than-expected revenue and reaffirmed its full-year outlook on subscription sales, but its guidance for the current quarter did not impress investors very much, and its stock was trading lower after-hours. The human resources software company delivered first-quarter earnings before certain costs such as stock compensation of $2.23 per share, beating Wall Street’s ...
Big-data visualization company Domo smashes Wall Street’s targets and its stock soars
Business intelligence and data visualization software firm Domo Inc. is flying high in late trading today on the back of a solid earnings and revenue beat and impressive growth in its operating income. The company also offered a strong profit forecast for the current quarter. The company reported a first-quarter loss before certain costs such ...
Snowflake gains momentum with solid earnings and revenue beats
Snowflake Inc. added to its momentum as it delivered its first-quarter financial results for the new fiscal year today, beating expectations on earnings and revenue to send its stock higher in late trading. The company, which sells cloud-based data warehouse tools for businesses, delivered first-quarter earnings before certain costs such as stock compensation of 24 ...
DataHub gets $35M in funding to provide the context needed for AI reliability and safety
Open-source metadata startup DataHub, owned and operated by Acryl Data Inc., said today it has closed on a $35 million Series B funding round led solely by Bessemer Venture Partners. The round brings the company’s total amount raised to more than $65 million, and will enable it to accelerate the development of its flagship context ...
