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Deeptune raises $43M to accelerate AI learning through virtual training gyms
Artificial intelligence startup Deeptune Inc. said today it’s going to solve the industry’s “data exhaustion” crisis after raising $43 million in an early-stage funding. Andreessen Horowitz led the Series A round, which saw participation from 776, Abstract Ventures and Inspired Capital, plus high-profile angel investors such as OpenAI Group PBC researcher Noam Brown and Mercor.io ...
Snowflake invests in Bedrock Data to strengthen agentic AI system governance
Data governance, security and management startup Bedrock Data is deepening its integration with Snowflake Inc.’s AI Data Cloud after securing a strategic investment from the cloud data warehouse giant. The new partnership, announced today, will see Bedrock Data’s artificial intelligence-driven data classification and governance capabilities integrated with Snowflake Horizon, which is a service within the ...
RunSybil raises $40M to automate offensive security with AI agents
Offensive security startup RunSybil Inc. said today it has closed on a $40 million round of funding to help enterprises find and fix critical vulnerabilities in their software before the attackers get to them first. The round was led by Khosla Ventures and saw the participation of several venture capital heavy hitters, including Menlo Ventures, ...
Micron’s earnings crush forecasts on memory chip demand and it guides for an even bigger beat – but shares fall anyway
Memory chip supplier Micron Technology Inc. almost tripled its revenue in its latest quarter as it stormed past analysts’ expectations, and also provided blowout guidance for the current quarter — yet somehow the stock still fell more than 4% after-hours. The company reported earnings before certain costs such as compensation of $12.20 per share, crushing ...
BusRight bags $30M to ensure school buses always arrive, right on time
BusRight Inc., a startup that’s using artificial intelligence to ensure that school buses get students safely to their classes on time, said today it has raised $30 million in funding. Volition Capital was the sole investor named in the round. The startup is on a mission to transform what is the largest mass transit system ...
Turquoise vows to bring transparent pricing and same-day payments to healthcare after raising $40M
Healthcare payments startup Turquoise Health Corp. said today it has raised $40 million in a new round of funding to try to fix the systemic inefficiencies that lead to denied payments, surprise bills and excessive costs for all parties. The Series C round was led by Oak HC/FT and saw participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Adams ...
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy forecasts cloud revenue to hit $600B by 2036, thanks to AI
Artificial intelligence is likely to help Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud computing business reach $600 billion in annual sales within the next decade, according to Amazon Chief Executive Andy Jassy. The bold forecast came during an internal all-hands meeting with company employees today. Jassy provided employees with a comprehensive update on the state of the company’s businesses, ...
Nebius secures $27B AI infrastructure commitment from Meta Platforms
Dutch cloud computing infrastructure company Nebius Group NV has secured a colossal $27 billion deal with Meta Platforms Inc., boosting its stock by more than 14% today. Under the terms of the deal, Nebius will provide Meta with $12 billion of dedicated artificial intelligence compute capacity across multiple data center locations, including what will be ...
Nvidia debuts the Groq 3 language processing unit, a dedicated inference chip for multi-agent workloads
Nvidia Corp. kicked off its annual GTC 2026 developer conference in San Jose today by announcing a number of new chips and computing platforms aimed at data center operators. But though most of the attention was focused on Nvidia’s newest graphics processing unit Rubin, it’s the all-new Groq 3 language processing unit that could have ...
Frore Systems scores $143M in funding at a $1.64B valuation to help AI chips run cooler
Silicon Valley-based chip cooling startup Frore Systems Inc. has just pulled in $143 million in funding through a late-stage round, bringing its total valuation to $1.64 billion. The Series D round comes at a time when the data center industry is experiencing tremendous growth as enterprises and hyperscalers race to grow their infrastructure stacks to ...