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Stendr snags $5.4M in pre-seed funding to develop AI-native drone-tracking tech
Norwegian defense technology startup Stendr said today it has closed on $5.4 million in pre-seed funding in order to deliver advanced artificial intelligence capabilities for modern weapons systems. The round, which is one of the largest early-stage investments in Nordic defense history, was led by Rainfall, ACME and Skyfall, with participation from Startup Lab, Antler ...
Leapwork hands off code validation to AI agents to keep pace with automated software development
Danish agentic artificial intelligence startup Leapwork ApS has announced the launch of its fully automated Continuous Validation Platform, aiming to help enterprises keep up with the velocity of generative AI software development. The rise of AI “vibe coding” means that software development has accelerated to breakneck speed, enabling enterprises to deploy new code faster than ...
SolarWinds accelerates observability with SW1, an ‘agentic AI teammate’ that automates IT firefighting
SolarWinds Worldwide LLC is making its play for the future of autonomous information technology operations with the launch of a new “agentic AI teammate” called SW1. Available starting today, it’s designed to help companies monitor and manage their complex computing environments at large scale. Built on SolarWinds’ proprietary Agentic Framework, SW1 functions as a governed ...
Microsoft’s MAI-Image-2-Efficient model accelerates company’s move away from OpenAI
Microsoft Corp.’s push for artificial intelligence independence is gaining traction with today’s release of MAI-Image-2-Efficient, a lean and mean version of its flagship image generation model that debuted earlier this month. The new version is meant to deliver high-quality visuals faster, and at a fraction of the cost of its predecessor, the company said. The ...
Anthropic’s Claude Code gets automated ‘routines’ and a desktop makeover
Anthropic PBC is making it easier to automate tasks using Claude Code without relying on autonomous artificial intelligence agents with the launch of a new service called “routines.” The routines allow Claude Code users to run automations on the company’s own cloud-based infrastructure. “A routine is a saved Claude Code configuration: a prompt, one or ...
Meta doubles down on partnership with Broadcom on custom AI processors
Meta Platforms Inc. today announced a new deal with Broadcom Inc., extending a partnership that already sees the two companies work together on the design of the social media giant’s in-house artificial intelligence accelerators. The company said in an announcement that it is committing to an initial deployment of 1 gigawatt’s worth of its Meta Training ...
AI satellite constellation startup Orbital gets funded by a16z to verify space-based data center concept
Orbital Inc., a startup that’s aiming to bring the artificial intelligence industry into low-Earth orbit ahead of Elon Musk, said today it has closed on a funding round of an undisclosed amount led by Andreessen Horowitz’s a16z Speedrun. The money will help to finance its first test mission, “Orbital-1,” aimed at demonstrating a proof-of-concept of ...
OpenAI partners with Novo Nordisk to accelerate drug discovery and delivery
Artificial intelligence powerhouse OpenAI Group PBC is lending its expertise to Novo Nordisk A/S in a new partnership announced today that aims to accelerate research in the pharmaceutical industry. The sweeping collaboration will see OpenAI’s intelligent agents embedded across the drug maker’s workflows in order to enhance everything from lab-based drug discovery to the complexities ...
Japanese tech giants launch joint venture targeting physical AI for robots and machines
Japanese technology giants SoftBank Group Corp., Sony Corp. and NEC Corp. are teaming up with Honda Motor Co., Ltd. on a new artificial intelligence joint venture that has a single goal: to build a trillion-parameter model for autonomous machines. The companies are reportedly making a big bet on what has become known as “physical AI,” ...
China has erased the US lead in AI, Stanford HAI’s 2026 AI index reveals
Stanford University researchers today released their highly anticipated 2026 AI Index Report, revealing a global landscape where artificial intelligence technology is being adopted at record-breaking pace, even as public trust in AI oversight and transparency hits new lows. The report by the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, known as Stanford HAI, is now into ...