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Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. forecast record quarterly profit thanks to rising demand for its memory chips to support artificial intelligence workloads, sending its stock up as much as 5% during today’s market session before it settled down to a 2% gain. The company, …
Anthropic taps Google and Broadcom for yet more AI chips as revenue run rate tops $30B
Anthropic PBC said today its annual revenue run rate has now exceeded $30 billion, up from just $9 billion at the end of last year, after confirming an expanded partnership with Google LLC and Broadcom Inc. to power its artificial intelligence models. …
Q-Factor emerges with $24M in funding and the next big bet to achieve quantum computing advantage
Tel Aviv-based quantum computing startup Q-Factor announced itself to the world today after closing on a $24 million seed funding round. The company’s mission is to develop a neutral atom-based quantum computer that can scale to one million qubits and beyond. Today’s oversubscribed …
ZeroEyes expands AI-based threat detection into the physical realm to secure public spaces
ZeroEyes Inc., a startup that’s best known for its computer vision-based gun detection technology, is expanding its platform to spot people carrying knives and track suspects as it pushes to become a more comprehensive system for public safety. Today’s update transforms ZeroEyes …
Alcatraz raises $50M to bring Apple Face ID-style security to physical buildings
Cupertino-based facial recognition security startup Alcatraz said today it has raised $50 million in a Series B funding round led by BlackPeak Capital, Cogito Capital and Taiwania Capital. Previous investors Almaz Capital, EBRD and Ray Stata also participated, bringing the company’s total …
Google’s new Gemma 4 models bring complex reasoning skills to low-power devices
Google LLC is upping the stakes for open-weights artificial intelligence models with the release of Gemma 4, its most advanced “open” model family so far. Built on the same architectural foundation as Gemini 3, the models are designed to handle complex reasoning …
Niobium brings fully encrypted AI workloads to the cloud with The Fog
A startup called Niobium Microsystems Inc. is bringing “The Fog” to the cloud, enabling organizations to run artificial intelligence and data processing workloads on their most sensitive data without ever needing to decrypt it. Though the new platform might sound like a …
Cognichip raises $60M to reinvent chip design with physics-inspired AI models
Cognichip said today it has raised $60 million in funding to try to accelerate momentum for the emerging concept of physics-informed chip design powered by advanced artificial intelligence models. The round was led by Seligman Ventures and saw participation from Mayfield, Lux …
Nomadic is making video data searchable for AI model training after raising $8.4M in funding
NomadicML Inc. said today it has raised $8.4 million in seed funding to address the critical video data management headaches that are unique to autonomous robots and vehicles. The round was led by TQ Ventures and saw participation from Pear VC, with …
Salesforce transforms Slackbot into the ultimate work assistant with 30 new AI features
Cloud software giant Salesforce Inc. has been trying to rebuild its customer relationship management business with artificial intelligence at its core, and its latest announcement provides the clearest vision of where it’s heading: The company has just revealed a massive update to …