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AI model compression startup Multiverse raises $570M at $1.7B valuation
Multiverse Computing SL, a startup working on technology that compresses artificial intelligence models so that they run more efficiently on less hardware, announced Monday it raised $570 million in Series C funding. The round was co-led by Forgepoint Capital International, BNPP SIVF, and Bullhound Capital. Santander Alternative Investments, Tikehau Capital, HP Inc., Orange Ventures, Scania ...
HeyDonto launches DFT Labs to pursue physics-based machine learning capabilities
Artificial intelligence startup HeyDonto AI Technology today announced that it has established DFT Labs, a research subsidiary dedicated to pursuing a physics-based framework for machine learning. The launch of the new company follows the publication of the framework’s peer-reviewed foundational paper “Data Field Theory: A Geometric Framework for Learning on Riemannian Manifolds with Synthetic Validation ...
Greyparrot raises $27M to bring physical AI to recycling as packaging grows more complex
Recycling intelligence platform Greyparrot.ai Ltd. today announced it raised $27 million in Series B funding led by Om Elite Assets Investment to scale its infrastructure globally. Today’s recycling process is largely manual and mechanical; it depends heavily on separators acting correctly on streams of waste and this is challenging largely because it’s difficult to fully ...
Tech industry leaders join to form Open Secure AI Alliance to promote safety and security
Nvidia Corp. today announced the launch of the Open Secure AI Alliance, a new organization founded by technology, cloud computing and cybersecurity leaders to build and share open artificial intelligence tools. As the capability and strength of AI tools grows and shapes the technology industry, it is becoming instrumental for safety, security and trust to remediate and ...
Ropedia raises $22M to scale human-centric data collection for embodied AI
Singapore-based robotics data infrastructure firm Ropedia Pte. Ltd. today announced it raised $22 million in Pre-Series A funding to scale up its collection of real-world, multimodal interaction data to fuel artificial intelligence robotics models developed by technology companies. Physical AI and embodied AI development is increasingly burdened by a lack of real-world data at a ...
Swimlane launches AI security operations center for managed security services providers
Agentic artificial intelligence cybersecurity automation company Swimlane Inc. today announced the launch of an AI security operations center for managed security service providers. The company said it built the new service to support its customers and partners rather than compete with them. It serves third-party cybersecurity providers that outsource security monitoring, threat detection, and infrastructure ...
Humanoid raises $152M at $1.35B valuation to bring human-like robots into factories
London-based artificial intelligence and robotics firm SKL Robotics Ltd., doing business as Humanoid, today announced it raised $152 million in funding, bringing the company’s post-money valuation to $1.35 billion. The round was led by Prime Movers Lab, a venture capital firm focused on scientific and bleeding-edge technology startups. Investors also participating in the funding included ...
Whop releases command-line interface to let business owners and their AI agents access digital commerce
Whop Inc., an e-commerce platform with a social marketplace that allows businesses to monetize digital products and services, today announced a new command-line interface that allows developers and artificial intelligence agents quick access to its capabilities. Launched in 2021, Whop provides e-commerce capabilities alongside a payments infrastructure layer. The platform delivers both turnkey storefronts for ...
Hugging Face uses open-weights Z.ai GLM 5.2 to battle attacker after commercial frontier model refusal
Hugging Face Inc., an open-source artificial intelligence platform often described as the “GitHub of machine learning,” found itself forced to use an open-weights model to respond to an agentic AI attack after the safety guardrails on commercial AI models blocked requests. Last week, Hugging Face said it detected a breach from an attacker using an ...
Syntetica raises $30M to scale nylon recycling solutions
Paris-based Syntetica SAS, a company developing advanced technology to recycle nylon fibers, often used in clothing, announced Thursday it has raised $30 million in early-stage funding to build its first commercial facility. The Ecotechnologies 2 fund, managed on behalf of the French government by Bpifrance, led the Series A round. Numerous heavyweight tech investors and ...