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New instances bring AWS’ Graviton5 CPUs to high-performance cloud workloads
Amazon Web Services Inc.‘s next-generation silicon is working its way deeper into the company’s cloud compute infrastructure offerings with the debut of the new Amazon EC2 C9g and EC2 C9gd instances today. The new virtual machines are powered by the company’s flagship AWS Graviton5 processors, which are central processing units that have been designed to ...
Google’s Gemini Omni Flash and Nano Banana 2 Lite support slick media content creation at lower costs
Google LLC is enhancing its generative artificial intelligence capabilities for creators with the debut of a pair of new media-focused models in the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform. The new additions are Gemini Omni Flash and Nano Banana 2 Lite, and according to Google, they’re designed for better quality image and video generation at lower prices, ...
LeapXpert lands $180M to extract more intelligence from governed enterprise communications
Secure business communications startup LeapXpert Inc. said today it has bagged $180 million in a growth round of funding to build out its artificial intelligence capabilities and generate valuable intelligence for enterprises. Riverwood Capital led the round, and Portage Ventures was named as the only other participant. LeapXpert’s rise to prominence came in the wake ...
Omen AI raises $31M to help data centers avoid costly downtime with continuous liquid coolant monitoring
Data center coolant monitoring startup Omen AI Inc. is trying to fix one of the most pressing yet little-known challenges in the artificial intelligence industry after raising $31 million in Series A funding today. The round was led by Nava Ventures and saw participation from CRV, Vanderbilt University, Mann+Hummel, Starhill Holdings and Hard Launch Capital. ...
Software testing startup Arato gets $10M to stop businesses deploying AI systems blind
Israeli startup Arato Software Ltd. is developing tools for developers to test and evaluate their artificial intelligence applications, and it has just gotten $10 million in seed funding to pursue that goal. Today’s round was led by TLV Partners and saw participation from Jibe Ventures. Former VMware Chief Executive and now Andreessen Horowitz partner Raghu ...
Exclusive: Agentic coding startup Baz brings code reviews to the planning stage as it extends seed funding to $17M
Agentic coding startup Baz Technologies Inc. said today it’s launching a new platform that sits between developers and the code bases they’re working on in order to catch software vulnerabilities before they enter production workflows. The launch came as the company clinched $9 million in extended seed funding, bringing its total amount raised so far ...
Patronus AI grabs $50M in funding to stress-test AI agents in simulated environments
Fast-growing world model startup Patronus AI Inc. is priming itself for even more rapid growth after raising $50 million in Series B funding today. The round was led by Greenfield Partners and saw the participation of Lightspeed Venture Partners, Notable Capital, Datadog and Samsung Ventures, and brings the company’s total amount raised to date to ...
Analog chipmaker Onsemi buys Synaptics in $7B all-stock deal to push into physical AI
Arizona-based chipmaker Onsemi today announced plans to acquire the internet of things and computer interface technology firm Synaptics Inc. in a deal valued at around $7 billion. The deal will help Onsemi, officially known as Semiconductor Components Industries LLC, pursue its ambitions in “physical AI,” and bring artificial intelligence from massive cloud-based data centers into ...
Apple’s Macs and iPads and Microsoft’s Xbox consoles are getting more expensive — blame AI
The surging cost of memory chips has translated into a bonanza for companies such as Micron Technologies Inc., but for almost everyone else there’s going to be a steep price to pay, with both Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp. raising the price of some of their most popular products today. First came Apple, which announced ...
Applied Materials unveils more advanced chipmaking gear for 3D stacking architectures
Chipmaking equipment giant Applied Materials Inc. is trying to make life easier for its chip fabrication plant customers, so they can build the extremely complex 3D architectures necessary for the next generation of artificial intelligence processors. To do this, it has unveiled a host of new chip fabrication systems that span advanced packaging, process control ...