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AI lending startup Pluto Financial raises $8.6M to unlock illiquid private equity capital
A startup called Pluto Financial Technologies Inc. said today it has raised $8.6 million and secured hundreds of millions of dollars in lending capacity to help investors in private equity unlock the value held in these illiquid assets. The round was led by Motive Ventures and saw backing from Portage, Apollo Global Management, Hamilton Lane, ...
Vibe’s new AI robot sits in on meetings to record every interaction and delegate tasks
Digital whiteboard company Vibe Inc. is evolving, merging robotics with artificial intelligence to improve knowledge capture during key team meetings and ensure that no details slip through the cracks. It’s launching a new product called Vibe Bot – a compact, physical, in-room device modeled on the popular Labubu toys that’s paired with advanced spatial intelligence ...
Ambiq debuts first energy-optimized NPU chipset for advanced AI on battery-powered devices
Edge artificial intelligence chipmaker Ambiq Micro Inc. took to the stage today at the 2026 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to unveil Atomiq, its first system-on-chip integrating a specialized neural processing unit for accelerating AI at the network edge. Ambiq rose to prominence last year after launching an initial public offering in July that ...
Dell unveils new Alienware gaming PCs oozing power and style
Dell Technologies Inc.’s Alienware brand has been flexing its muscles at the CES electronics show in Las Vegas today, unveiling three new gaming laptops alongside a traditional tower personal computer powered by Nvidia Corp.’s most advanced gaming processor. Though the new Alienware laptops are designed for mobile gaming and feature shiny new OLED panels for ...
Intel launches first chips built on its most advanced 18A manufacturing process
Intel Corp. today showcased a new class of Intel Core Ultra X9 and X7 processors, the first new chips built on its most advanced 18A manufacturing process. Announced at the CES electronics trade show in Las Vegas, they’re the first chips to fall within its new 18A Panther Lake Core Ultra Series 3 lineup, and ...
Dell revives the XPS laptop brand, just one year after killing it off
Dell Technologies Inc. has revived its popular XPS brand of professional laptops for business users, just a year after failing to replace it with the “Dell Premium” moniker. As part of that U-turn, the company has launched two new XPS models in the shape of the Dell XPS 14 and XPS 16 laptops, and they’re ...
ContractPodAI rebrands as Leah to expand agentic automation beyond contract lifecycle management
Contract lifecycle management startup ContractPodAI said today it’s rebranding itself as “Leah,” the name of its flagship artificial intelligence platform. The name change reflects how the company has expanded from managing contracts to automating many other aspects of running a business, including legal work, finance and procurement functions. The startup originally made its mark in ...
Trump blocks China-linked HieFo from acquiring US firm’s semiconductor assets
U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order late Friday to block a multimillion-dollar acquisition that he says would allow a Chinese-run company to access to valuable semiconductor technologies. Delaware-based HieFo Corp. announced in 2024 that it intends to acquire the chips and indium phosphide wafer fabrication businesses of a company called Emcore Corp. for ...
Reuters’ investigation claims Meta tried to deceive regulators over fake ads
Fearing billions of dollars in lost revenue, Meta Platforms Inc. reportedly developed an internal “playbook” aimed at sidestepping pressure from regulators to crack down on scam advertising on its Facebook and Instagram platforms. A special report by Reuters published Wednesday cited internal company documents that show how it adopted tactics that made it much more ...
Report: Brookfield Asset Management to launch cloud business focused on lower-cost AI infrastructure
Brookfield Asset Management Ltd., one of the world’s largest alternative investment management firms, could become an unlikely rival to cloud infrastructure giants such as Amazon Web Services Inc. and Microsoft Corp. A report in The Information yesterday suggests it’s planning to launch a cloud computing business that would lease artificial intelligence chips directly to customers. ...