AI chip startup Ricursive hits $4B valuation two months after launch: Ricursive joins Recursive and Unconventional AI in raising massive funds at multibillion-dollar valuations out of the gate. Read More |
Apple buys Israeli startup Q.ai as the AI race heats up: Q.ai is an Israeli startup specializing in imaging and machine learning, particularly technologies that enable devices to interpret whispered speech and enhance audio in noisy environments. Read More |
Tiny startup Arcee AI built a 400B-parameter open source LLM from scratch to best Meta's Llama: 30-person startup Arcee AI has released a 400B model called Trinity, which it says is one of the biggest open source foundation models from a U.S. company. Read More |
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Anduril has invented a wild new drone-flying contest where jobs are the prize : This is a race series for software programmers and the brainchild of founder Palmer Luckey, he tells TechCrunch. Read More |
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AI data labeler Handshake buys Cleanlab, an acquisition target of multiple others: The deal's purpose is primarily to acquire talent, aka an acqui-hire, adding nine key Cleanlab employees to Handshake's research organization. Read More |
Northwood Space secures a $100M Series B and a $50M Space Force contract: With so much interest in funding space tech, hard tech, and defense tech right now, Mendler said this was an opportunity for her company to grow responsibly and quickly. Read More |
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Anthropic reportedly upped its latest raise to $20B: Anthropic looks to raise $20 billion at more than $300 billion valuation, according to reports. Read More |
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