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Nvidia-backed Firmus raises $505 M at $5. 5 B valuation ahead of ASX IPO
1+ week, 9+ hour ago (531+ words) UPDATED 18: 34 EDT / APRIL 06 2026 Nvidia Corp. -backed Australian artificial intelligence data center company Firmus Technologies Pty. Ltd. today said it has raised $505 million in new funding on a $5. 5 billion valuation ahead of an expected initial public offering on the Australian Stock…...
Ai2 releases an open AI model that allows robots to 'plan' movements in 3 D space
8+ mon, 1+ day ago (706+ words) UPDATED 09: 00 EDT / AUGUST 12 2025 Seattle-based artificial intelligence research institute Ai2, the Allen Institute for AI, today announced the release of Molmo Act 7 B, a breakthrough open embodied AI model that brings intelligence to robotics by allowing them to "think" through actions before…...
Nvidia invests $2 B in Marvell as part of new interconnect partnership
1+ week, 6+ day ago (555+ words) UPDATED 16: 16 EDT / MARCH 31 2026 Nvidia Corp. today disclosed that it has invested $2 billion in Marvell Technology Inc. , a publicly traded semiconductor designer. The cash infusion is part of a new partnership that will span several parts of the chip market. Santa…...
Alien raises $7. 1 M to build identity infrastructure for humans and AI agents
1+ week, 5+ day ago (822+ words) UPDATED 12: 00 EDT / APRIL 01 2026 Alien, a startup looking to build trust infrastructure for the internet as the era of artificial intelligence agents changes how people interact with businesses and one another, today announced it has raised $7. 1 million in pre-seed funding. "Alien…...
Google's Gemini 3 Flash makes a big splash with faster responsiveness and superior reasoning
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (437+ words) UPDATED 11: 00 EDT / DECEMBER 17 2025 Google LLC is building on the successful launch of its all-powerful Gemini 3 Pro large language model with the'debut of a more lightweight and streamlined version called Gemini 3 Flash. It's the successor to Gemini 2. 5 Flash, designed for applications…...
Oracle adds AI capabilities to core database and launches a lakehouse platform
6+ mon, 1+ hour ago (664+ words) UPDATED 08: 30 EDT / OCTOBER 14 2025 Oracle Corp. today announced the general availability of Oracle AI Database 26ai and Oracle Autonomous AI Lakehouse, both aimed at supporting artificial intelligence training and inference across cloud and on-premises environments. Oracle said the releases continue its strategy…...
Open AI partners with Novo Nordisk to accelerate drug discovery and delivery
2+ hour, 25+ min ago (409+ words) UPDATED 02: 00 EDT / APRIL 14 2026 Artificial intelligence powerhouse Open AI Group PBC is lending its expertise to Novo Nordisk A/S in a new partnership announced today that aims to accelerate research in the pharmaceutical industry. The sweeping collaboration will see Open…...
Instacart shuts down dynamic AI pricing experiments following scrutiny of its tests
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (312+ words) UPDATED 18: 23 EDT / DECEMBER 22 2025 Instacart operator Maplebear Inc. said today it's going to cancel a controversial experiment that used artificial intelligence to show different prices for different products to some consumers. The company said in a blog post that retailers will…...
Oumi releases small-parameter hallucination detection model to open source
1+ year, 1+ week ago (631+ words) UPDATED 05: 15 EDT / APRIL 02 2025 Oumi PBC, a startup building what it calls an "unconditionally open artificial intelligence platform" in collaboration with researchers from top universities, today released an open-source hallucination and bias detection model that it says outperforms some of the…...
Hawk secures $56 million to expand financial crime detection platform
1+ year, 5+ day ago (412+ words) UPDATED 19: 03 EDT / APRIL 08 2025 Artificial intelligence-powered anti-money laundering and fraud prevention solutions company Hawk AI Gmb H announced today that it has raised $56 million in new funding to support continued product innovation and global expansion, particularly into the U. S. market. Founded in…...