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Blockchain security startup Mamori raises $5M to use machine learning to detect exploits
Blockchain security startup Mamori today announced it has secured $5 million in seed funding for its platform that uses machine learning to detect and remediate exploits. The round was led by Blockchain Capital. Velocity Capital and Web3.com also participated in the round, the company said, along with angel investors Grigore Rosu, Daniel Lubarov, Alex Watts, ...
Baidu unveils Ernie 4.0 Turbo in a ‘significant upgrade’ to its AI chatbot
Chinese search giant Baidu Inc. today unveiled an upgraded version of its artificial intelligence model named Ernie 4.0 Turbo and stated that the generative AI chatbot has reached 300 million users to date. The company released the model to maintain its position in the competitive Chinese AI market as a significant upgrade to the Ernie ...
Google uses AI to bring 110 new languages to Translate
Google LLC said today that it’s bringing 110 new languages to its web and smartphone translation app using the power of artificial intelligence, making it more comprehensive than ever with 243 languages in total. This is the largest expansion to date for Google Translate since 2022, when the company brought 24 new languages to the ...
AI chip startup Axelera raises $68M to broaden offerings from edge to cloud
Edge artificial intelligence chip startup Axelera AI B.V., a Netherlands-based company that makes purpose-built silicon for generative AI and computer vision, today announced it has raised $68 million in new funding. The company’s Series B funding round is Europe’s largest oversubscribed Series B round in the fabless semiconductor industry and brings Axelera’s total funding to ...
Google sets sights on the enterprise with wider releases of Gemini 1.5 Flash, 1.5 Pro and Imagen 3
Google LLC is continuing its steady development of enterprise-ready artificial intelligence models with an announcement today that it’s bringing out its low-latency model Gemini 1.5 Flash in public preview and Gemini 1.5 Pro’s 2 million-token input window in general availability. The company also announced that its next-generation high-quality text-to-image generating model Imagen 3 is now ...
Norm Ai raises $27M to help businesses handle regulatory compliance with AI agents
Norm Ai Inc., the developer of an artificial intelligence powered regulatory compliance platform, announced Tuesday that it has raised $27 million in early-stage funding on its journey to expand its use of AI agents for regulatory assessments. The company’s Series A funding round was led by Coatue, with participation from Bain Capital Ventures, Blackstone Innovations ...
Motorola and Google Cloud team up to bring generative AI to Razr family of smartphones
China’s Lenovo Group Ltd.-owned smartphone brand Motorola and Google Cloud today announced a multiyear partnership to bring generative artificial intelligence to Motorola phones, starting with the new series of Razr smartphones. Among the first phones to get the AI experiences will be Motorola’s flagship Razr 50 Ultra clamshell smartphone, which is launching today. The new ...
SandboxAQ announces first navigation system powered by AI and quantum to tackle GPS attacks
The developer of quantum sensing technologies SandboxAQ today announced a breakthrough navigational platform designed as a backup when the global positioning system is jammed or otherwise not available. The new system, called AQNav, combines advanced quantum sensors and artificial intelligence algorithms along with a map of the Earth’s magnetic field to provide an unjammable, all-weather, ...
Collaborative developer tool Multiplayer launches with IT architecture auto-documentation feature
Multiplayer Software Inc., the developer of a collaborative tool for software design of backend systems, announced today that its platform is now generally available after being in beta test mode since February. In addition to the general availability launch, the new toolset includes a beta observability feature for system architecture. This feature automatically documents technical ...
OpenAI acquires enterprise information retrieval startup Rockset
OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, today acquired Rockset Inc., a startup known for a high-speed database of the same name designed for information retrieval. The aim is to provide the artificial intelligence company a platform for its customers to better index and query their data. Rockset’s platform enables users, developers and enterprise businesses to rapidly search capabilities ...