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Science Corp., a developer of brain-computer interfaces and other medical equipment, today announced that it has raised $230 million in funding. The capital came from a consortium that included Lightspeed, Khosla Ventures, Y Combinator, IQT and Quiet Capital. Science’s total outside funding …
Microsoft open-sources multimodal reasoning model with 15B parameters
Microsoft Corp. today released a hardware-efficient reasoning model, Phi-4-reasoning-vision-15B, that can process multimodal files such as scientific charts. The model is based on two existing algorithms called SigLIP-2 and Phi-4 Reasoning. SigLIP-2 compresses images into a numerical form that neural networks can …
Humanoid robot maker Neura Robotics reportedly raising $1.2B in funding
Startup Neura Robotics GmbH is reportedly in talks to raise a funding round worth €1 billion, or about $1.2 billion. Bloomberg today cited sources as saying that the deal could include contributions from crypto giant Tether Limited Inc. The company is the …
Reclaim Security, ArmorCode raise funding to automate exposure management
Reclaim Security Inc. and ArmorCode Inc., two startups that develop exposure management software, have raised funding to support their growth efforts. Reclaim Security announced today that it recently closed a $20 million Series A round. The company earlier received $6 million in …
Google launches speedy Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite model in preview
Google LLC today debuted Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite, the latest addition to its Gemini series of multimodal artificial intelligence models. The company’s engineers developed the algorithm with cost-efficiency in mind. Gemini 3.1 Pro, Google’s most capable model, starts at $2 per million input …
Co-packaged optics startup Ayar Labs raises $500M round backed by Nvidia, AMD
Networking startup Ayar Labs Inc. has raised $500 million in late-stage funding at a $3.75 billion valuation. The Series E round was led by Neuberger Berman. Ayar Labs stated in its late Monday funding announcement that Nvidia Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc. …
OpenAI revises Pentagon contract to address surveillance concerns
OpenAI Group PBC is revising an artificial intelligence deal that it inked with the U.S. Defense Department last year. The ChatGPT developer published some of the updated legal language late Monday. The change is designed to ensure that the Pentagon won’t use …
Amazon to invest $21B more in Spain with focus on data centers
Amazon.com Inc. today announced plans to spend €18 billion, or $21.05 billion, in Spain to expand its data center capacity and server supply chain. The sum comes on top of a €15.7 billion investment the company detailed in late 2024. Amazon’s data …
Behavioral health software startup Ease Health launches with $41M
Ease Health Inc., a startup that develops software for behavioral health providers, launched today with $41 million in early-stage funding. The Series A round was led by Andreessen Horowitz. Ease will use the capital to expand the adoption of its software among …
Nvidia invests $4B in co-packaged optics suppliers Lumentum, Coherent
Nvidia Corp. today announced plans to invest in Lumentum Holdings Inc. and Coherent Corp., two publicly traded suppliers of optical networking equipment. Each company is set to receive $2 billion. Nvidia stated that the sum includes a “multibillion-dollar purchase commitment and future access” …