Maria Deutscher

Maria Deutscher is a staff writer for SiliconANGLE covering all things enterprise and fresh. Her work takes her from the bowels of the corporate network up to the great free ranges of the open-source ecosystem and back on a daily basis, with the occasional pit stop in the world of end-users. She is especially passionate about cloud computing and data analytics, although she also has a soft spot for stories that diverge from the beaten track to provide a more unique perspective on the complexities of the industry.

Latest from Maria Deutscher

Moonshot AI releases open-source Kimi K2.5 model with 1T parameters

AI By MARIA DEUTSCHER7 MONTHS AGO

Chinese artificial intelligence developer Moonshot AI today debuted Kimi K2.5, an open-source model that it says can outperform GPT-5.2 across several benchmarks. The launch comes a few days after word emerged that the company is raising capital at a $4.8 billion valuation. Moonshot …

Industrial robotics startup Vention reels in $110M funding round

EMERGING TECH By MARIA DEUTSCHER7 MONTHS AGO

Vention Inc., a Canadian startup that supplies manufacturers with customized automation equipment, has raised $110 million in late-stage funding. The investment arm of Quebec’s government led the Series D round. It was joined by Nvidia Corp.’s NVentures and several other institutional backers. …

Cloud security startup Upwind raises $250M funding round

SECURITY By MARIA DEUTSCHER7 MONTHS AGO

Upwind Security Inc., a startup with a platform for securing public cloud environments, today announced that it has closed a $250 million funding round. Bessemer led the Series B investment with participation from Salesforce Ventures and Picture Capital. The cash infusion comes about …

Ricursive Intelligence nabs $300M to speed up chip design with AI

AI By MARIA DEUTSCHER7 MONTHS AGO

Ricursive Intelligence Inc., a startup that plans to use artificial intelligence to speed up chip development, has raised $300 million in funding at a $4 billion valuation. Lightspeed led the Series A investment. Recursive disclosed in its funding announcement today that the …

Quantum chipmaker IonQ to acquire fab operator SkyWater for $1.8B

EMERGING TECH By MARIA DEUTSCHER7 MONTHS AGO

Quantum chip developer IonQ Inc. today announced plans to acquire SkyWater Technology Foundry Inc. for $1.8 billion. SkyWater was formed in 2017 from a former unit of Cypress Semiconductor Corp., an early memory manufacturer. One of its specialties is making cryogenic control …

Hotel software maker Mews nabs $300M at $2.5B valuation

CLOUD By MARIA DEUTSCHER7 MONTHS AGO

Mews Systems BV, a Dutch startup that develops software and payment terminals for hotel operators, has raised $300 million in funding. The company stated on Thursday that EQT Growth led the Series D round. It was joined by Atomico, HarbourVest Partners, Kinnevik, …

Report: Databricks raises $1.8B in debt financing

AI By MARIA DEUTSCHER7 MONTHS AGO

Databricks Inc. has raised $1.8 billion in debt financing from a group of institutional investors, Bloomberg and CNBC reported today. The funds were provided in two tranches. Databricks received the bulk of the sum, $1.15 billion, through an extension to an existing …

Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs reportedly raising funding at $5B valuation

AI By MARIA DEUTSCHER7 MONTHS AGO

Artificial intelligence developer World Labs Inc. is reportedly in talks to raise up to $500 million from investors. Sources told Bloomberg late Thursday that the startup, which is led by AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li, could receive a valuation of $5 billion in …

Inferact launches with $150M in funding to commercialize vLLM

AI By MARIA DEUTSCHER8 MONTHS AGO

A group of artificial intelligence researchers today launched Inferact Inc., a new startup that will commercialize the open-source vLLM project. The company is backed by $150 million in seed funding. Andreessen Horowitz and Lightspeed led the round with participation from Databricks Inc.’s …

Google brings its Personal Intelligence personalization technology to AI Mode

AI By MARIA DEUTSCHER8 MONTHS AGO

A week after introducing a new personalization tool for its Gemini chatbot, Google LLC today brought the technology to its flagship search engine. The feature, which is called Personal Intelligence, is initially available to U.S. users with Google AI Pro and Ultra …

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Maria Deutscher

Latest from Maria Deutscher

Moonshot AI releases open-source Kimi K2.5 model with 1T parameters

Industrial robotics startup Vention reels in $110M funding round

Cloud security startup Upwind raises $250M funding round

Ricursive Intelligence nabs $300M to speed up chip design with AI

Quantum chipmaker IonQ to acquire fab operator SkyWater for $1.8B

Hotel software maker Mews nabs $300M at $2.5B valuation

Report: Databricks raises $1.8B in debt financing

Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs reportedly raising funding at $5B valuation

Inferact launches with $150M in funding to commercialize vLLM

Google brings its Personal Intelligence personalization technology to AI Mode

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