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Etched Inc., a developer of artificial intelligence inference chips, launched today with $800 million in funding. The startup raised the capital over multiple rounds. The most recent investment, which closed in December, valued Etched at $5 billion. It included the participation of …
Stathera nabs $55M to make vacuum-sealed silicon oscillators for AI chips
Chip component supplier Stathera Inc. today announced that it has closed a $55 million funding round. Semiconductor-focused fund Maverick Silicon led the Series A deal. It was joined by chipmaker MediaTek Inc.’s venture capital arm, Celesta Capital and several others. Every modern …
Space launch provider Rocket Lab to buy satellite operator Iridium for $8B
Rocket Lab Corp. today announced plans to acquire Iridium Communications Inc., a major satellite operator, for $8 billion in cash and stock. The companies expect to complete the transaction in mid-2027. Rocket Lab is the developer of Electron, a 60-foot launch vehicle …
AI software development startup 8090 nabs $135M funding round
Software development automation startup 8090 Solutions Inc. today announced that it has raised $135 million in funding. Salesforce Ventures led the Series A round. It was joined by Palo Alto Networks Inc. Chief Executive Nikesh Arora, Quora Inc. co-founder Adam D’Angelo and …
South Korea launches $584B chip manufacturing initiative with Samsung, SK hynix
The South Korean government today announced a 900 trillion won, or $584 billion, initiative to grow the country’s chip manufacturing capacity. Officials also plan to build about $357 billion worth of artificial intelligence data centers. The chip manufacturing initiative will be led …
IBM and Red Hat partner with Deloitte to fix open-source vulnerabilities
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd. is joining an initiative that IBM Corp. and its Red Hat unit launched in May to fix open-source software vulnerabilities. The companies announced the move today. U.K.-based Deloitte launched in the middle of the 18th century as an …
OpenAI introduces GPT-5.6 to challenge Claude Mythos 5
OpenAI Group PBC today introduced GPT-5.6, a new series of large language models that it says can outperform Claude Mythos 5 across certain coding tasks. The most advanced algorithm in the lineup is known as Sol. It’s available alongside a midrange option …
Unconventional AI debuts oscillator-based Un-0 model series
Unconventional AI Inc. has developed an artificial intelligence architecture that could improve the power efficiency of image generation models. The technology is the basis of a new neural network series, Un-1, that the company released on Thursday. Unconventional AI is led by …
Sail Research raises $80M to optimize long-horizon AI agents
Artificial intelligence inference startup Sail Research Inc. today announced that it has raised $80 million in funding at a $450 million valuation. The company received the bulk of the capital in the form of a Series A round led by Sequoia. It …
Scaled Cognition nabs $100M to automate high stakes customer interactions
Artificial intelligence startup Scaled Cognition Inc. today announced that it has raised $100 million in funding. Khosla Ventures led the Series A deal with participation from Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories Inc., a provider of customer service software. The Wall Street Journal reported that …