Kyt Dotson

Kyt Dotson is a Senior Editor at SiliconAngle and works to cover beats surrounding DevOps, security, gaming, and cutting edge technology. Before joining SiliconAngle, Kyt worked as a software engineer starting at Motorola in Q&A to eventually settle at Pets911.com where he helped build a vast database for pet adoption and a lost and found system. Kyt is a published author who writes science fiction and fantasy works that incorporate ideas from modern-day technological innovation and explore the outcome of living with those technologies.

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Secure enterprise browser Island raises $250M at nearly $5B valuation

SECURITY By KYT DOTSON1 YEAR AGO

Island Technology Inc., the developer of a secure Chromium-based browser for the enterprise, today announced that it has raised $250 million in a late-stage financing led by Coatue Management, bringing its valuation to $4.8 billion. The startup raised $175 million in its …

Google introduces Gemini 2.5 Pro with chain-of-thought reasoning built-in

AI By KYT DOTSON1 YEAR AGO

Google LLC said today it’s updating its flagship Gemini artificial intelligence model family by introducing an experimental Gemini 2.5 Pro version. The company added it is the “most intelligent” yet and will include “thinking” capabilities built-in. All upcoming Gemini 2.5 models will …

Nexthop AI launches with $110M to build next-gen cloud AI infrastructure

INFRA By KYT DOTSON1 YEAR AGO

Nexthop AI launched today with $110 million in funding led by Lightspeed Ventures to help the world’s largest cloud companies build the next generation of artificial intelligence infrastructure. The funding combines a seed and Series A round for the startup. Kleiner Perkins, …

AWS enhances QuickSight’s business intelligence with AI agents

AI By KYT DOTSON1 YEAR AGO

Amazon Web Services Inc. said today it’s expanding the generative artificial intelligence capabilities of its cloud-based business intelligence service QuickSight with agentic AI. Amazon QuickSight is a platform for business users that provides users with machine learning capabilities that can reach into …

Instabug launches AI tools to enhance mobile app experience and retention

APPS By KYT DOTSON1 YEAR AGO

Instabug Inc., an artificial intelligence-powered mobile app observability and performance platform, today launched new features enabling developers to analyze user experience, targeting user frustration in a bid to increase retention. Launched in 2014, Instabug known for a feature that allows users to …

D-Wave introduces quantum blockchain research that could greatly reduce energy use

BLOCKCHAIN By KYT DOTSON1 YEAR AGO

D-Wave Quantum Inc. has released a new research paper outlining a novel blockchain architecture that integrates quantum capabilities with traditional blockchain technology to enhance security and increase efficiency. In the paper, “Blockchain with Proof of Quantum Work,” introduced Thursday, D-Wave built and …

Silicon Data raises $4.7M for AI-driven GPU market insights

AI By KYT DOTSON1 YEAR AGO

Silicon Data, a company providing market intelligence and performance benchmarking for graphics processing units used in artificial intelligence compute, announced Thursday it raised $4.7 million in seed funding co-led by DRW and Jump Trading Group. Woodside AI, Wintermute Ventures, Sancus Ventures and …

AI-driven commercial contractor platform BuildOps raises $127M at $1B valuation

AI By KYT DOTSON1 YEAR AGO

BuildOps Inc., an artificial intelligence-powered platform that simplifies project management and service for commercial contractors, today announced it has raised $127 million in new funding, raising its valuation to $1 billion. The Series C round was led by Meritech Capital Partners. New …

Halliday raises $20M to build AI-driven blockchain agents to do away with smart contracts

AI By KYT DOTSON1 YEAR AGO

Artificial intelligence-focused blockchain protocol startup Halliday International Inc. has raised $20 million in early funding to help fund the development of an agentic AI capability that will help developers eliminate the need for writing smart contracts. The company’s Series A funding round, announced Tuesday, was …

Nvidia announces new AI models for smarter, more adaptable robots

AI By KYT DOTSON1 YEAR AGO

Nvidia Corp. today unveiled new technologies and artificial intelligence models that help developers more quickly build smarter robots, including humanoids, and self-driving vehicles by automating the complex modeling and data work. These included Nvidia Isaac GR00T N1, the world’s first open-source, fully …

Kyt Dotson

Latest from Kyt Dotson

Secure enterprise browser Island raises $250M at nearly $5B valuation

Google introduces Gemini 2.5 Pro with chain-of-thought reasoning built-in

Nexthop AI launches with $110M to build next-gen cloud AI infrastructure

AWS enhances QuickSight’s business intelligence with AI agents

Instabug launches AI tools to enhance mobile app experience and retention

D-Wave introduces quantum blockchain research that could greatly reduce energy use

Silicon Data raises $4.7M for AI-driven GPU market insights

AI-driven commercial contractor platform BuildOps raises $127M at $1B valuation

Halliday raises $20M to build AI-driven blockchain agents to do away with smart contracts

Nvidia announces new AI models for smarter, more adaptable robots

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