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A senior White House official has accused Chinese artificial intelligence startup Moonshot AI of using so-called “distillation” techniques to essentially pirate the capabilities of Anthropic PBC’s most powerful models in its own, open-source AI systems. “We have information that Moonshot AI distilled …
Alphabet’s stock sinks after it bumps up AI infrastructure spending yet again
Google parent company Alphabet Inc. delivered better-than-expected revenue for the second quarter today, thanks to strong growth in its cloud business — but the stock sank in extended trading after it missed expectations on earnings and lifted its forecast for capital expenditures. …
AI-native endpoint security startup Glow is born a unicorn after raising $180M
Glow Security Inc. said today it’s exiting stealth mode today as an instant unicorn after closing on a massive $180 million Series A funding. The round catapults the startup’s valuation to a stunning $1.2 billion right out of the gate. Venture capital …
Mistral AI strikes multibillion-dollar deal with Microsoft to build out Azure infrastructure in Europe
French artificial intelligence startup Mistral AI SAS has struck a multibillion-dollar deal with Microsoft Corp. to expand its computing infrastructure in Europe and increase the availability of its top large language models in the U.S. In an announcement today, Microsoft said that …
US Treasury Secretary Bessent threatens sanctions against Chinese AI model makers
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said today that the White House is going to examine some of the highest profile “open-weight” models from China to see if their creators have stolen the intellectual property of America’s top artificial intelligence frontier labs. If …
AI server maker Supermicro’s stock gains on $60B order backlog and stronger margins
Artificial intelligence server maker Super Micro Computer Inc. told investors in a preliminary earnings forecast today that it has secured more than $60 billion worth of new orders for its products in its fiscal fourth quarter. As a result, it now expects …
Nvidia doubles down on AI factories as it showcases massive Vera Rubin performance gains
Artificial intelligence chip king Nvidia Corp. today revealed a fresh trove of performance benchmarks and architectural milestones for its next-generation Vera Rubin platform as it edges closer to global availability. The new numbers are impressive, but on a higher level they also …
Harness launches Agent DLC for developers to deploy AI agents using familiar processes and tools
Integrated software delivery platform provider Harness Inc. said today it’s reinventing the development lifecycle for artificial intelligence agents so organizations can bring them from concept to production without worrying they might break something. The company has announced the availability of Agent DLC, …
Komodor’s autonomous site reliability engineer Klaudia gets a better memory to reduce cloud complexity
Autonomous site reliability engineering startup Komodor Ltd. said today it’s updating its artificial intelligence-native troubleshooting platform to accelerate incident resolution at a time when cloud environments are increasing in complexity and sprawl. The company just announced the immediate availability of Klaudia Memory, …
WekaIO revamps its AI data storage platform and unveils its first hardware for agentic workloads
WekaIO Inc. today announced what it says is its most significant product refresh to date. The distributed big-data management platform provider unveiled a massive overhaul of its flagship software together with the release of its first custom-designed storage hardware that’s built specifically for …