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Red Hat Inc. said today it’s gearing up its artificial intelligence ambitions with the launch of a new platform called Red Hat AI Enterprise that’s meant to make it easier to deploy and manage models, AI agents and applications in hybrid cloud …
SambaNova steps up its challenge to Nvidia with new chip, $350M funding and a powerful ally in Intel
Chipmaker SambaNova Systems Inc. unveiled its most advanced artificial intelligence processor today as it closed on a bumper $350 million late-stage round of funding from Vista Equity Partners, Cambium Capital and others. Alongside the funding, SambaNova said it’s going to collaborate with …
OpenAI allies with 4 big consulting giants as the agentic enterprise battle heats up
OpenAI Group PBC said today it’s partnering with four of the world’s biggest technology consulting firms in an effort to help more enterprises adopt artificial intelligence agents. The ChatGPT maker has created an initiative it’s calling “Frontier Alliances” in collaboration with Accenture …
Anthropic slams Chinese AI firms for harvesting data from its Claude chatbot
Anthropic PBC is claiming that three Chinese artificial intelligence companies are illegally harvesting massive amounts of data from its chatbot Claude in an effort to accelerate the development of their own platforms. In a blog post today, Anthropic called out DeepSeek Ltd., Moonshot …
Sam Altman defends AI’s resource consumption and ridicules Musk’s plan to put data centers in space
OpenAI Group PBC Sam Altman fielded questions in India this week about the environmental impact of artificial intelligence at a special event hosted by The Indian Express. But even as he conceded that AI’s total energy consumption is a legitimate concern, Altman …
Agentic finance automation startup Stacks raises $23M in funding
London-based startup Stacks Technologies B.V. says enterprise financial operations are due for a much-needed injection of “agentic” automation after raising $23 million in an early-stage funding today. Today’s Series A round was led by the high-profile venture capital firm Lightspeed, and saw …
Flexible agentic marketing startup Kana Intelligence scores $15M in seed funding
Marketing professionals have a mountain of artificial intelligence tools to choose from, but the founders of a new startup called Kana Intelligence Inc. believe there’s still an urgent need for a platform that can adapt to user’s needs. The company today said …
Amplitude reports mixed earnings results after launching new agentic analytics tools
Shares of the behavior-tracking software company Amplitude Inc. edged barely higher in late trading today after it posted its latest financial results, maintaining momentum after rising more than 12% during regular trading hours. The after-hours gain was surprising, because Amplitude could only …
ChipAgents secures $50M in funding to accelerate agentic chip design
Agentic artificial intelligence startup ChipAgents said today it’s ready to bring automation to one of the toughest challenges of all after raising $50 million in an early-stage funding today, bringing its total amount raised to date to $74 million. The Series A1 …
Efficient Computer raises $60M to keep AI devices running for months on end
Efficient Computer Co. says it’s going to make the dream of low-energy artificial intelligence computing a reality after raising $60 million in early-stage funding today. The Series A round was led by Triatomic Capital and saw participation from Eclipse, Overlap Holdings, Union …