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Vital Lyfe, a startup founded by former SpaceX Corp. engineers to make clean drinking water available anywhere on Earth, revealed today that it has raised $24 million in seed funding. The startup says it has developed an entirely novel kind of autonomous …
Adobe Firefly’s newest update enables users to direct, rather than generate, AI video
Adobe Inc. is revamping the video creation capabilities within its Firefly suite of artificial intelligence models. In a major update to its AI video generation tool, it’s adding more powerful editing capabilities and precise motion controls, along with video upscaling in Firefly …
Vulnerability-free container image startup Echo Software raises $35M
Echo Software Ltd., a startup that’s using artificial intelligence agents to secure container images at the base layer, said today it has raised $35 million in an early-stage funding, just four months after closing on its $15 million seed raise. The Series …
Call center chatbot startup PolyAI raises $86M at a $750M valuation
London-based artificial intelligence startup PolyAI Ltd. said today it has raised $86 million in late-stage funding at a $750 million valuation for its agentic chatbot platform that automates customer interactions for casinos, banks, hospitals and other enterprises. Today’s Series D round was …
Medra, a developer of AI-powered lab robots and scientists to advance drug discovery, raises $52M
Medra, an artificial intelligence startup focused on drug discovery, has raised $52 million in early-stage funding to try to integrate powerful large language models with physical systems that can perform real-world lab experiments and truly automate science. The Series A round, announced today, …
AI inference startup Runware raises $50M to make AI run faster
Artificial intelligence startup Runware Ltd. wants to make high-performance inference accessible to every company and application developer after raising $50 million in an early-stage funding round. Announced today, the Series A round is backed by some significant investors, including Dawn Capital, which …
Broadcom’s stock falls despite another crushing earnings and revenue beat
Chipmaking giant Broadcom Inc. today posted another stellar earnings and revenue beat in its fourth quarter, before following up with strong guidance driven by the market’s insatiable demand for artificial intelligence processors. The company reported earnings before certain costs such as stock compensation …
Vectara’s new Tool Validator promises to prevent AI agent planning errors
A startup called Vectara Inc. wants to help enterprises safeguard themselves against any potential damage or problems caused by artificial intelligence agents, and its solution is yet another agent. The company today announced the immediate availability of its new Tool Validator agent, …
Couchbase puts AI data and services into a single platform to simplify agent development
Cloud database company Couchbase Inc. said today it’s trying to reduce the complexity of agentic application development with the launch of a new suite of AI Services that bundle model hosting and data processing capabilities into a single platform. The company is …
Synopsys records record-breaking full-year revenue as it beats expectations again
Shares of the chip design automation software company Synopsys Inc. were trending higher in late trading today after it beat expectations on earnings and revenue and offered strong profit guidance for the current quarter and year. The company reported fiscal 2025 fourth-quarter …